1.277 HWGroup-Poseidon2

This page describes the device driver for the Poseidon2 series SNMP based monitoring sensor and I/O controller from HWGroup.
Please note: To initialize the SNMP communication it is necessary to add a read and write community on the WebUI of the Poseidon2.

The usage of virtual outputs is not intended to be used with this driver.

The driver was tested with the following model:

• Poseidon2 3468 with 4 Inputs and 2 Outputs

Device window pages

The following table shows which device window pages are available with this individual device type. Tool-bar functions not mentioned here are described at the general description of device windows .

• --- The I/O controller parameters and sensor measurements
• --- The faults page.
• --- The device info page.
• --- The maintenance page. The configuration parameters described below are set at this page.

Configuration parameters

At the maintenance page of the device window there are a couple of configuration parameters which must be set to make the software talk to the amplifier.

• parameter --- description

• address --- The SNMP address specification for the device. The full address specification consists of the following fields:aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd:pppp read-community write-community

  • aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd --- The IP address of the device in 'dotted quad' notation. This field is mandatory.
  • pppp --- The IP port number where the device accepts SNMP requests. The port number may be omitted, the driver uses the standard port 161 in this case.
  • read-community --- The SNMP read community name. This must match the read community expected by the device.
  • write-community --- The SNMP write community name. This must match the write community expected by the device. The write community name may be omitted, the driver uses the read community name for both, read and write in this case. If both community names are missing, the driver uses 'public' as a default for read and write community.

• readBackDelay --- Defines the delay the driver uses when it reads back parameters recently commanded. The delay is initialized at a proved preset value which should not be changed under normal circumstances.

• sensors --- Defines the number of connected sensors between 0 and 16 of the device

• inputs --- Defines the number of available inputs (4 or 12) of the device

• outputs --- Defines the number of available outputs (0,2 or 4) of the device

Variables defined by this device driver