Using DDEStatus and IOStatus in Excel
- Last UpdatedOct 23, 2017
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The status of communications between the PLC and InTouch can be read into Excel by entering the following DDE reference formula in a cell on a spreadsheet:
=view|DDEStatus!ABPLC
or
=view|IOStatus!ABPLC
where:
viewis the name of the InTouch application.
[DDE][IO] Statusis the built-in topic name used to monitor the status of communications between the DAServer and InTouch.
ABPLCis the exact topic name defined in the DAServer for the PLC.