Introduction
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i!-ConnectLinx
Introduction
i!-ConnectLinx™ is an application that allows you to expose NetLinx™ actions to the outside
world. i!-ConnectLinx allows a programmer to define and program actions that can be utilized by
other user interfaces or processes outside the NetLinx Control System. For instance,
i!-ConnectLinx can be programmed to expose source select functions and i!-ConnectLinx
compatible technologies, such as MeetingManager and i!-MacroManager, can use this information
to allow the source selects to be executed a scheduled event.
i!-ConnectLinx also provides a mechanism to request actions to be executed on the NetLinx
Control System. Once a process outside the NetLinx Control System has obtained the action list,
the process can then make a request to i!-ConnectLinx to execute that action. i!-ConnectLinx
handles this request and makes this request available to the NetLinx program for execution.
i!-ConnectLinxEngineMod
, is the main i!-ConnectLinx module that handles exposing and
executing action requests, see the
Module
section on page 11. To support i!-ConnectLinx, you
simply include this module in your program, define your actions and write programming to support
those actions. The i!-ConnectLinxEngineMod module makes the list of actions available to other
processes, executes their requests and provides your program with a push when an action needs to
be executed.
Supported Operating Systems
Windows 95
®
/98
®
(with at least 48 MB of installed memory)
Windows NT 4.0
®
Workstation or Server (service pack 6 B or greater, with at least
64 MB of installed memory)
Windows 2000
®
Professional or Server (running on a Pentium 233 MHz processor
(minimum requirement); 300 MHz or faster recommended, with 96 MB of installed
memory.)
Minimum PC Requirements
Windows-compatible mouse (or other pointing device)
At least 5 MB of free disk space (150 MB recommended)
VGA monitor, with a minimum screen resolution of 800 x 600
A Network adapter
A Web server such as Personal Web Server (PWS) or Internet Information Server (IIS)
Windows 95
®
and 98
®
use PWS.
Windows 2000
®
Professional or Server, and Windows NT 4.0
®
Server use IIS.
