Running i!-EquipmentMonitor
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i!-EquipmentMonitor
Running i!-EquipmentMonitor
Very little work is required to add e-mail support to your existing NetLinx code. Receiving and
sending e-mail are independent of each other; each one will be covered in it's own section. You do
not need to add support for sending and receiving if only one of the features is needed.
Sending Email
To support sending email, first include the i!-EquipmentMonitorOut.axi (page 7) into your
program:
#INCLUDE 'i!-EquipmentMonitorOut.axi' // Include to send email
Next, make sure that the default IP local port used by i!-EquipmentMonitorOut.axi is available on
your system. i!-EquipmentMonitorOut.axi uses local port 0:10:0 for sending emails. Make sure
there is no current entry in your
DEFINE_DEVICE
section for 0:10:0. If there is a current entry for
0:10:0, you can change the existing entry to another local port number or override the default local
port used by
i!-EquipmentMonitorOut.axi like this in the
DEFINE_DEVICE
section:
dvSmtpSocket = 0:3:0
Next, you need to initialize the SMPT server value by calling
SmptSetServer()
. You need the
name or IP address of your local SMPT server, which you can obtain from you Network
administrator. Using a name for the server is acceptable if you have DNS properly configured on
the NetLinx Master. Otherwise, you need an IP address. Make sure to use the SMPT server value
here. Often, the "email server" refers to the POP3 server; most likely, this is not what you need.
Once you have the correct SMPT server name or address, call
SmptSetServer()
like this:
SmtpSetServer('smtpserver.mydomain.com')
or
SmtpSetServer('192.168.12.175')
If the SMTP email server requires user authentication to send email, you must configure i!-
EquipmentMonitor with the username and password of a valid account registered to the SMTP
server. You can do this by calling the SmtpSetUser() function. This line is typically included
immediately after the SmtpSetServer() initialization command function. An example is provided
below:
SmtpSetUser('user1','password') // include only if you need SMTP authentication
If the SMTP email server allows anonymous access and does not require authentication, you simply
comment out the previous SmtpSetUser() function call. Without an SMTP username and password
configured, i!-EquipmentMonitor will connect to the SMTP server with anonymous access.
