AN-304 Adding TrioPC to Visual Basic

AN-304 Adding TrioPC to Visual Basic

A connection between a Windows PC and a Motion Coordinator can be made with an ActiveX component called TrioPC Motion.

The ActiveX component must be added to the Visual Basic project.

This document describes this step by step. The example is based on Microsoft Visual Studio 2012.

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