The DDE client driver connects to any DDE server application that supports Microsoft standard DDE. You use standard and familiar Application|Topic!ItemName conventions to configure tag names in the DDE client driver that map to the items in your DDE server. Those tags names are then available as OPC items that can be browsed, connected to, subscribed to, read from or written to by any OPC client application supporting the OPC Data Access 1.0 or 2.0 specifications. You can give your existing DDE applications new life by putting this bridge in front of them, saving you the expense and engineering time of replacing them with new applications. As an added bonus, your tags are also available to applications that use FastDDE, Suitelink, or AdvancedDDE for their communications. With our optional LinkMaster bridge product you can create a bridge from your old DDE applications to transfer data to other PLCs or hardware that support OPC.

• Can be used with any DDE server that supports standard Microsoft DDE.
• Addressing uses familiar "ApplicationName| TopicName ! ItemName" method for DDE server data.
• All major data types are supported
• DDE Link can be reinitialized via built-in Reintialization tag.