Adding HTTP devices to Security Center - Industrial IoT 5.0.2.0 | BACnet | Modbus | OPC Client | SNMP Manager

For the Industrial IoT plugin role to monitor devices through HTTP requests, you must first create an HTTP connector and then add the devices to Security Center.

1. From the Config Tool home page, open the Plugins task.
2. Select the Industrial IoT plugin role from the entity browser.
3. Click the Devices tab and click Add a device ().
   The Add a device dialog box opens.

   
4. 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 HTTP Server.

   The dialog box expands to show the rest of the information you must enter.

   
5. Enter the rest of the information:

   HTTP connector

   The connector to use for the devices to send HTTP requests to the plugin role (the HTTP server).

   Device ID

   The unique ID used to communicate with the device. If you don't know what ID to use, click Generate random ID to have the system generate a unique ID for you and configure your device with it.

   Device connection URL

   The URL that this device must use in all HTTP requests to send data point values to the plugin role (the HTTP server).

   IMPORTANT: You must copy this URL () and replace the string CONNECTOR_API_KEY with the API key you saved when creating the HTTP connector.

   The request uses localhost as the host, but you might have to change it to point to the computer on which the plugin is installed. The thus completed URL is what the devices must use to send the HTTP requests to the plugin role.

   The requests must be made using HTTP POST, and have the content type set to JSON.

6. Click Add.
   The device is added to the list of devices.
7. Click Apply.