Adding data points to SNMP devices or entities - Industrial IoT 5.0.1.1 | BACnet | Modbus | OPC Client | SNMP Manager

Industrial IoT Plugin Guide 5.0.1.1

Applies to
Industrial IoT 5.0.1.1 | BACnet | Modbus | OPC Client | SNMP Manager
Last updated
2023-02-09
Content type
Guides > Plugin and extension guides
Language
English
Product
Industrial IoT
Version
5.0

To monitor the data points of an SNMP device or entity, you must add them to the device or entity in Security Center.

Before you begin

What you should know

You can only add the data points contained in a static SNMP table by specifying their index in the table. Changes to the table by the SNMP agent at runtime could result in an invalid data point.

Procedure

  1. From the Config Tool home page, open the Plugins task.
  2. Select an SNMP device or entity.
  3. In the Data points section, click Add a data point ()
    The Add a data point dialog box opens.
    Dialog box for adding an SNMP data point.
  4. Enter the following information:
    Name
    The name of the data point.
    OID
    The object identifier of the data point.
    Value type
    The data type of the value identified by the OID. For more information, see Data types used by the SNMP plugin.
    Access level
    Indicates whether the selected data point is read-only or read-write. This field is automatically displayed by the plugin role.
    Unit name
    (Optional) The measurement unit of the data point.
    Unit symbol
    (Optional) The symbol representing the measurement unit.
  5. Click Add to add another data point or click Add and Close.
    The data point is displayed in the Data points section.
  6. Click Apply.