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As the world anticipates the release of Windows 7 this fall (October 2009), followed by  Visual Studio 2010 (sometime in 2010),  the question begs to be asked is “Will myVisual Basic .NET and C# run? ”.  The answer is a great big YES.

Windows 7 (x86 and 64-bit)

We’ve tested the following INGEAR.NET PLC class libraries on Windows 7 RC.  We do not anticipate any issues when Windows 7 is offically released.

• INGEAR.NET.LOGIX 2.0 for Allen-Bradley ControlLogix and CompactLogix
• INGEAR.NET.ABLINK 2.1 for Allen-Bradley MicroLogix, SLC and PLC-5
• INGEAR.NET.MBLINK 2.1 for MODBUS Devices and Controllers
• INGEAR.NET.GELINK 2.0 for GE-Fanuc SRTP Ethernet

Visual Studio 2010 (x86)

There were no problems migrating existing our Visual Studio 2005 / 2008 existing projects to Visual Studio 2010.  When we created a new Visual Studio 2010 project, the INGEAR class libraries did not appear in the list of available assemblies in the Add Reference… dialog.  We needed to Browse… the \Program Files\INGEAR.NET\ folders to add them to the project.   This is a minor problem related to the install sets and will be corrected by the time Visual Studio 2010 is officially released.  As this time VS2010 64 bit is untested.

INGEAR.NET.ABLINK 2.1 maintenance update available for download.

A bug was reported in the VB.NET and C# GroupRead example projects and was corrected. There are no  other known issues with INGEAR.NET.ABLINK 2.1 class libraries or any other example projects.

INGEAR.NET.ABLINK is a Visual Studio .NET class library for communicating to Allen-Bradley MicroLogix, Allen-Bradley SLC and Allen-Bradley PLC-5 programmable logic controllers without the need for RSLinx, OPC Servers, or third party drivers.

INGEAR.NET.ABLINK 2.1 can be downloaded here:

http://www.ingeardrivers.com/ablink/ablink.htm

Modbus .NET class library for Visual Studio .NET developers

INGEAR.NET.MBLINK 2.1 is available download

INGEAR.NET.MBLINK is a Modbus class library for Visual Studio .NET programmers and developers.  NET.MBLINK supports the following Modbus protocols.

• Modbus TCP/IP
• Modbus RTU Serial
• Modbus ASCII Serial
• Modbus Serial Over Ethernet ( Encapuslated Ethernet)

What separates INGEAR.NET.MBLINK from similar Modbus class libaries is the built-intelligence of the class design.  A Tag (or point) based design stream lines your application development, while TagGroup collections self-optimize communications for you performing block and scattered read/write operations in a single command.

INGEAR.NET.MBLINK supports both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows operating systems, and a free COM Interop DLL is provided to support Visual Basic 6.0 and Visual Studio C++ development.

INGEAR. NET.MBLINK is available in the following editions

• DEVELOPER Edition for runtime free distribution of your applications
• SINGLE Edtion for single system deployment
• WEB SERVICE Edtion for ASP.NET web services
• COMPACT FRAMEWORK Edition for Windows CE and Mobile Device applications

A free trial download is available at:

http://www.ingeardrivers.com/mblink/mblink.htm