welby
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I am fairly new to Linx/OPC/and PLC's in general, but I've done ok up to this point.
I am writing an application that communicats to the plc using opc via the rslinx sdk. I am looking for the best way to monitor the state of the plc connection. I bascially need a toolbar in my app that will turn red whenever the plc/app communications is lost.
In the past, we have used a heartbeat timer to periodically listen for data from the plc, and confirm the connection with that method. Is this the only way, or is there a better way?
Thanks for the help.
Welby
I am writing an application that communicats to the plc using opc via the rslinx sdk. I am looking for the best way to monitor the state of the plc connection. I bascially need a toolbar in my app that will turn red whenever the plc/app communications is lost.
In the past, we have used a heartbeat timer to periodically listen for data from the plc, and confirm the connection with that method. Is this the only way, or is there a better way?
Thanks for the help.
Welby