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Integrate the Rest of Your Devices with the U-CON & CID Drivers

Add Your Own Driver with U-CON or CID

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If you can’t find a driver for the device you need to communicate with, but you have a protocol document you may be able to add your own driver to the TOP Server using the User Configurable Driver (U-CON).

Have you written a driver for your device already, but want to have SuiteLink, OPC DA or UA Server ability? Try the Custom Interface Driver as a great way to get the best OPC DA and other Native Interfaces access to the device without the cost of driver and OPC Server development.

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U-CON

CID

The U-CON driver allows you to quickly and easily create your device driver for those Serial and Ethernet devices where there is no off-the-shelf driver. The U-CON driver’s intuitive interface was designed for the non-programmer. All you need is a basic knowledge of protocols, the protocol manual, and the device. Typical devices U-CON is used for include barcode readers, weigh scales, various sensors, and RTUs to name a few. See the U-CON product page for additional information.

The Custom Interface Driver (CID) provided interfaces for your application so it can provide tag information directly to the TOP Server. This gives you access to all the TOP Server features without the expense and challenges of developing your own server or using a standard Toolkit. Values from your driver/application are passed through shared memory making it all quick and easy.