HMS Anybus Communicator - Chapter 8 E-Mail Client; General

Doc: HMSI-27-309, Rev. 3.11Anybus Communicator PROFINET User Manual
Chapter 8
8. E-mail Client
8.1 General
The built-in e-mail client can send predefined e-mail messages based on trigger-events in Input- and
Output Data areas. The client supports SSI, however note that some SSI functions cannot be used in e-
mail messages (specified separately for each SSI function).
See also...
• “Server Side Include (SSI)” on page 35
Server Settings
The Anybus Communicator needs a valid SMTP server configuration in order to be able to send e-mail
messages. These settings are stored in the system file “\ethcfg.cfg”.
See also...
• “Ethernet Configuration File (“ethcfg.cfg”)” on page 27
Event-Triggered Messages
As mentioned previously, the e-mail client can send predefined messages based on events in the Input-
and Output Data areas. In operation, this works as follows:
1. The trigger source is fetched from a specified location
2. A logical AND is performed between the trigger source and a mask value
3. The result is compared to a reference value
4. If the result is true, the e-mail is sent to the specified recipient(s).
Which events that shall cause a particular message to be sent, is specified separately for each message.
For more information, see “E-mail Definitions” on page 48.
Note that the Input- and Output Data areas are scanned twice per second, i.e. to ensure that an event is
detected by the module, it must be present longer than 0.5 seconds.