To communicate with a device using TCP, you must add the device to Security Center.
Procedure
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From the Config
Tool home page,
open the Plugins task.
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Select the Industrial IoT plugin role from the entity browser and click the
Devices tab.
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Click Add device (
) and enter the following information:
- Name
- The name that you want to apply to the device.
- Type
- The device template that you want to apply to the device. These
templates are created on the Device types page
of the plugin, and are used to apply custom states, data points, and
actions to a device.
NOTE: If you select None
as a device type, you must manually add the custom states, data
points, and actions to the device.
- Protocol
- The protocol used by the device you are adding.
- TCP Server
- The TCP server that will be used to enable communication between the
plugin and the device.

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Click Add and then click
Apply.
Results
The device is displayed in the entity browser, nested under the Industrial Iot
plugin role.