Connect method
Description | Must be called to establish connection to an OPC Data Access Server. |
Syntax | Connect (ProgID As String, Optional Node As Variant)ProgID — A string that uniquely identifies the registered OPC Data Access ServerNode — Optional string that specifies the machine name of a remote OPC Data Access Server to connect to using DCOM. |
Remarks | Each instance of an OPC Server is "connected" to an OPC Data Access Server. Node is optional and should only be specified when connecting to a remote Data Access Server. Specifying a node name makes use of DCOM to access another computer. Acceptable node names are UNC names ("Server"), or DNS names ("server.com", "www.vendor.com", or "180.151.19.75"). |
Example | Dim MyOPCServer as OPCServer '/* Create reference to OPC Server Set MyOPCServer = New OPCServer '/* Connect to RSLinx Classic OPC Server MyOPCServer.Connect "RSLinx Classic OPC Server" |
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