diff --git a/qgroundcontrol.pro b/qgroundcontrol.pro
index 42030a914af99416cd88eaa85fe1c1f5124cec75..66e4ceccd52ef1bba3cce3dac468827fc5df10c0 100644
--- a/qgroundcontrol.pro
+++ b/qgroundcontrol.pro
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ RESOURCES = mavground.qrc
 
 # Include RT-LAB Library
 win32 {
-    LIBS += C:\OPAL-RT\RT-LAB7.2.4\Common\lib\OpalApi.lib
+    LIBS += -LC:\OPAL-RT\RT-LAB7.2.4\Common\bin -lOpalApi
     INCLUDEPATH += src/lib/opalrt
     SOURCES += src/comm/OpalLink.cc
     HEADERS += src/comm/OpalLink.h
diff --git a/src/comm/OpalLink.cc b/src/comm/OpalLink.cc
index f4a05456a561b049048d5b2eaf7bee8f1be91454..39eff001ea66539836358ed621f6f12229944f81 100644
--- a/src/comm/OpalLink.cc
+++ b/src/comm/OpalLink.cc
@@ -80,7 +80,8 @@ bool OpalLink::isFullDuplex()
 
 bool OpalLink::connect()
 {
-    return false;
+    short modelState;
+    OpalConnect(101, true, &modelState);
 }
 
 bool OpalLink::disconnect()
@@ -92,3 +93,14 @@ qint64 OpalLink::bytesAvailable()
 {
     return 0;
 }
+
+void OpalLink::writeBytes(const char *bytes, qint64 length)
+{
+
+}
+
+
+void OpalLink::readBytes(char *bytes, qint64 maxLength)
+{
+
+}
diff --git a/src/comm/OpalLink.h b/src/comm/OpalLink.h
index 188f06ae54dd6fba29ddebbcf2f71cf33d197967..560d5c14974dc44e9b2054d7a83d2a290db08918 100644
--- a/src/comm/OpalLink.h
+++ b/src/comm/OpalLink.h
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
 #include "LinkManager.h"
 #include "MG.h"
 
+#include "errno.h"
+#include "OpalApi.h"
+
 class OpalLink : public LinkInterface
 {
     Q_OBJECT
@@ -47,29 +50,11 @@ class OpalLink : public LinkInterface
 public slots:
 
 
-    virtual void writeBytes(const char *bytes, qint64 length) = 0;
-
-
-    virtual void readBytes(char *bytes, qint64 maxLength) = 0;
-
-signals:
-
-    void bytesReady(LinkInterface* link);
-
-
-    void bytesReceived(LinkInterface* link, QByteArray data);
-
-
-    void connected();
-
-
-    void disconnected();
-
+    void writeBytes(const char *bytes, qint64 length);
 
-    void connected(bool connected);
 
+    void readBytes(char *bytes, qint64 maxLength);
 
-    void nameChanged(QString name);
 
 public:
     OpalLink();