RMCLink ActiveX Control and .NET Assembly

For communication from a PC to the RMC

Communicate with any RMC from a Custom Application

The RMCLink component enables direct communication with any of Delta Computer System's RMC family of motion controllers from numerous programming languages and applications. Supporting serial RS-232 and Ethernet communications, RMCLink provides full functionality to read and write registers, read bits, and issue commands to all RMC family controllers.

RMCLink comes with sample projects to help you get up and running quickly. The RMCLink help includes detailed walk-throughs and numerous code snippets.

RMCLink is available for free download on Delta's website: http://www.deltamotion.com/dloads/. The download includes a detailed help file and examples to get you started. After installing RMCLink, the help file will be accessible from the Windows Start button>>All Programs menu.

Supported Programming Languages and Applications

RMCLink can be used from numerous programming languages and applications. It has three interfaces to make it intuitive and easy to use from any language.

The table below lists supported programming languages and applications and the respective RMCLink interface that should be used for that language. All the interfaces are included in the RMCLink download.

Programming Languages and Applications	RMCLink Interface
Visual Basic 5.0/6.0 VBA (Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, etc.) VBScript JScript PHP	RMCLink COM Component
National Instruments LabVIEW	LabVIEW Virtual Instrument VIs (based on the RMCLink COM Component Interface)
Visual Basic .NET Visual C# Visual C++ with Managed Extensions (VS 2002/2003) Visual C++/CLI (VS 2005) Visual J#	RMCLink.Interop .NET Assembly
Visual C++ (Native Code)	RMCLink C++ Wrapper Class

Supported RMC Communication Ports

RMCLink can communicate via Ethernet or serial RS-232. The table below lists the ports on the RMCs that it can communicate with.

RMC Module	RMCLink Supported Ports
RMC100	ENET port on the RMC100-ENET module
RMC100	RS-232 Monitor port on the RMC100 CPU module
RMC150E	10/100 Enet port
RMC75E	10/100 Ethernet port
RMC75S	RS-232 Monitor port Note: If the serial settings on the second RMC75S RS-232 port are identical to the fixed RS-232 Monitor port settings, RMCLink can communicate with that port.
RMC75P	RS-232 Monitor port

Note:
The RMC100 is not supported by RMCTools and is not documented in this help file. It appears here only to fully explain RMCLink. Notice that RMCLink also is not a part of RMCTools, nor is fully documented in this help file. RMCLink contains its own very detailed help.

Using RMCLink

To use RMCLink, download it from Delta's website and install it. Open the RMCLink Documentation. You will find it on Windows Start menu > All Programs. Determine which Interface you need to use, based on your programming language. The How to... section is very helpful.

RMC Addresses in RMCLink

The RMCLink documentation includes the address maps you will need to use with RMCLink to access registers in the RMCs. Notice the addresses used in RMCLink may be different from any given in the RMC software.