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Setting up the desired gateway server and channel

Setting up the desired gateway server and channel in the communication parameters dialog

To define the connection to the desired gateway server we open the dialog 'Communication Parameters Gateway' by pressing the button Gateway.

Here you can enter and/or edit the following:

  • The type of connection from your computer to the computer on which the gateway server that you want to use is running. If the gateway server is running on the local computer, connection via shared memory ("local") or via TCP/IP is possible; if connection to a different computer is needed, only TCP/IP can be used.

  • The address of the computer, on which the gateway server that you want to use is running: IP address or the appropriate symbolic name such as e.g. localhost. Regard that leading zeros added to the address range number however are not allowed.

    Example: not possible: '010.107.084.050', must be entered as '10.107.84.50'). On initial setup, the standard 'localhost' is offered as the computer name (address), which means that the locally installed gateway would be accessed. The name 'localhost' is set to be identical to the local IP address 127.0.0.1 in most cases, but you may in some cases have to enter this directly into the Address field. If you want to access a gateway server on another computer, you must replace 'localhost' with its name or IP address.

  • The password for the selected gateway server, if it is on a remote computer. If it is incorrectly entered, or not entered at all, an error message appears.

    Note in this connection: you can give the locally installed gateway server a password with the following procedure: click with the right mouse button on the gateway symbol in the lower right portion of the toolbar and select "Change password". A dialog comes up for changing or entering a password. If you access the gateway server locally any password that is entered will not be asked for.

  • The computer’s port on which the gateway server that you wish to use is running, as a rule the correct value for the selected gateway is already given.

If the dialog is closed with OK, the corresponding entry (computer address) appears in the Channels field at the top of the 'Communication parameters' dialog, and below it the channels available on this gateway server.

Setting up the desired channel on the selected gateway server

Now select one of the channels by clicking on an entry with the mouse. The corresponding parameters will then be shown in the table. If no connection can be established to the selected gateway address possibly because it has not been started or the address is incorrect "” the phrase 'not connected' appears in brackets after the address and a message 'No gateway with these settings could be found' appears. In this connection perform a quick check⮫ “Quick check in the event of unsuccessful connection attempt to the gateway”.

Once the desired channel is set up, close the dialog using OK. The settings are saved with the project.