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DDE Server User’s Guide Chapter One - Introduction •••• 3
About the PMCS DDE Server
The PMCS Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) Server is a Windows 2000 SP2
application that allows other Windows 2000 SP2 applications to access data from GE
devices and third-party devices.
It communicates directly with other PMCS applications, such as third-party HMI
tools, Event Logger, or Waveform Capture Module, to form a powerful and flexible
power-management system. The PMCS DDE Server acts as the bridge between
Modbus RTU or Ethernet power-management networks and DDE-compliant software
applications for display, analysis, and control.
The PMCS DDE Server application program is named GE32MODB (RS-485
Modbus RTU version), GE32MTCP (TCP/IP Modbus version) and GE32EIND (RS-
485 EI Protocol version).
The PMCS DDE Server is easy to use. It provides a Windows graphical user
interface with a toolbar and pull-down menus for quick and easy device definition,
configuration, I/O display, and report generation.
The DDE Server supports both DDE for sharing data with applications on the same
computer and NetDDE for sharing data with other computers in a local-area network
(LAN).
EI User’s only
EI is the acronym for Electro Industries, a communications serial protocol that
allows the user to talk to the EI Devices.
The PMCS EI Server application program is named GE32EIND (Serial EI Protocol).
Special Note: This server supports only two devices for time being they are
EPM7430D and EPM7450D.
Server with OPC Interfaces
DDEServer supports OPC interfaces. PMCS clients such as WFServer/ EventServer
are not OPC compliant. These servers can be used with third party software clients
which are OPC compliant.
Installation
To install the PMCS DDE Server, refer to GEH-6514 Read This Book First for
InTouch and DEH-211 Read This Book First for Cimplicity, which contains
installation procedures for all POWER LEADER
TM system and application software
packages. This guide accompanied the PMCS software package, and is also
contained (as a PDF file) on the PMCS software installation CD-ROM.
Installing the PMCS Network and Device Configurator software creates the
following directory in the root directory of the specified drive:
\ge_pmcs\server\ (for Modbus version of the DDE Server)
\ge_pmcs\ge32mtcp\ (for Modbus TCP/IP version of the DDE Server)
\ge_pmcs\ge32eind\ (for Electro Industries Server)