For the Industrial
IoT plugin role to monitor and control Modbus
devices, you must add them 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.
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Click the Devices tab and click Add a
device ().
The
Add a device dialog box opens.
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Enter the following information:
- Name
- A unique name used to identify this device in your system.
- Type
- (Optional) The device type to apply as a model for this device.
Device types define the common properties, such as protocol, states,
data points, and actions, shared by a group of devices. Using a
device type simplifies your configuration work. Device types are
defined in the Device types page of the
Industrial
IoT plugin
role.
NOTE: If you select None, you must
manually configure all properties for the device in Security Center. If this is
your first device, you can complete its configuration and create
the device type from it.
- Protocol
- Select Modbus Client.
The dialog box expands to show the rest of the information you must enter.
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Enter the rest of the information:
- IP address
- IP address of the device.
- Port
- Port used by the device.
- Unit ID
- Modbus Unit ID given to the device.
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Click Add.
The device is added to the list of devices.
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Click Apply.
Results
The device is displayed in the entity browser under
the Industrial
IoT plugin.