Communication Over TCP/IP

An In-Sight sensor can be configured to act as a TCP/IP client device, opening a connection between the In-Sight sensor and another TCP/IP device for sharing data over the network. Once the TCP/IP connection has been established, EasyBuilder will initiate the communication with another TCP/IP device on the network.

To configure an In-Sight sensor for client device TCP/IP service:

In the Communications group box, press the Add Device button.

From the Device Setup group box, select Other from the Device drop-down list.
Select TCP/IP from the Protocol drop-down list.
Press the OK button.
Click the TCP/IP Settings tab and enter the name of the TCP/IP service device with which to establish connection in the Server Host Name field.
Enter the port number of the TCP/IP server at which the connection will be established between TCP/IP devices in the Port field. The Port number entered must also be assigned on the server.

Note: A valid Port assignment is any unused number between 1 and 65535, except for ports used for In-Sight communications. In-Sight Emulator users should always assign Port numbers 3000 (the default) and higher to prevent potential conflicts with ports reserved by services on the PC.
Enter the number of milliseconds (100 to 15000; default = 1000) to wait for the TCP/IP connection to be established before aborting the connection attempt in the Timeout field.
From the Terminator drop-down list, select a String with Customer Terminator to specify an ASCII character (0 to 255).

String Customer Terminator Descriptions

Terminator Description

String CR+LF (default) ASCII characters 13 (Carriage Return) and 10 (Line Feed) will be appended to the data string.

String CR (13) ASCII character 13 (Carriage Return) will be appended to the data string.

String LF (10) ASCII character 10 (Line Feed) will be appended to the data string.

String Nullchar (0) ASCII character 0 (Nullchar) will be appended to the data string.

Terminator	Description
String CR+LF (default)	ASCII characters 13 (Carriage Return) and 10 (Line Feed) will be appended to the data string.
String CR (13)	ASCII character 13 (Carriage Return) will be appended to the data string.
String LF (10)	ASCII character 10 (Line Feed) will be appended to the data string.
String Nullchar (0)	ASCII character 0 (Nullchar) will be appended to the data string.

Once the TCP/IP settings have been established, click the Format Output String tab to select and format the data that will be transmitted.

Note: The TCP/IP protocol is a "secondary" protocol, and can be added to a job in addition to a "primary" protocol. For more information, refer to the Supported Protocols section on Device Setup.