B&B Electronics VFG3000 - Manual - Manual (Page 46)

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The Addresses tab is used to define email recipients…
An unlimited number of address book entries can be added, edited or deleted using the
buttons in the right-hand pane. Each entry can refer to one or more email recipients from any
of the transports enabled by the database. Recipients for multiple transports can be included
in the same entry. The dialog used to define the properties of each recipient is shown below…
• The Display Name property is used to define the human-readable name of the
address book entry. This is the name that will be used for the display name of the
SMTP recipients, and choosing an address book entry within Fieldbus Gateway
Manager.
• The Email Address property is used to define one or more recipients for this
address book entry. Multiple recipients should be separated by semicolons. The
format of each recipient will depend on the transport that is expected to deliver
the message. In the example above, the address book entry refers to one SMTP
recipient and one SMS recipient. The address can be mapped to a string tag so it
could be changed from the display.
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This section explains how to configure your Fieldbus Gateway to work either with modems,
or with direct serial connections to computers running the Windows operating system. Note
that Fieldbus Gateway Manager’s modem support is fundamentally different from that
provided by earlier B&B Electronics Fieldbus Gateways, in that it is entirely based upon the
Point-To-Point Protocol, otherwise known as PPP. While protocols such a Modbus allow a
single conversation to occur between any two devices, PPP is more akin to an Ethernet
connection in that it allows an unlimited number of logical connections to exist on a single
physical link. A single PPP connection can thus allow simultaneous access to the Gateway’s