Reliable Connection Tab

Context

You use this tab to maintain the connection to the source system. PCo checks the connection on a regular basis.

Procedure

  1. On the Plant Connectivity Management Console screen, select a source system and click on the Reliable Connection tab.
  2. For the information you need to enter, use the following table:

    Field

    Description

    Max. Number of Retries

    Maximum number of connection attempts before the connection counts as failed. The default value is 3.

    If the attempt to establish a connection fails, the agent instance switches to the Faulty state. In this case, an icon in the form of a red square with a white cross is displayed for the agent instance. See also: Monitoring.

    Retry Interval (Seconds)

    Indicates the number of seconds before the next send attempt.

    The default value is 30 seconds, meaning that the PCo system checks the connection every 30 seconds. If the agent instance establishes that there is no connection, PCo makes a new connection attempt every 30 seconds, for example.

Next Steps

Unlike the other source systems, the OLE DB source system and the ODBC source system only have a passive connection check. For more information about the passive connection check, see Reliable Connection Tab (OLE DB / ODBC Source System).