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Using SIMATIC PCS 7 OSx @aGlance1-4
SIMATIC PCS 7 OSx 4.1.1 @aGlance
Defining SIMATIC PCS 7 OSx @aGlance (continued)
The components that you need to link a client with the OSx server are listed
below. Figure 1-2 shows how the following components interact to allow
communication between a client application and the OSx server:
 Installed and operating SIMATIC PCS 7 OSx system.
 Connection for the Windows, Linux, UNIX, or VMS computer to the
Industrial Ethernet, using the TCP/IP network protocol.
 Application, such as Excel or Lotus 1-2-3.
 Application @aGlance/IT add-in from your Siemens distributor, if
necessary.
 @aGlance Client Runtime program (for DDE support for Windows
applications) from eMation, Inc.
 The SIMATIC PCS 7 OSx @aGlance option from your Siemens
distributor.
OSx Database
OSx
@aGlance
Server
Client Runtime
(Windows
Computers)
Application
Add-in
Client Application
Ethernet Network
Server Side Client Side
OSx Station
Windows Computer
Figure 1-2 SIMATIC P CS 7 OSx @aGla nce Data Exchange with Windows Clients
What Components
Are Required?