Changing the default icon of 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

After you added a device, device type, entity, or entity type to Security Center, you can change its default icon.

What you should know

The icon you assign to a device or entity is displayed in the entity browser and on maps. It represents the type the device or entity. For devices and entities that have states, it also represent the default state. You can assign a different icon for each different state the device or entity might have in the States section of their Properties page.

Procedure

  1. From the Config Tool home page, open the Plugins task.
  2. Select a device or entity from the entity browser and click the Properties tab.
  3. In the Device or Entity section, click beside the Icon field.
    The Select icon dialog box opens.
  4. Select an icon and click Save.
  5. (Optional) Select a custom icon from your local system:
    1. In the Select icon dialog box, click Browse.
    2. Navigate to the folder that contains the icon.
    3. Select the icon and click Open.
    4. Click Save.
  6. Click Apply.