Rockwell Automation RSView32 Runtime Users Guide User Manual

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open the command line to manually enter RSView32 commands—

to open the command line, double–click the Command Line icon

run individual project components—to run a component, select

the icon for the editor that created the component, and then
double–click the component name

run a project—for details about running a project, see “Step 7 –

Running the project” on page 2-9

Step 5 Setting up the channel, OPC server, or DDE

server

Before you can run a project, you must load and configure drivers for
the programmable controllers or servers that your project was
configured to use.

Connecting to programmable controllers

using direct drivers

To connect to most Allen–Bradley

®

devices, install and load RSLinx

®

and install the driver required by your RSView32 project.

To communicate with SoftLogix

5 programmable controllers, you

must use an RSLinx driver.

To select a different RSLinx driver for your project, use the Channel
editor.

For details about the RSLinx drivers, see the documentation
accompanying RSLinx. For details about the Channel editor, see
Chapter 2, Setting up direct driver communications, in the RSView32 User’s
Guide.

You must use the version of RSLinx that came with your RSView32
software. This version has been tested for compatibility with
RSView32. Other versions may not function correctly.

IMPORTANT

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