Easy
· Open RXLinx
· Click on “DDE/OPC”
· Click on “topic configuration”
· Click on “New”, create a topic and click “done”
· From RSWho, select the PLC you need to get the data from
· Click on “Station” (top of screen) and then select “data monitor”
· From the table that will come up, select the data table where the data is (B3 Binary for example)
· From the data file table that comes up, right click on the bit you need to monitor and select “copy to clipboard”
· From the window that opens up, select the topic you created and click “OK”
· Open Excel
· In the cell you want the data to reside, right click and select “paste special”
· From the box that opens up, select “past link” and click “OK”
The data should now update about once a second. You can increase or decrease this speed in the “DDE/OPC Topic Configuration” box under the “Data Collection” tab.
Happy programming.
