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6.2 Adding a new device
By pressing the function key "
NEW
DEVICE
": a new device can be added. The
following screen is used to enter information about the new device.
-
Device name
: name of the device
-
Read variables period
: reading interval of all device variables.
-
Source
: for choosing ModBus RTU or ModBus TCP.
-
Modbus Parameters
: Modbus prameters at device level (slave)
If the device is
ModBus RTU
, the parameters are:
-
Slave ID (“slave address”): add
ress of the slave device (1 ÷ 255).
-
Answer timeout: the timeout for waiting for a response from the
master (EasyNET).
-
Delay between request: the waiting time between one request and
the next.
If the device is
ModBus TCP
:
-
In addition to Slave ID, Answer timeout and delay between requests,
the IP address and port of the Slave device are also added.
The last parameter is
MQTT publish topic
: this is the identifier (digital
signature) of the device for sending via MQTT protocol. It is used to differentiate
MQTT publish topics for each device. The parameter "Separate publish for each
device" must be active. In this way the topic on which the device will publish its
log data will be given by the concatenation of the publish topic (configuration
parameter) and the string defined here.
