Socket server group - configuration window
Description:
The window serves for setting the parameters of socket server group for communication in the network by
Sockets.
This configuration window can be opened in the "
Sockets" configuration window.
Configurators:
| Name | Name of the server group |
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| Timeout | Time (in milliseconds) that the communication on the acceptance of defined data amount (see Data transfer in network over Sockets) is waiting for the data acceptance. If the data are not accepted in this time-span, then the transfer will be declared as faulty. |
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| Transfer type | Selection from the following options (for details see Data transfer in network over Sockets):
Unlimited data length (TCP) - The server will communicate by the TCP protocol, the data can be of any size.
Limited data length (UDP) - The server will communicate by the UDP protocol, the data size should be less than 480 bytes.
Limited data length without PROMOTIC header - The server will communicate by the UDP protocol and the PROMOTIC will not add anything into the user data. The data size should be less than 510 bytes. It is used for communication with the server that is not a PROMOTIC application. |
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| Port number | Port number entered by a designer or set automatically by the system.
System assigned port
User assigned port |
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