RTA 460ETCWI-N2E, Product User Manual

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Web Interface Data Point List Configuration: Manual Mode ................................................................. 39
Configuring Read and Write Data Points ................................................................................................ 39
Web Interface Group Configuration ....................................................................................................... 41
Requirements for Device and Group Names: ......................................................................................... 43
Web Interface: XML/JSON Data Format ..................................................................................................... 45
Retrieving Data from the Gateway from a Web Client ........................................................................... 45
Basics ....................................................................................................................................................... 45
Requesting Data for an Individual Device ............................................................................................... 46
Requesting a Group of Devices ............................................................................................................... 46
Filtering Requests by Point Names ......................................................................................................... 46
Advanced (Optional XML Data Direction Annotation) ............................................................................ 48
Description of Format – Both XML and JSON ......................................................................................... 49
XML Output ............................................................................................................................................. 50
JSON Output ............................................................................................................................................ 50
Writing Data to the Gateway ...................................................................................................................... 51
Which method to use? ............................................................................................................................ 51
The multipart/form data Method ........................................................................................................... 51
The application/x-www-form-urlencoded Method ................................................................................ 53
Minimum XML Input ............................................................................................................................... 54
Expanded XML Input ............................................................................................................................... 54
Special Note for XML Strings ................................................................................................................... 55
Minimum JSON Input .............................................................................................................................. 55
Expanded JSON Input .............................................................................................................................. 56
Special Note for JSON Strings .................................................................................................................. 56
Mapping - Transferring Data Between Devices .......................................................................................... 57
Display Mapping and Values ....................................................................................................................... 58
Display Data ............................................................................................................................................ 58
Display String........................................................................................................................................... 61
Display String use case ................................................................................................................................ 63
Data and String Mapping – Auto-Configure................................................................................................ 64
Data Mapping – Explanation ....................................................................................................................... 65
Data Mapping – Adding Diagnostic Information ........................................................................................ 66
String Mapping – Explanation ..................................................................................................................... 70
Mapping – Auto-Configure Mode to Manual Configure Mode .................................................................. 71