Properties

Name

The name of the ModFrame component. This name will be visible below the ModFrame component in the ModFrame Client configuration panel.

The name of a ModFrame component must be unique within the container it resides in.

Driver

With this property the driver used to communicate with the external equipment is specified. The driver is responsible for maintaining a connection and receiving transactions from a supplier of transactions, for instance a web service. This choice will determine what parsers are available i the Parser property. After a change has been made Apply must be pushed in order to update the Parser property list.

Parser

With this property the parser is selected. The parser is responsible for decoding and interpreting the information received by the driver.

Visible connection status port

This property controls the appearance of the connection status port. If true a digital port called ConnectionStatus indicating whether the driver is connected will appear.

Visible connection info port

This property controls the appearance of the connection information port. If true a string port called ConnectionInfo will appear. The value of this port will contain the connection info from the driver.

Log parsed transactions

This property enables logging of the parsed transactions. This means logging the message objects that is the result of parsing the original data from the driver. If true, all parsed ACT messages will be written to the log file directory. The functionality should be used with care, since the messages will require a lot of disk space. Logging should only be temporarily enabled for debugging purposes.

Log file path

This property defines the path to the directory in which to log information when logging is enabled.

Log file history length

This property defines how long (in minutes) to store information in the log file path.

Warning on unmapped attributes

This property enables warnings on unmapped attributes. This means that a warning will be issued whenever a native transaction contains a material attribute that is not mapped to an Apis Click&Trace entity. This property should only be enabled for debugging purposes.

Warning on unmapped equipment locations

This property enables warnings on unmapped equipment locations. This means that a warning will be issued whenever a native transaction contains an equipment location that is not mapped to an Apis Click&Trace entity. This property should only be enabled for debugging purposes.

Warning on unmapped equipment states

This property enables warnings on unmapped equipment states. This means that a warning will be issued whenever a native transaction contains an equipment state that is not mapped to an Apis Click&Trace entity. This property should only be enabled for debugging purposes. 

Warning on invalid message content

This property enables warnings when transactions are discarded because of invalid content.