Rockwell Automation 1404-M4_M5_M6_M8 Powermonitor 3000 User Manual, PRIOR to Firmware rev. 3.0 - Manual (Page 267)

Publication 1404-UM001D-EN-E - October 2004
Sample Applications C-13
real-time clock in a Powermonitor 3000. You may utilize similar
techniques to transfer data to and from any Powermonitor 3000 data
tables.
Setting up a DDE topic in RSLinx
Follow these steps to create a DDE topic in RSLinx. You will need
RSLinx OEM, Professional, Gateway or SDK to support DDE
communications.
1. Establish communications between RSLinx and your
Powermonitor using the communications method of your
choice. The example uses the native DF1 communications port
2. In RSLinx, select DDE/OPC from the main menu
3. Click the New button. Enter a name for the DDE/OPC topic. The
example uses DF1_1404_123.
4. Browse through the tree in the Data Source window to locate
your Powermonitor 3000. Click its icon to select it.