SuiteLink

SuiteLink is a TCP/IP-based protocol designed specifically for industrial applications. SuiteLink provides data integrity, high throughput, and simple diagnostic procedures. The SuiteLink protocol is supported by Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 and later.

SuiteLink is not a replacement for DDE or NetDDE. Each connection between a client and a server depends on your network requirements.

SuiteLink provides the following:

• Value Time Quality (VTQ) places a time stamp and quality indicator on all data values delivered to VTQ-aware clients.

• Extensive diagnostics of data throughput, server loading, computer resource consumption, and network transport are made accessible through the Microsoft Windows operating system performance monitor.

• Consistent high data volumes can be maintained between applications even if the applications are on a single node or distributed over a large set of nodes.

• The network transport protocol is TCP/IP using Microsoft's standard Winsock interface.

• You can securely configure the Suitelink node using the TLS 1.2 protocol.