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ETHERNET INTERFACE CONFIGURATION – CLOUD
From firmware version 1.40, FieldLogger allows to connect to a remote machine-to-machine (M2M) server as a way to
turn its data available through the cloud (Internet).
The Cloud button makes it possible to enable data access through the cloud. Authentication parameters indicate how
FieldLogger should connect to the remote server. IP address (or URL, if DNS is enabled) and server connection port
must be filled, as the desired authentication mode. When selecting NAP as the authentication mode, the port will be fixed
in the correct value and a few other fields needed to the authentication will be shown.
Parameters related to the protocol are on the bottom screen area. You can choose assign a Modbus address to the
FieldLogger in order to send commands directly to them. Commands received with different addresses will be routed to
FieldLogger RS485 network if it is configured as a Modbus master (RS485 screen) and the gateway option is enabled
(button “Modbus TCP”). Besides that, there is an option of choosing the cloud connection protocol (“Modbus TCP” or
“Modbus RTU over TCP”) and a time out for the reconnection. This time out checks for the maximum period of time that
FieldLogger can wait without receiving any Modbus command from the cloud: if none is received within this period, it is
assumed that the connection was lost and it tries to reconnect to the cloud. In order to disable this time out, configure its
value as “0”.
Ethernet Interface – Configuration of the Access to the Cloud