Configuring measurement devices

The configuration that follows allows an asset to provide the readings performed by a measurement device to an SE SPC collection. In order to use the integration of this device through a serial port with SE Suite (via integration) it is necessary for the equipment to have certain pre-defined parameters.

▪The automated data input resource (asset data) is enabled and configured with the IP address and Port of the machine to which the measurement equipment is connected;

▪The collection service is running on the machine to which the measurement equipment is connected. Refer to the Installation Guide (Windows) for details on how to install this service;

▪The software of the measurement equipment is properly configured with the exact same protocol as the service, as described in the following chart.

This parameterization in the equipment software is necessary because the serial port uses a configurable protocol and, for communication to work, it is necessary for both softwares (of the equipment and of the SE Suite customized service) of the devices to be configured with the exact same protocol.

The following chart has the parameters that are important for communication, and that are currently fixed in the connection service with the serial port available for the integration with the SE Suite system:

Parameter	Definition	Fixed value
BaudRate	It is the communication speed, for the devices to communicate it is necessary that they both have the same BaudRate configured.	9600
DataBits	It is the size of the data in transit. The default data is 8-bit.	8
StopBits	It is the size of the data in transit. The default data is 8-bit.	None
Parity	It is a method used to detect transmission errors, when parity is used the serial port will have an extra data bit responsible for communicating if the data is correct or corrupted. It is common to use "none".	None
HandShake	The HandShake concept is the process through which two machines declare to each other that they recognize each other and are ready to start the communication. Basically, the device sends the signal, waits for the answer of the other device with an OK for sending the data, and then sends the data and awaits the other device to reply with an OK.	None

Another restriction that is not related to the protocol configuration is the connection port to the Windows service. In the SE Suite system integration, the 55227 port is used. That is, the machine that has the respective serial port (machine connected to the measurement equipment) must have port 55227 free in the network for requests generated from the server in which SE Suite is installed. This is the only way for communication to happen successfully.