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FieldDescription

Connection message

An optional greeting message which is sent to any connecting socket.  This message can include one or more of the following variables:

  • Keywordmacro
    Label{remoteip}
    - the IP address of the remote party
  • Keywordmacro
    Label{remoteport}
    - the remote party's source port
PortThe port that the listener should bind to
Address family The The address family of the socket
Socket typeThe type of data flow the socket expects
Protocol typeThe type of protocol the listener will use

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FieldDescription
Port nameThe name of the serial port device, e.g. COM 1, COM 2
Baud rate
The serial port's speed
ParityThe parity check regime
Data bitsThe number of data bits, between 5 and 8

Handshake

The type of handshake the serial port requires:

  • none - no handshake required
  • rts - Request to Send
  • xonxoff - X-On/X-Off
  • rtsxonxoff - either RTS or X-On/X-Off is used
Buffer sizeThe size of the serial port's data buffer
Buffer threshold The size that the buffer must first reach before being empty
Stop bitsThe number of stop bits used

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FieldDescription
AddressThe IP address or hostnameto hostname to which the socket should connect
Address family The The address family of the socket
PortThe port that the listener should bind to
UsernameAn optional username which is sent upon successful connection.
Password

An optional password which is sent upon successful connection.

IP script 
Trickle frequency 
Trickle data 

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FieldDescription
Pipe name
The name of the pipe that is created
Buffer size
 The The size of the buffer, in bytes, that is allocated to the pipe.

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FieldDescription
Location
The full filename of the XML file to be monitored. The 
Keywordmacro
Label{app}
variable can be used to specify the program data location of the running service
X-Path query
The XPath query to use when testing for new nodes
Checksum nodeThe unique node/element to use to track which nodes have been added since the last check
Outer element

The name of the outer XML element to be used to contain any new nodes when the new XML document is created for output.

Check interval 
DelayA value, in milliseconds, that specifies the artificial delay that is waited when a change in the source XML file is discovered.  If the file were to be accessed immediately upon a change, i.e. without such a delay, the operating system would most likely not allow access to the file so soon, causing a sharing violation.
File reader

This method opens a connection to an actual file. Type the file path in the Location field, as shown below:

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