ASCII Rules

ASCII Rules refers to a ASCII Command that communication between Edge gateway and south device. Go to Data Collect >> South Devices>> ASCII Rules to view and configure ASCII Rules list.

1. Preview the current value that collected from southbound device under this rule communication
2. Edit the added rule
3. Delete the added rule
4. Add a new rule
5. Export and import the rules configuration in csv template file. This is useful for rules configuration backup and batch operation

Add an ASCII rule

1. Set the ASCII rule order
2. Specify the slave device name
3. Configure the belonged interface that the rule applied.

Note: at Interface>> Serial Port setting or TCP Server setting should select “ASCII” protocol first before add an ASCII communication rule.

4. Configure the Tag Name of data returned from slave device.
5. Configure the Tx command to sending to slave device.
6. Select the command data format, it supports “ASCII” and “HEX” format
7. Specify the reporting center that the collected data be reported to. The number is associated to North App>>Reporting Center>> Server “1~5”
8. Enable/disable the rule be applied