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6.6.25 Setting up a new channel for the local gateway server
You can set up new channels for the currently connected gateway server, which are
then available for establishing further connection from the server, a connection to a
controller for example. The options that you have in this regard depend on the
particular choice of the number of device drivers installed on your computer.
Press the New button in the Communication Parameters dialog. The dialog
Communication Parameters: New Channel comes up:
Example dialog, installing a new channel
• The input field Name automatically contains the name used for the last inputted
channel. If no channel has yet been defined, the current gateway name will be
offered, followed by an underline character , e.g. 'localhost_'. You can edit the
channel name at this point. The channel name is purely informative, it does not
have to be a unique name but it is recommended to use one.
• The device drivers available on the gateway computer are listed in the table under
Device. In the Name column, select by mouse click one of the available drivers; the
corresponding comment, if any, appears in the Info column.
If you close the '...New Channel' dialog with OK, the newly defined channel appears in
the 'Communication Parameters' dialog as a new entry in Channels at the lowest
position under the minus sign. So far, it is only stored locally in the project (see above).
At this point you can edit the Value column (see tips below). Now confirm the entered
parameters with OK, thus leaving the 'Communication Parameters' dialog.