Configuring agent gateways

The gateway enables communication between the octoplant server and agents that cannot be reached directly via the server’s TCP/IP network

Requirements

• The gateway needs to be installed on a PC that can be accessed via the octoplant server’s TCP/IP network. At the same time, the octoplant agent needs to be accessible from this computer via the TCP/IP network

Section Key Value

[vdog_agent]

Via this section, the TCP/IP gateway linking to the agent is configured.

Enabled

Key for activating communication to the agent

Y/N

Default: N

Example: Enabled=Y

Port

Key for configuring the port assigned for communication

{1 to 65535}

Default: 64012

Example: Port=64268

IpAddressesClient

The key for configuring users IP address that are allowed to access the gateway. This is normally the octoplant server.

The list can be changed during runtime.

{List of IP addresses separated by commas}

Required field

Example: IpAddressesClient=10.0.80.80

Example configuration:

```[vdog_agent ]```
```Enabled= Y```
```Port=6426 8```
```IpAddressesClient=10.0.80.8 0```

Related Topics

• INI file configuration