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8. Security Function
You can set the lock function to prohibit tap operations and also allow only registered users
to operate the GX/GP.
ConfiguringtheSecurityFunction(Settingmenu:Securitysettings)
Basic Settings
Item Reference
Applying security features to tap operation and communication (login, ope lock)
→page 1-179
Automatically logging out users when there is no tapping activity for a specified
time (login)
Setting items to lock the operation of (ope lock) →page 1-180
Registering users (administrators, users) (login) →page 1-182
Setting user limitation conditions (login) →page 1-184
9.CommunicationFunction
You can use the communication interface (Ethernet or serial) to perform the following
operations.
• Configure and operate the GX/GP.
• Monitor the GX/GP measured data.
• Retrieve files on the external storage medium of the GX/GP.
• Automatically transfer measurement data files to an FTP server.
• Monitor and configure the GX/GP through a Web browser.
• Transmit e-mails to specified addresses when alarms and other events occur.
• Read data from a device connected to the network or write GX/GP data.
GX/GP
PC
E-mail transmission
FTP Server
Automatically transfer
measurement data files
Read/write data
View on a Web browser
Control operation, configure,
and monitor measured data
Ethernet
ConfiguringtheEthernetCommunicationFunction(Settingmenu:
Communication(Ethernet)settings)
Configuring Basic Settings
Item Reference
Automatically obtaining the IP address (DHCP) or setting it manually
→page 1-143
Automatically obtaining the DNS server addresses or manually setting them
(primary, secondary, domain suffixes)
Setting the host information
Registering the host name
ConfiguringtheFTPClientFunction(FiletransferfromtheGX/GPusingFTP)
Item Reference
Enabling the FTP client function and setting the files to transfer
→page 1-145
Delaying data transfers to the FTP server (transfer wait time)
Setting SSL encryption on data sent via FTP
Setting the destination server (primary, secondary)
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