ADS introduction

ADS Definition

The Automation Device Specification describes a device-independent and fieldbus-independent interface governing the type of access to ADS devices.

The ADS interface permits:

• communication with other ADS devices
• implementation of an ADS device

Communicating ADS Devices

In order to allow participation in ADS communication (as an ADS client or, possibly, as an ADS server) the following software objects are made available:

• ADS-DLL
  for use under e.g. C/C++
  
• ADS.NET component
  for use under e.g. VB.NET, Visual C#