Hello Les,

Thanks Les,  evil probably but the entire control industry has selected
it as a communication standard.  Lynn

l> OPC! EVIL!!!!

l> Actually, spent a lot of time partially implementing an OPC Data Access
l> Server ( & Client ) in VisualWorks.  In the end, we found a third-party DLL
l> from WinTech that we've been using since and have been pretty happy with.
l> You could probably hook that up using FFI pretty easily.  The DLL is around
l> $1000, one-time payment for unlimited use & source.  Money well spent,
l> actually.

l> Also, check out Matrikon for some handy OPC tools that you can download.
l> Very handy for verifying that your server is working properly.

l> - les



l> ----- Original Message ----- 
l> From: "Brian Brown" <rbb at techgame.net>
l> To: "The general-purpose Squeak developers list"
l> <squeak-dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org>
l> Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2004 8:54 PM
l> Subject: Re: OPC


>>
>> On Feb 14, 2004, at 3:20 PM, Lynn Hales wrote:
>>
>> > I was wondering if anyone had experimented with OPC client and servers
>> > applications within Squeak?  If so I would love to hear.
>> >
>>
>> By OPC are you referring the Microsoft protocol to control hardware
>> devices like video switches,etc?
>>
>> If so, I don't know of any in Squeak.
>>
>>
>> > -- 
>> > Best regards,
>> >  Lynn                            mailto:lhales at earthlink.net
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>





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Best regards,
 Lynn                            mailto:lhales at earthlink.net