The DANSrv OPC DA .NET server is a Rapid Server Toolkit with a generic OPC DA server in an EXE file and a customization plug-in module as a .Net assembly.
Having the customization part as an assembly has the advantage that this assembly can be used with
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the DANSrv.EXE generic OPC DA server to build an OPC DA V2/V3 compliant COM server
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the XmlDaServer.DLL web service to get an XML DA V1 compliant XML DA web service
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XiPLUS generic Xi server provided in the Advosol XiPLUS Server Toolkit.
The customization plug-in module is a .Net assembly that is developed as a VB or C# class library. The supplied Visual Studio wizards create a simple functional server according the user dialog selections.
The Profession Edition supports item configuration definitions in an XML file and offers optimization features important in applications with a large number of items.