Specifications

86Web-Based Online Access

Connect

Connect to the selected target PLC to be configured.

Browse

Browse for network configuration files (*.xml) to be uploaded to the web server.

Upload

Upload the browsed network configuration file (*.xml) to the web server to be added to the

network database.

Network Configuration File

Location of Configuration Files

The GXDP webserver loads the configuration of PLC connections from XML files in the

subdirectory ‘Server\gxmonitor\WebApps\config‘. All XML files in this directory are scanned for

valid transfer configurations. As part of the installation procedure the file ‘netwpath_config.xml’ is

copied to this directory. It contains several default configurations for various types of PLC

connections.

The transfer setup editor of GXDP 7.01 does use a different format for storing the transfer

configurations. This new format is not supported by the GXDP webserver included in GXDP 7.01.

To add or modify transfer setups for the webserver the following procedures are possible:

1. edit the existing entries in the default file ‘netwpath_config.xml’

2. add new transfer configurations with new names to the default configuration file ‘

netwpath_config.xml’

3. copy new XML files with additional transfer configurations to the server directory

4. upload new XML files with additional transfer configurations via the start page of the

GXDP webserver

The XML files are text files. If a special XML editor is not available, a simple text editor like ‘

Notepad’ is sufficient.

Elements of a Transfer Path

The configuration for a connection is maintained in ‘NetworkPath’ entries in the configuration files.

Sample for a transfer path: