Product Data Sheet

ABB CS31 Procontic ARCNET DDE Server

The Klinkmann Automation ABB CS31 Procontic ARCNET DDE Server (ABB_ARCN) is a Microsoft Windows application program that acts as a communication protocol Server and allows other Windows application programs to access the data from ABB Procontic CS31 automation system using ARCNET network. Any Microsoft Windows program that is capable of acting as a DDE or FastDDE Client may use the ABB_ARCN Server

There are following ABB_ARCN Server versions available:

- ABB_ARCN DDE Server (32-bit), can be used on MS Windows NT.
- ABB_ARCN SOHARD PCI DDE Server (32-bit), can be used on MS Windows NT and W2K.;
 

FEATURES

Requires a PC bus ARCNET adapter card (8 or 16 bit, e.g. ARCNET-PC130E Network Controller Board) based on the SMC ARCNET chip to communicate with ABB Procontic CS31 07KT93 Controllers.

Fast data access (2,5 Mhz) to data from the ARCNET bus.

The Server supports up to 32 jobs for data transfer between ABB the computer and Procontic CS31 automation system.

The Server minimizes system message traffic by dynamically calculating and optimizing poll lists to read only, client-requested items/points.

The Server supports multiple topics, allowing different data update rates for controller.

The Server provides a communication status flag for each topic.

The Server supports standard DDE among multiple applications.

SPECIFICATIONS

Hardware: IBM or compatible 386/486/Pentium equipped with a minimum of 4 MB RAM (16 MB RAM for Windows NT). May require more memory to run other Windows programs simultaneously.

Software: Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 for DR 010 15 and DR 010 16, W2K for DR 010 16.

Maximum Connections: Up to 8 ABB Procontic CS31 07KT93 PLCs can be connected on the ARCNET network.

Devices Supported: ABB Procontic CS31 07KT93 with R161 Central Unit.

Accessible Point Types: The following lists the supported Point Types:

BINARY points

Item name
Description
DDE Tag Type
Range
E
 BINARY input Discrete E00,00...E63,15
A
 BINARY output Discrete A00,00...A63,15
M
 BINARY flag Discrete M00,00...M255,15

WORD points

Item name
Description
DDE Tag Type
Range
EW
 WORD input Integer EW00,00...EW07,15
AW
 WORD output Integer AW00,00...AW6,15
MW
 WORD flag Integer MW00,00...MW255,15
KW
 WORD Indirect Integer KW00,00...KW39,15 constant

Items/points E and EW are Read Only.

ORDERING INFORMATION

Description / Order Number

ABBCS31 ARCNET DDE Server 32-bit version Manual & Disk Set / DR 010 15

ABB_ARCN SOHARD PCI DDE Server 32-bit version / DR 010 16