Device Properties

Standard properties are shown in bold. Advanced properties are shown in italics.

Displayed fields can be sorted in one of two ways by clicking the following icons:
sb icon categorized Categorized
sb icon alphabetical Alphabetical

Initially only the basic fields are shown. To reveal all fields, click the sb icon advanced  Advanced button.

Filter the list by entering all or part of a property name in the Filter box.

The Device Properties editor displays information about the device and basic device configuration properties, arranged in the following categories:

  • Device Identification

  • Product Information

  • Device Status

  • Start-up Settings

  • Real-Time Clock

  • Ethernet Applications

  • Scheduler

  • LDAP

Properties

Device Identification

Property Description

Device Name

Used to identify the device.

Location

The physical location of the device.

Description

Other identifying information for the device.

Box number

Physical address used for identification by the Dynalite system.

Serial number

The serial number of the device.

Device location sequence

Identifies devices sequentially on a series network, not required.

Device number

System Designer reference number.

IPv4 Address

32-bit network address expressed in decimal

IPv6 Address

128-bit network address expressed in hexadecimal (32 hexadecimal numbers)

Product Information

Property Description

Product name

These fields are populated automatically, and identify the product type, hardware, firmware and bootloader versions.

Product category

Product type

Device code

PCB assembly

Model ID

Firmware version

Bootloader version

Has RTC

(True/False) Device has a built-in real-time clock.

Device Status

Property Description

Device status list

These fields are populated automatically, and show information about device creation, modification, and current status.

Date time created

Date time modified

Date time memory loaded

Date time memory saved

Date time task compiled

Start-up Settings

Property Description

Metric polling startup delay (sec)

If enabled, the device sends a DyNet sign-on message when turned on or reset.

Start delay (rounded to 10 ms)

Delay after startup before sending sign-on message. Maximum value: 00:30:000 (rounded to 10 ms).

Real-Time Clock

Property Description

Broadcast time

Enable or disable the real-time clock’s time reporting. Only one timeclock should broadcast to a spur, more than one could lead to time errors.

Broadcast date

Enable or disable the real-time clock’s date reporting.

Broadcast interval (seconds)

The real-time clock reporting interval 1-65534 seconds. The default is 600 seconds (10 minutes).

Network Time Protocol

Enable or disable Network Time Protocol (NTP). Enable for cloud.

NTP Polling Interval (days)

The polling interval for Network Time Protocol (NTP).

NTP Hostname

The hostname for Network Time Protocol (NTP). Set to a valid NTP server name or IP address. NTP servers use port 123.

Ethernet Applications

Property Description

Web server

Enable or disable web service.

Secure connection (HTTP/HTTPS)

Select supported web server protocol. HTTPS is recommended. (PDEG, PDDEG-S only)

Authentication required for

Specifies when web service authentication is required. Select:

  • None - no authentication. All users can access all options without needing to logon.

  • Web pages and CGI - web pages and CGI requests require separate authentication (Not recommended).

  • CGI Only – users will be requested to logon to the control app. CGI requests such as, GetDyNet.cgi, SetDyNet.cgi and WebPage.cgi need authentication.

Starting web page

The default web page. The Control app uses Index.htm. (PDEG, PDDEG-S only)

Web server caching

Enable or disable web server caching. Certain browsers such as Safari require caching to be disabled to work. (PDEG, PDDEG-S only)

CGI Timeout (milliseconds)

Changes the CGI command timeout period. Default = 1000.

File Transfer Protocol (FTP)

Enable or disable FTP. (PDEG only)

FTP timeout (seconds)

Number of seconds or no timeout. (PDEG only)

Telnet

Enable or disable Telnet. (PDEB, PDEG only)

Telnet timeout (seconds)

Number of seconds or no timeout. (PDEB, PDEG only)

Scheduler

Property Description

Event schedule

Enable or disable all the event schedules.

Reserved event schedule records

The number of reserved event schedule records. Default = 100.

Reserved task length (bytes)

Default minimum reserved length of task list. Default = 200.

Grace Period (minutes)

Task grace period.

Reserved event schedule name (bytes)

Reserved bytes for UTF-8 text of event schedule. Default = 40.

Reserved special event records

The number of reserved special event records. Default = 5.

Reserved special event name (bytes)

Reserved bytes for UTF-8 text of special event Default = 40.

Reserved public holiday records

The number of reserved public holiday records Default = 15.

Reserved public holiday name (bytes)

Reserved bytes for UTF-8 text of public holiday Default = 40.

LDAP

Property Description

Enabled

Enable or disable LDAP. if set, Lightweight Directory Protocol (LDAP) configuration is applied to the device.

Port

Standard LDAP port numbers are automatically selected for the user when they change the Encryption type.

Port 636 is used for LDAP running over secure sockets layer transport (SSL). LDAP over SSL is sometimes called LDAPS.

Port 389 is a default port used for both secure and unsecure methods. The secure method requires Encryption Type property set to LDAP + StartTLS

Timeout (seconds)

Timeout value used for requests to the LDAP server. May be further restricted by the [LDAP] server’s configured maximum time.

Authentication Type

None - No Authentication
Simple – Username and Password

Encryption Type

Both LDAPS and LDAP + StartTLS are encrypted. Selection depends on what the site uses.
None - no encryption is used.
LDAPS – LDAP over Secure Sockets Layer (SSL).
LDAP + StartTLS.

Host name

LDAP server’s hostname or an IP address.
Example: ldap.example.com or 172.217.18.196

Base DN

The LDAP subtree for users that will be allowed to use the service.
Example: OU=Users, DC=example, DC=com

Admin group

Users must be a member of this LDAP group to allow access.