User guide

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CHAPTER TWO
Communication
IN THIS CHAPTER
This chapter will help you understand these aspects of communicating with your
6000 Series product:
• Motion Architect™ communication features........................................... 36
• DOS support software for stand-alone products ....................................... 37
• DOS support software for bus-based products ......................................... 38
• PC-AT bus communication registers — bus-based controllers only ............ 43
• DDE6000™ (Dynamic Data Exchange server for 6000 products) ................ 50
• Dynamic Link Library (DLL) — bus-based controllers only...................... 51
• Motion OCX Toolkit™ (OCX controls) — bus-based controllers only........ 62
• PC-AT interrupts — bus-based controllers only...................................... 63
• Controlling multiple serial ports — stand-alone controllers only................ 70
• RS-232C daisy-chaining — stand-alone controllers only........................... 72
• RS-485 multi-drop — stand-alone controllers only.................................. 75