Scannex ip.buffer User Manual
© UK 2007-2021 Scannex Electronics Ltd. All rights reserved worldwide.
9 . C h a n n e ls
http://192.168.0.235/setup/channel.shtm?ch=1
The ip.buffer has the concept of “channels” at the core. A channel consists of:
The data source – Serial
, TCP, UDP, FTP Server, or “off” (Section 10)
A pass-through channel that allows bidirectional access to the source from a
TCP/IP socket
A method of delivery (the destination) – Email Push, HTTP POST to Web Server,
FTP Push, FTP Server, TCP Server, TCP Push, Pass-through Only (Section 11)
Storage area – the memory (Section 12)
Name
The name of the channel.
[Channel1]
Source
Where to collect data from:
Type
Description
Section
COM1 Serial
Serial port
TCP
TCP/IP device
UDP
UDP/IP
FTP Server
Device FTP pushes into the
ip.buffer
Cloud Server
Data is fetched from the Cloud
server.
None (off)
No source (Lua scripting can still
make use of the storage for this
channel)
[COM1 Serial]
,
[COM2 Serial]
, etc
1
Channel 1 uses COM1, Channel 2 uses COM2, and so on
2
Each pass-through socket has a separate port number
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Scannex ip.buffer User Manual
© UK 2007-2021 Scannex Electronics Ltd. All rights reserved worldwide.
9 . C h a n n e ls
http://192.168.0.235/setup/channel.shtm?ch=1
The ip.buffer has the concept of “channels” at the core. A channel consists of:
The data source – Serial
, TCP, UDP, FTP Server, or “off” (Section 10)
A pass-through channel that allows bidirectional access to the source from a
TCP/IP socket
A method of delivery (the destination) – Email Push, HTTP POST to Web Server,
FTP Push, FTP Server, TCP Server, TCP Push, Pass-through Only (Section 11)
Storage area – the memory (Section 12)
Name
The name of the channel.
[Channel1]
Source
Where to collect data from:
Type
Description
Section
COM1 Serial
Serial port
TCP
TCP/IP device
UDP
UDP/IP
FTP Server
Device FTP pushes into the
ip.buffer
Cloud Server
Data is fetched from the Cloud
server.
None (off)
No source (Lua scripting can still
make use of the storage for this
channel)
[COM1 Serial]
,
[COM2 Serial]
, etc
1
Channel 1 uses COM1, Channel 2 uses COM2, and so on
2
Each pass-through socket has a separate port number
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