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Chapter Three - Getting Started
DDE Server User’s Guide
Because this is our first foray into device setup, there will be no devices listed in the
Configured Devices
box (the example above shows a few devices already
configured – they won’t appear in your dialog box.) Let’s configure our first device.
Step 1.
Click on the
Add
button. This will display the
Add Device Configuration
dialog box:
Complete the fields as described below:
Device Name
(Topic)
Fill in a device name here – not the product name, but the name by
which you know the device. This can be as descriptive or imaginative
as you’d like: Freds_Brkr, Trip_Unit_1, or Panel3_Brker1_TripA are
all acceptable. The name should be as clear, concise, and descriptive
as possible.
This will be the topic name referenced from client applications. (If
you are not familiar with what a topic is, see the Device Info section
of Chapter 4, Menus and Toolbars, for an explanation.) This name
must be unique, must begin with an alphabetic character, be no more
