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7 ACTIVATE PROCESS CONTROL INTERFACES
7.6 Activating GCI interface on the WDM
The Gateway General Client Interface (GCI) is an external interface that is used with GCI-based client
applications residing external to the WDM. GCI is a protocol that is used with client applications that
communicate with the wireless field devices using ISA100 Wireless standard.
To activate GCI interface on the WDM
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On the Selection Panel, expand the WDM icon and select GCI.
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On the Property Panel, expand Configuration panel.
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In the Interface list, click TCP Interface.
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Under Ethernet/TCP Interface Options, in the TCP Port field, specify the default port number 4901.
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Click Apply.
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Expand Statistics to monitor performance of GCI interface.
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Verify the following attributes to monitor the performance of the GCI interface.
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Message Rate: Number of messages processed by the interface, per second.
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Message Rate Max: Maximum number of messages processed by the interface, per second.
Click Reset Statistics to reset all the GCI interface statistics.
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