Real Time Automation, Inc.
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1-800-249-1612
Requirements for Device and Group Names:
1)
Name must be unique on this page.
a)
A group name may not also be a device name.
b)
No two group names may be the same.
c)
No two device names may be the same.
d)
Reserved names of “DeviceName”, “GroupName”, “dataTimeStamp”, and “Diagnostics” may not
be used.
2)
Name must be between 1-16 characters.
3)
Only alphanumeric characters and the underscore character (‘_’) may be used,
No Spaces
.
4)
Name must not start with a number.
5)
Name must not start with the string “XML”.
NOTE
: Although the names are case-insensitive, the original capitalization will be maintained and
used in the XML/JSON.
6)
After a name is entered, a verification check will run on this page to determine if the entered name
is “valid.” If a name is entered that fail
s one of the criteria described above, a popup message will
appear.
7)
In addition, the name field will be highlighted in red and hovering the mouse on that error message
gives information on why that name was “invalid.” In the screenshot below, the Group name has
duplicate names and the Device Name has a space in the first field.
