A device section starts with <Device> and ends with </Device>. You will need a separate Device section for each device you want this Vantage Point Server to query. We recommend using a comment immediately after the opening tag to provide a long description of the device.
Device Type – MODBUS_TCP
Device Description – A short description of the device, contained within double-quotes (").
PortID – The PortID that you assigned to the device in the Comm Ports section.
Device Address – This is the Modbus Slave ID, a value between 1 and 255.
Device Bus Number – 0
Interval Seconds – The frequency devices are queried for new values.
TimeOut Seconds – How many seconds the Vantage Point Server will wait for a response from a devices before it times out.
Unreliable TimeOutSec – How many seconds the Vantage Point Server is to go without any response from a device before it marks that the device as Unreliable. The Vantage Point Server will then report the unreliable status to the Vantage Point Presentation.
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A Points subsection starts with <Points> and ends with </Points> and it is contained within a Device subsection. A Device subsection can have only one Points subsection. It contains every Point on a Device from which you want to retrieve data but not necessarily every point available on the Device.
Point Tag – A short name that identifies the point and must be unique within the entire configuration file.
Point Address –This is a composite of four values – in order, the Modbus Register Address, the Modbus Function Code, the Data Length, and the Data Multiplier – separated by colons. These individual values can be found in the device's documentation, which was likely provided by the manufacturer and usually can be found on the manufacturer's website.
Type –
RB: Any device that returns a binary value (ie, 0 or 1, True or False).
RS: Any device that returns a text value.
R: All other devices.
Point Description – Contained within double quotes, this is a brief description of the point.
Number of Entries – The maximum number of history records stored for this calculation.
Auto or Optimized: Sets the Interval to Hourly and records 336 hourly records, 60 daily records, and 120 monthly into history.
Numeric Value: Sets the maximum number to the value indicated.
Default (-): Designated by a hyphen, default stores only the last record.
Value Type –
Accumulated, Accum, Total, Totalize, Meter, or Metered: An aggregate value for the specified Interval is recorded in history.
Minimum or Min: The lowest value received in the specified Interval is recorded in history.
Maximum or Max: The highest value received in the specified Interval is recorded in history.
Average or Avg: The average of all values received in the specified Interval is recorded in history.
Instantaneous, Instant, Inst, or (-): The last value received in the specified Interval is recorded in history. If no value type is specified, it will default to this.
Interval – The frequency in which the result of the calculation is stored in history.
Minute
Hour or Hourly
Day or Daily
Month or Monthly
Multiplier – Multiplies the Interval by the value indicated. The default value, indicated with a hyphen, is 1. (An hourly interval with a multiplier of 3 would record entries 3 times an hour, or every 20 minutes.)
Rollover – Some points return an accumulating value that resets to zero once it reaches a maximum value (eg, a meter). This setting adds the accumulated value reached at the reset to the values now received. The default, designated by a hyphen, is zero.
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