Configuring Network settings¶

Network configuration of MindConnect IoT2050 requires information on the ethernet interfaces for data acquisition (ethernet labeled with X1P1) and Insights Hub (ethernet labeled with X1P2). If your company uses a proxy server, it must also be configured to connect MindConnect IoT2050 to Insights Hub. Contact your IT administrator for details on your local network settings. For more information, refer to Connecting MindConnect IoT2050 to Insights Hub network.

After enabling the connection to the MindConnect Element you can edit the network configuration. You can enter either a static IP address or use DHCP. The last option is possible, if there is a DHCP server available in your company network.

Procedure¶

To configure the network setting, follow these steps:

1. Select the asset in the "Asset" tab.

2. Click the asset icon, for example "MindConnect IoT2050".

3. In th Agent settings section, the following graphic displays the edit MindConnect window.

   

4. Configure the device by Ethernet connection or by 4G/5G interface.

   • Select "Connect via Ethernet", if you want to configure the device via Ethernet to your network connection..
     
   • Select "Connect via 4G/5G" and enter the LTE and SIM card details if you want to configure the device via 4G/5G connection.
     For more information on modem support, refer to Modem support.
     The following graphic shows the 4G/5G connection settings:
     

   Note

   Ensure the any of the following hardware Quectel M9500-GLG4G4G, Huawei ME909S-821 or Sierra Wireless/Qualcomm MC7304 is integrated in the MindConnect IoT2050 device.

5. Enable "DHCP" if the DHCP server is available in a company network or enter the address information for static IP address.
   The following graphic shows the IP address input fields:

   

   Note

   • It is recommended to add network routes instead of using Gateway field. It is applicable for "Production Interface" only.
   • Configuring “Production interface" is not necessary for the case of reading data from serial devices using Modbus RTU protocol and the setting DHCP is enabled by default.

6. Select the proxy type in "Communication Settings" if necessary and click "Save".

   • In this case, contact your network administrator to get the proxy data. For Proxy IP address input field, it is also possible to define the port number, for example: 127.0.0.1:8080.
   • For proxy authentication type NTLM: The ___domain and the username have to be provided as "username@___domain" or as "___domain/username".

   Note

   If nothing else is configured manually, MindConnect IoT2050 will try to obtain IP addresses for both adapters via DHCP.

7. Enter the available router gateways used in the company network.

   

8. Click "Save" to complete the configuration.

Network routing¶

MindConnect device types and software agents supports adding the network routes to the production interface in agent settings to reach the devices connected to different subnets.

Network routes example¶

The following image represents the network where a MindConnect device is connected to a production network and two S7 PLCs are connected in different subnets connected to the production network via a network router as an example:

To access data from the S7 PLCs in the different subnets two network routes are required: