For the Industrial IoT plugin role to monitor and control Modbus devices, you must add them to Security Center.
Before you begin
- Make sure you understand how the Modbus protocol works.
- Enable the Modbus protocol on the Industrial IoT plugin role.
- Review the ports required to communicate with Modbus devices.
- If you want to test your system as you configure it, you must install your devices and make sure they work properly. However, this is not a prerequisite for configuring your system.
Procedure
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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.