Instructions

Doc: HMSI-27-314, Rev. 3.10Anybus Communicator EtherNet/IP / Modbus-TCP User Manual
Chapter 9
9. E-mail Client
9.1 General
The built-in e-mail client can send predefined e-mail messages based on trigger-events in input and out-
put 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 45
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 38
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 58.
Note that the input and output data areas are scanned twice per second, i.e. to ensure that an event is
detected by the gateway, it must be present longer than 0.5 seconds.