Can non-Ethernet devices be displayed in the IntraVUE software?
Yes, because IntraVUE works on the premise of IP identity, you will have to manually add any device that is not detected. This is useful for full visualization and the topology of the network. Login as administrator and select Add Child from the System Menu on a device that will be the ‘parent’ of the non-Ethenet device. This adds a new node that is a user node, such as a Device Server (Serial to Ethernet converter). Another example is to have a PLC with a serial port connection to the Device server. This allows the user not only to view the Ethernet device but also the connected device. The PLC would be able to have a device property and even Web Links (via proxy) without the device containing an embedded Ethernet port. To be clear, the actual properties of the PLC would not be ‘viewable’; but IntraVUE could be used to show what is connected to the Device Server and information (such as html files) could be associated with the manually inserted device. A field bus to Ethernet device c
