Connect To Southbound Devices

Step 1, Add A Southbound Device

Create a southbound device node to connect to a real device or simulator.

Select South Devices -> Configuration menu to enter the southbound device management interface, and click Add Device to add deivce nodes and add a new southbound device:

• Name: fill in the name of the device, such as modbus-tcp-1;
• Plugin: select the plugin of modbus-tcp from the drop-down box.

Step 2, Setting Southbound Device's Parameters

Configure the parameters required for Neuron to establish a connection with the device. In the upper right corner, you can select a list or card to display southward equipment

Click the Device Configuration button on the southbound device card to enter the device configuration interface:

• Device IP Address: fill in the IP of the PC where PeakHMI Slave Simulators software is installed;
• Device Port: fill in the port used by the simulator. Port 502 is used by default;
• Recv Timeout: The unit is ms, and the default is 3,000. If no message is received after the set time, an error will be reported;
• Click Submit to complete the equipment configuration, and the equipment card will automatically enter the working state of Running.

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The configuration parameters required by each device are different. Please refer to Southbound Drivers for detailed description of southbound device parameters.