Device group definitions

Use the Device Groups dialog box, which appears by selecting the Device Groups tab in the Device Selector configuration editor to create, add, delete, and define device groups. You can also configure default update intervals for the objects and edit update intervals in this dialog box.

Note: When you select another part of the Communication Driver tree hierarchy, you are prompted to save the modifications to the configuration set.

Create or add a device group

1. Right-click in the Device Groups box and select Add.

2. Enter a unique name up to 32 characters long for the device group.

Delete a device group

• Right-click on the device group to be deleted from the list and select Delete.

Configure default update intervals

• To configure a default update interval for the object, right-click in the Device Groups box and then select Config Default Update Interval.

Edit update intervals

• To edit the update interval for an object, double-click its value in the Update Interval column and make the edits.

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• Right-click its value in the Update Interval column and then select Modify Update Interval.

  The update interval is the frequency, in milliseconds, that the SNMP Communication Driver acquires data from the topics associated with that device group.

  Different topics can be polled at different rates from a PLC by defining multiple device group names for the same PLC and setting a different update interval for each device group.