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You can also add a publisher based on an existing publisher, by performing the following actions:
1.
click on a publisher in the list;
2.
in the edit box, change the EUI64 into that of the new publisher;
3.
change other parameters, if applicable;
4.
click
Save
; the publisher will be added to the list and the published channels of the original
device are preserved in the newly added device.
Note
: The
InterfaceType
specifies whether the published attributes are size-prefixed or not. This
parameter can have one of the following values:
•
1 – for a Full API, i.e. the published values are not size-prefixed (this is the native ISA100.11a
publishing);
•
2 – for a Simple API, i.e. the published values are size-prefixed.
Editing a publisher
To edit a publisher, you must perform the following actions:
1.
in the publishers list, click on the entry that you want to edit;
2.
edit the desired parameters and click
Save
; the changes will be stored in the
Monitor_Host_Publishers.conf” file.
Deleting a publisher
To delete a publisher, you must perform the following actions:
1.
select a publisher in the list and click
Delete
;
2.
you will be asked for confirmation; click
Yes
to delete the publisher or
Cancel
to abort the action.
After you perform any of the above operations, click
Activate
to load the changes into the Monitoring
Host.
6.3.7.2
Channels
In the particular context of the Monitoring Host, the channels represent the attributes (values) that are
being published.
Adding a channel for a publisher
To add a channel for a publisher you must perform the following actions:
1.
in an empty edit box, type the process value parameters in the order and format indicated in the
Help
form: TSAP ID, object ID, attribute ID, index1, index2, format, name, unit of measurement,
and withstatus;
2.
click
Save
; the channel will be added to the channels list for that specific publisher and the
changes will be saved in the Monitoring Host Configuration file.
