The General configuration section will appear once a new Ethernet I/O device has been added successfully. Additional options differ based on the selected protocol.
Modbus TCP
Item | Description |
Device Name | Allows the user to assign a name for the selected data server device. |
Device Protocol | Allows the user to select a protocol for a device. |
Host | Assign an IP Address for the Data Server |
Port | Assign a port number for the Data Sever. Default is 502. |
MQTT JSON Publisher
Item | Description |
Device Name | Allows the user to assign a name for the selected data server device. |
Device Protocol | Allows the user to select a protocol for a device. |
Use All Tags | Allows the user to upload all of the tags in the project file to the data server. This option is only available for OPC UA SERVER and MQTT JSON Publisher device protocols. |
Broker Address | Assign an IP Address for the Broker Device. |
Port | Assign a port number for the Data Sever. |
Client ID | The timeout feature periodically checks whether the connection is still valid. If a requested frame is not received in the assigned time, it will be processed as a communication failure. This option is not applied if the protocol is TCP/IP. Values represent multiples of 100ms. For example, a value of 10 represents 1000ms or 1 second. |
Use Clean Session | Enables connecting to the MQTT broker using a clean session, or a non-persistent connection. |
Keep Alive | Assign the number of communication retry attempts after a communication failure. |
Use SSL | Allows the user to upload all of the tags in the project file to the data server. This option is only available for [OPC UA SERVER] and [SPARKPLUG CLIENT] device protocols. |
Key Pair | The SSL box must be checked to access this feature. |
Trust Store | Password to the truststore file. |
Use MQTT Passwords | Enable/disabled MQTT passwords feature. |
MQTT Username | Create MQTT username. |
MQTT Password | Create MQTT password. |
OPC UA Server
Item | Description |
Device Name | Allows the user to assign a name for the selected data server device. |
Device Protocol | Allows the user to select a protocol for a device. |
Use All Tags | Allows the user to upload all of the tags in the project file to the data server. This option is only available for OPC UA SERVER and MQTT JSON Publisher device protocols. |
Server Name | Enter the name of server. |
Application URI | Enter the Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) to locate the asset on a network. |
Application Name | Name of the URI application. |
Port | Assign a port number for the Data Sever. |