Rockwell Automation 8520-9API 9/Series OCI API Developer's Guide - Manual (Page 23)

3–2 OCI Basic Display Set (BDS)
Publication 8520-6.6 - August 1999
Important: The 9/PC CNC does not use Ethernet connections. If
you are using a 9/PC CNC, we recommend that you
use the 9/PC Configuration Manager to make sure your
9/PC is running.
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Rockwell Softwares JunctionBox
t executable
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The OCI data server installed, running, and communicating to the
OCI–compatible CNC (necessary to use the softkey and other
provided editor utilities).
Not having your personal computer connected to your CNC will
cause data errors any time you run code for a screen that contains a
DDE call to a data item or command.
The Basic Display Set was developed using Microsoft Visual Basic
Pro
t development tool. You should be familiar with Visual Basic
Pro, Windows programming, and the concepts behind dynamic data
exchange (DDE).
The source code for the Basic Display Set comes on 3.5–inch floppy
disks labeled “Basic Display Set Source Code”. Use the following
procedure to import this source code to your Visual Basic
Application:
1. Insert the first disk of the Basic Display Set source code into your
disk drive.
2. Select the “Run” option from the Start menu.
3. Enter in the Run dialog:
A:SETUP
where A: is the name of the drive containing disk one of the Basic
Display Set source code.
4. Follow the setup instructions as prompted on the screen.
Important: During the setup process you will be prompted for a
destination directory for this source code. It is
important that you choose the same directory that was
used to load the Basic Display Set executable. The
Basic Display Set executable installation contains data
files (not included with the source code) that are
necessary to build a working OCI system. The default
setup directory for both the Basic Display Set
executable and source code is C:\ABOCI or c:\ab9PC
depending on the system the Basic Display Set was
developed for (9/Series or 9/PC).
Installing the Source Code