Creating entity types - Industrial IoT 5.0.2.0 | BACnet | Modbus | OPC Client | SNMP Manager

To quickly configure the states, data points, events, and actions when adding multiple entities having the same properties to Security Center, you can create entity types and use them as templates.

1. From the Config Tool home page, open the Plugins task.
2. Select the Industrial IoT plugin role and click the Entity types tab.
3. In the Entity types section, click Add an entity type ().
4. Enter a name for the entity type and click Add.
5. In the Information section, select an icon for the entity type.
6. In the States section, select icons to indicate a state change on the entity type.
7. In the Data points section, add the data points that you want to monitor with this entity type.
   For more information, see the "Adding data points" topics for the types of entities you want under the "Adding devices and entities" chapter.
8. For BACnet, Modbus, and OPC UA entities, in the Actions section, add the actions for writing on data points.
9. For SNMP entities, in the Events section, add SNMP traps to the entity.
10. For TCP entities, add events that you want to trigger when a condition is met.
11. Click Apply.