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Windows Automation Center WinAC Slot 412/WinAC Slot 416 Version 3.1
A5E00065531-03
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Use SIMATIC Computing across a DCOM Network
Microsoft’s Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) is a set of program
interfaces in which client program objects can request services from server
program objects on other computers in a network.
In WinAC, you can connect distributed applications across a network using DCOM
(refer to Figure 1-10). A distributed application consists of multiple processes or
different computers that cooperate to accomplish a single task jointly.
Network
Client
DCOM
components
I/O
DCOM
components
SIMATIC
Computing
PC 1
CPU 41x-2 PCI
PC 2
Server
Figure 1-10
Connecting WinAC on Several Computers across a DCOM Network