SECS Configuration

This chapter describes the configuration of the SECS driver.

Click the SECS Connections button in the System Management > Driver to open the configuration panel.

Device

You can select one of the existing device connections via this combo box. The create button lets you create a new connection. The remove button removes the currently selected connection. Via the description you can set a description for the selected connection.

Tabs

Configuration
Contains the configuration of the device ID, if the connection is HSMS active or passive, etc.
Advanced Settings
Contains the driver specific timeout configuration.

State

This is separated in the sections for State Host 1 and State Host 2. They display the connection states of the respective host. The following states are possible:

  • Connection:
    • 0 – Undefined
    • 1 – Disconnected
    • 2 – Connecting
    • 3 – Connected
    • 4 – Disconnecting
    • 5 – Failure

Configuration Tab

This tab allows you to define general connection settings like the device ID, IP-Address and Port.

Active
Checkbox which allows to enable/disable the connection.
Device ID
Must match the device Id of the equipment you are connecting to.
IP-Address
Defines the IP-Address which the TCP-Client is connecting to. This is only available if the “HSMS-Passive” checkbox is not checked.
Port
Defines the port to which the host connection is connecting to.
HSMS-Passive
Checkbox which configures if the equipment connection is HSMS-active (TCP-Client) or HSMS-passive (TCP-Server).
Passive host connects to device
This checkbox defines if, in a redundant system, the passive host also connects to the equipment.

Advanced Settings Tab

This tab allows you to configure the SECS connection specific timeouts, which are provided in seconds.

For further details on the T3, T5, T6 and T7 Timeout refer to the SEMI E37-00-0222 standard.

T3
SEMI E37 T3 Data Reply Timeout. Specifies maximum amount of time the host waits for an expected reply message.
T5
SEMI E37 T5 Connection Separation Timeout. Holds the timeout in seconds until the reconnection is attempted.
T6
SEMI E37 T6 Control Reply Timeout. Maximum Time waiting for Select.res, Linktest.res, etc.
T7
SEMI E37 T7 Connection Idle Timeout. Time Remaining in "NOT SELECTED" connection-state until a communications failure is detected.
Lifebeat
Holds the timeout in seconds till the next TCP/IP connection check is sent to the device.