Using RSLinx OPC Server
The National Instruments Industrial Automation Servers CD has an Allen Bradley (RSLinx) driver that can communicate with RSLinx through a dynamic link library (DLL). With the relea......

National Instruments Product Compatibility for Microsoft Windows Vista
The following document outlines National Instruments Product Support for Windows Vista, The table lists the minimum version required to operate on the specific operating system: XP......

Networking Lookout or the LabVIEW DSC Module Across Firewalls
Connections between two machines running Lookout, the Lookout Web Client, or the LabVIEW Datalogging and Supervisory Control (DSC) module are made through National Instruments prop......

In-Proc and Local (Out-of-Proc) OPC Servers
In-Proc Server The difference between In-Proc and Local servers is laid out by Microsoft’s COM specification, and is completely independent of the OPC specification. An In-Pr......

Accessing Citadel 5 Data from Other Software
This document describes Structured Query Language (SQL), Open Database Connectivity (ODBC), and how to access Citadel data using both SQL and ODBC. There are separate documents tha......

Considerations for Choosing an HMI Package
National Instruments offers a choice in industrial automation software, because we know our users have very different needs. Both Lookout and the LabVIEW Datalogging and Supervisor......

Lookout Web Client - Set Up and Download
This document explains how to create an ActiveX version of a Lookout client process that you can monitor using Microsoft Internet Explorer....

DirectLogic PLCs in Lookout
This document covers a brief tutorial for configuring Koyo, PLCDirect, Siemens and Texas Instruments DirectLogic series PLCs....

Using CP 5613 with National Instruments OPC Clients
This document leads, step-by-step, on how to configure a DP network using SimaticNet software with OPC for Windows NT/2000 and use the OPC Server to communicate with some of NI OPC......

Using the Lookout Pager Object
The Pager object in Lookout is used to send a message to a numeric or an alphanumeric pager through a serial modem. This document contains step-by-step instructions for setting up ......