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3 Configuration

3.2 Interface settings

Overview

This section describes the use of the xml file Settings.xml.

Settings.xml

The settings file Settings.xml contains the general settings for the GSI interface.

It is located in the folder HOME/GSI. For the option Robot Reference Interface this

file refers to a list of all communication clients for external systems installed in the

controller. The Settings.xml file can be defined according to the XML schema

Settings.xsd.

Example

For each communication client installed on the controller, the file Settings.xml must

contain a Client entry in the Clients section. The Convention attribute identifies the

protocol convention used by the client, for the Robot Reference Interface option

only CDP is supported. The Name attribute identifies the name of the client and

also specifies the folder with the device related configuration files.

CDP stands for cyclic data protocol and is the internal name of the protocol, on

which Robot Reference Interface messages are transferred.

An internal client node of the interface module will be created, which is able to

connect to the external system MySensor that runs a data server application and

can communicate via Robot Reference Interface with the robot.

For each sensor system, a subdirectory named with the sensor system identifier,

for example MySensor, contains further settings.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

</Clients>

</Settings>

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