nE2Link Service

The nE2Link Service is a Niagara service that allows the user to manage existing connections to the nano EDGE ENGINE devices. The Ne2LinkService has to be located under the Services in the station.

On double-click on the service, the dedicated view is opened, which shows all nano EDGE ENGINE devices added in the station. The view shows the following data about the devices:

name,
status icon,
communication status,
IP address,
nE2 device name (with a serial number),
nE2 device type,
OS version on the device,
serial number,
slot path.

Each device can be managed either by action buttons on the bottom of the view or individually from the context menu.

ne2Link Screenshot — Fig. 1: nE2LinkService

From the context menu, it is possible to connect or disconnect the device.

Disconnect Selected: disconnects selected devices;
Disconnect All: disconnects all connected devices;
Refresh: refreshes the view (devices added/removed while the view has been displayed will appear/disappear from the list);
Disconnect Settings: shows setting for an automatic disconnect mechanism (applies to all connected devices).

Auto-disconnect

Auto-disconnect function disconnected the device automatically after the set time runs off. Auto-disconnect settings can be set in the pop-up dialog window:

The same settings are available under double-click on the Auto Disconnect Settings option in the nE2DeviceExt tree:

Once the disconnect time passes, the auto log off notice is displayed:

Setting the Disconnect Time to 0 disables the functionality.