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The universal device driver interface (DDI) is provided as the software interface for access via TCP/IP. DDI enables direct access to Interbus data from the application program. It is possible to exchange data with the Interbus OPC server using the OPC standard. As OPC clients, visualisation and scada tools can make use of flexible access to I/O data via the network.
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