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Section 12. Optional Client Applications Available for LoggerNet

12.7 CSIOPC Server (PC-OPC)

The CSIOPC Server is a LoggerNet client that makes OPC data available to

third-party OPC clients. OPC is an acronym for “OLE (Object Linking and

Embedding) for Process Control”. It is a set of industry standards, based on

Microsoft’s OLE technology, designed to provide a common interface between

automation and control hardware and software. The OPC specifications were

developed by a group of organizations involved in the automation and control

industries in conjunction with Microsoft Corporation. CSIOPC Server is a

server application developed by Campbell Scientific to provide data from its

dataloggers, via LoggerNet data acquisition and management software, in an

OPC format to other applications. The CSIOPC Server supports OPC Data

Access Specification 2.05a.

The CSIOPC Server is not covered in this manual. The CSIOPC Server comes

with a separate user’s manual. Product literature can be downloaded from our

website at www.campbellsci.com.

12.8 Software Development Kit

The LoggerNet-SDK Software Development Kit offers a flexible and powerful

programming tool to easily create innovative applications that communicate

with our dataloggers. Applications developed using the SDK require a

LoggerNet license for use. LoggerNet-SDK features ActiveX® controls that

dovetail into an integrated development environment such as Microsoft’s

Visual Basic® or Borland’s Delphi®.

LoggerNet-SDK’s controls encapsulate some of the fundamental tasks users

want to perform with our dataloggers. LoggerNet-SDK includes a Beginner’s

Guide, a Programmer’s Reference, and examples.

The LoggerNet-SDK is not covered in this manual. The SDK comes with a

separate user’s manual. Product literature can be downloaded from our website

at www.campbellsci.com.

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