Manually Adding and Configuring Devices and Services

Manual configuration can be characterized as the most accurate way to add and setup a device. At the same time this can quickly become a boring, annoying and tiresome task as soon as a several dozens or more devices are to be configured. In this cases network discovery can be a better alternative.

To add a new device to the system do the following:

  • invoke Add New Device action of Devices Context

  • specify unique Device Name, Device Description and Device Driver

  • click OK to register the device.

See also Devices chapter for a more detailed description.

The newly added device should be properly configured. This involves common parameters like Host Address, Generic Device Properties and Device Settings Synchronization Options along with specific options that depends on the device type (driver used), services and applications it runs and the role it plays.

Common Configuration Parameters

Host Address

IP Address or Host Name is required for most device types and simply specifies host address for the network device.

Generic Device Properties

Generic Device Properties define standard device attributes like it's name, description, time zone, etc. Refer to Generic Device Properties paragraph of Devices article for details. Usually most of these options should not be changed; but still check them to ensure they are correct. Pay attention to the following parameters:

  • Device Type. This parameter specifies a role the device plays in the network environment. The roles can be used, for example, to find devices more easily by organizing them into type groups.

  • Synchronization parameters, namely Synchronization Period, Interrupt Synchronization And Reconnect On Error, Enable Extended Status, Device Dependency Expression defines how the device information is updated. Together with Device Settings Synchronization Options these settings are crucial for proper monitoring operation.

  • Suspend Device allows to pause prevent device polling.

Device Settings Synchronization Options

Device Settings Synchronization Options allows to customize synchronization (polling) options for every device setting. This provides a fine-grained control over monitoring process.

Driver-Specific Parameters

Configuration of specific device types are described in the corresponding subsections:

Monitoring Parameters

Monitor parameters are rather scattered among diverse parameter groups:

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