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Socket Server - Instance & Item setup

Written by Benjamin Pinnerup

Updated at May 21st, 2025

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Instance Item

 

The Socket Server allows the SIA Connect gateway to act as a non-protocol-specific server for exchanging of data 

Instance

Parameter Description
Port

Port of the Socket Server

Default: 1300

Timeout

Timeout in milliseconds

Default: 2000

 

Item

Three items are automatically created, when creating a new instance; “Read Socket”, “Write Socket”, and “Clients Connected”

Parameter Description
Command

Read request command. 

Only used to send read request where the socket will return back a value

Delimiter Message delimiters are the specific predefined characters that are used to define the beginning and end of a message 
Encoding

Encoding of the message

  • Plain text (UTF8)
  • HEX

 

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