Objectives

In this Exercise you will learn how to add the first industrial device to the Managed Gateway.


Before you begin:
This Exercise requires that you have:

  1. completed the pre-requisites required for all labs
  2. completed the previous exercises

Please find the IP address of the machine the Modbus simulator is running on. I was running the simulator on my local network on a machine with the IP address: 192.168.1.42.


While looking at your Managed Gateway in the Gateways list, press the Add device:

Add device

The Use device library will automatically be selected, as a Managed Gateway only supports devices from the library. Simply click on Continue:
Use device library

New in MAS 9.0

The type of gateway defines which types of devices that can be added to the gateway.
This is automatically handled by Monitor.

Managed Gateway: OT devices from the library.
Standard/Priveleged Gateway: Custom IoT devices.

It is time to add the Lenze i550 device.
Search for Lenze in the manufacurer drop-down and select it. Click Next: Search for Lenze

Select the i550 product and default. Click on Next: Select i550

Select the Modbus TCP protocol. Click on Next: Select Modbus TCP

Tip

The simulator only supports the Modbus TCP protocol, so it will fail if you select another.

Now it is time to use the IP address of the simulator
- combine it with port number 10502 separated by :, like 192.168.1.42:10502.
Click on Next; Define IP Address

Define the Device ID as XX_Lenze_i550_01 where you replace XX with your initials.
You can see the Product Type of the industrial device you have chosen,
i.e. Variable Frequency Drives for the Lenze i550.
Click on the Device type and you should see this: Configure Device ID

New in MAS 9.0

It is now possible to create your own Device types based on the Product type.
The first item in the drop-down list is the default value, which was the only option in previous versions of MAS Monitor.

You will create your own Device Type. Since you have not yet done so, you just type XX_VFD where you replace XX with your initials: Click Next: Configure Device type

Tip

You can select your own Device Type from the drop-down list once you have created it..

Define the Data frequency to 60000 (60 seconds) and it will automatically be used when you select the metrics:
Configure frequency

Select all the Standard Metrics. Click Save: Select data points

Tip

Standard metrics use labels, units, and values that are unified by the Managed Gateway once deployed.
Synthesized metrics are created by using other metrics. Some standard metrics are synthesized, but those metrics are only listed as standard metrics.

You have now successfully added the first OT device to your Managed Gateway: Device added


Congratulations you have successfully added an industrial device to a Managed Gateway.