Moxa NA-4020 [69/94] Active message

ioLogik E4200 Click&Go Introduction

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Active Message

In response to a proper IF condition, the Active Message function sends a customized message to one or more

IP destinations using TCP or UDP packets. Select the THEN/ELSE action to Active Message and click on the

property button to enter the Message Content Settings window.

Enter your desired message in the Message Content column. Dynamic fields such as time, date, IP address, and

I/O status can be inserted in your message by clicking Keyword Lookup. Messages are sent in ASCII by default,

but can be sent in HEX by selecting the Message Format as HEX (separated by ‘,’) checkbox or sent in

Unicode by selecting the Message Format as UNICODE (UCS-2) checkbox. Click the Set Active Message

button to configure the default parameters, such as the messaging protocol (TCP or UDP), socket port (9001 by

default), and up to 10 target message servers.

Messages can be received by a program using standard sockets, the Moxa MXIO library, or ioAdmin’s Message

Monitor.

When sending a message in HEX, each HEX value must be delimited by commas. View the incoming message

in the Message Monitor tab and select the Toggle HEX checkbox. Note numbers that are control characters

will not show up in the Message Monitor.

E-mail

The E-mail function sends a customizable e-mail to one or more mail boxes or Blackberrys. Select the

THEN/ELSE action to e-mail and click on the property button to enter the Mail Settings window. After entering

the subject of an e-mail, enter the message in the Mail Content area. Dynamic fields such as time, date, IP

address, and I/O status can be inserted in your message by clicking Keyword Lookup.

NOTE

Content in the same logic entry can be sent by either Active Message or e

mail, in which case the content of the

messages will be the same.

If you would like to send an Active Message and e-

mail based on the same event,

but with different content, you will need to use two separate logic entries, one for the Active Message and one

for the e

-mail.

SMTP server information, including username/password and the recipient database, can be configured by

clicking the Set Mail Address button. Clicking the finger icon can move the selected address from the Recipient

Database to the Recipient List. To manually add e-mail addresses to the Recipient Database, enter the Name

and Mail Address and click Add. Once the address has been added to the Recipient Database, use the finger

icons to move it to or from the Recipient List.