Custom app/plugin, Overview field description – Perle Systems IOLAN SCS User Manual
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Management
Custom App/Plugin
Overview
You can create custom applications for the IOLAN by using the Perle SDK. See the SDK
Programmer’s Guide (the SDK and guide are found on the Perle website at
) for information about the functions that are
supported. You must download the program and any ancillary files to the IOLAN and set the
Serial
Port Profile
to
Custom App/Plugin
to run a custom application. You must also specify the program
executable in the
Command Line
parameter.
A custom application or plugin can be run on the serial port. In this situation, the application will start
once the serial port is activated and operate solely on the context of that serial port and any network
communications related to that serial port. You could run a different custom application on each serial
port. The serial port custom application or plugin is configured by specifying the
Custom
App/Plugin
profile for the serial port.
The system level custom application or plugin will begin execution immediately following the system
startup. It runs on the context of the whole system and can access network communications as well as
any or all serial ports.
Field Description
Configure the following parameter:
Recurring Start
Date
Sets the relative date and time in which the IOLAN’s clock will change to
summer time (daylight saving time) hours. Sunday is considered the first day of
the week.
Recurring End Date Sets the relative date and time in which the IOLAN’s clock will end summer
time hours and change to standard time. Sunday is considered the first day of
the week.
Command Line
The name of the application that has been already been downloaded to the
IOLAN, plus any parameters you want to pass to the program. For example,
using sample
outraw
program (this is sample program supplied with the
SDK), you would type:
outraw -s 0 192.168.2.1:10001 Acct:10001
if you were starting the application on the Server (notice the
-s 0
parameter
specifies serial port 1 to this particular application).
Field Format: Maximum of 80 characters