Configure Device

You have two options for configuring a device – either you change the existing values of a device that is connected online, or you first configure a device offline from the product catalog. The offline configuration is initially based on default values.

Configure Devices Online

If there is a connection to the device, the configuration is based on the current values that the device has.

The device can be accessed via the network or USB.

Add the device connected via network or USB to your project. (see 8 Add Devices in the Project).
If you use other access data for your device than the standard access data, a login window opens. Enter the required data.
The device is connected automatically.
Open the “Settings” view.
See tips for using the “Settings” view below.
The device data is queried automatically after the connection is established and initially adopted as project values (left), so that device data and project values initially correspond.
Select a tab in which you want to make settings, e.g., “VPN.”
Make your changes in the “Project Values” column. For example, set “OpenVPN” to “Enabled.”
A unequal sign indicates that the project value now differs from the device value.
Make any further changes in different tabs as needed.
You can find an overview of which tab you have made changes in the drop-down menu at the top. From this menu, you can switch directly to the tab in which you have made changes if required. The corresponding tabs themselves are also marked with an unequal sign after changes.
Transfer the changes to the device as follows:
If you have changed values in only one tab, click [Write to Device ►] under the changed values.
If you have changed values in different tabs, click [Write Settings of All Tabs to Device ►] in the upper area.

Configurations and parameters have been transferred to the device. The node is ready for use.

Configure Device Offline

If there is no connection to the device, the configuration is initially carried out with the device from the product catalog and on the basis of the default values of this catalog device.

The devices cannot be accessed via the network or USB.

Select the device from the product catalog (see 8 Add Devices in the Project).
Open the “Settings” view.
See tips for using the “Settings” view below.
Since there is no connection to the device, only the default values of the device are initially displayed in the “Project Values” area.
Select a tab in which you want to make settings, e.g., “VPN.”
Setzen Sie beispielsweise „OpenVPN“ auf „Enabled“.
Make any further changes in different tabs as needed.
Save the project via the project menu.
If your device is available at a later time, open the “Connection” view.
Enter the IP address of the device and in the “Devices in Project” area, click [Connect].
Switch to the “Settings” view.
You can see which project and device values differ from each other using a different icon between the “Project Values” and “Device Values” columns.
You can find an overview of which tab you have made changes in the drop-down menu at the top. From this menu, you can switch directly to the tab in which you have made changes if required. The corresponding tabs themselves are also marked with an unequal sign after changes.
Transfer the changes to the device as follows:
If you have changed values in only one tab, click [Write to Device ►] under the changed values.
If you have changed values in different tabs, click [Write Settings of All Tabs to Device ►] in the upper area.

Configurations and parameters have been transferred to the device. The node is ready for use.

Tips

A description of the “Settings” view with explanations of icons, operating elements and file handling can be found under 8 Settings.
Check the “Show only relevant settings” checkbox to display only those settings that are relevant to the configuration used. In this case, grayed out and thus unchangeable, irrelevant settings are hidden.
Use the update icon to read and display current values from the device. Otherwise, the values are updated each time a connection is established and write operations are executed.

Execute actions directly

There are changes that you do not have to save as a project value and then transfer, but that are sent directly to the device, such as changing the system time.

You can find such actions in the lower area of the respective tabs under “Device Status/Actions.” You can also find device status information in the same area.