Objectives

In this Exercise you will learn how to create the Managed Gateway in Monitor and add the new device you've added to the Device library.

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Before you begin:
This Exercise requires that you have:

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

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Add a Managed Gateway

Login to MAS and navigate to Monitor (if not alrady done):

Expand Monitor | Setup section in the left menu and select Gateways:

Select Add gateway:

Define the gateway ID XX_MGT_GW_01 and the gateway Type XX_MGT_GW.

Make sure the gateway Configuration is Managed and click Save:

You will now see your new Managed Gateway, including a Managed tag in both the list of Gateways as well as in the gateway definition:

Add your new device to the Managed Gateway

In the Managed Gateway click on Add device:

Since this is a Managed Gateway the Use device library is automatically selected, as it is only possible to use devices from the Device library.
Just click on Continue 🤗

Search for Siemens in the Manufacturer list:

Then search for S7 devices in the long list of Siemens devices - select you newly added device under S7 OPC-UA Server, and click Next:

Add the OPC UA Server IP Address and Port, and click Next:

Define the Device type and Device ID (using your initials instead of XX), and click Next:

Set the Data frequency to 30000 ms (30 seconds) and select the following 7 data tags to be used as metrics in Monitor. Once done click Save:

You will now see your new added device being a part of your new Managed Gateway:

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Congratulations you have successfully created the Managed Gateway in Monitor and added an instance of the newly added device in the Device library.