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Management
Custom App/Plugin
Overview
You can create custom applications for the IOLAN by using the Perle SDK. See the SDK
Programmer’s Guide (the SDK and guide are accessible via a request form located on the Perle
website at
www.perle.com/supportfiles/SDK_Request.shtml) for information about the
functions that are supported. You must download the program and any ancillary files to the IOLAN
and set the
Serial Port Profile to Custom App/Plugin to run a custom application. You must also
specify the program executable in the
Command Line parameter.
A custom application or plugin can be run on the serial port. In this situation, the application will start
once the serial port is activated and operate solely on the context of that serial port and any network
communications related to that serial port. You could run a different custom application on each serial
port. The serial port custom application or plugin is configured by specifying the
Custom
App/Plugin
profile for the serial port.
The system level custom application or plugin will begin execution immediately following the system
startup. It runs on the context of the whole system and can access network communications as well as
any or all serial ports.
Field Description
Configure the following parameter:
Advanced
Overview
Review the configuration options in the Advanced page to determine if any of them apply to your
implementation.
Recurring Start
Date
Sets the relative date and time in which the IOLAN’s clock will change to
summer time (daylight saving time) hours. Sunday is considered the first day of
the week.
Recurring End Date Sets the relative date and time in which the IOLAN’s clock will end summer
time hours and change to standard time. Sunday is considered the first day of
the week.
Command Line The name of the application that has been already been downloaded to the
IOLAN, plus any parameters you want to pass to the program. For example,
using sample
outraw program (this is sample program supplied with the
SDK), you would type:
outraw -s 0 192.168.2.1:10001 Acct:10001
if you were starting the application on the Server (notice the
-s 0 parameter
specifies serial port 1 to this particular application).
Field Format: Maximum of 80 characters