Siemens SPS5 and LabVIEW over OPC

Hello everyone,
for a new project i have to down and upload some data between a PC running
LabView and a Siemens SPS5 PLC controller.
Im new to this kind of application so it would be nice to hear in which way
i should try to do that.
A friend told me i should take a look at OPC (Ole for Production Controll).
Does anyone know where i can find some infos about it?
I would be very interested in some example Vi's and which hardware i need
for this application.
Tom
ROTEX GmbH
Langwiesenstr.10
74363 Gueglingen
Germany
Fax: 0049 (0)7135 103 200 - Tel: 0049 (0) 7135 103 287

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