Introducing the Home Page

When you log in to the BMENUA0100 web pages, the Home page opens by default. If the module has a valid configuration, the following page appears:

Use the Home page to:

NOTE: When the rotary switch on the back of the module is set to the Security Reset position, there can be no communication with the module. Hence, the web pages – including the Home page – are not accessible.

Runtime Data

The OPC UA area displays:

  • Memory: The percentage of internal RAM used by the OPC UA server (MEM_USED_PERCENT).

  • CPU: The percentage of currently used CPU processing capacity (CPU_USED_PERCENT).

NOTE: The items described above are based on elements in the T_BMENUA0100 DDT.

OPC UA

The Runtime Data area displays:

  • Data dictionary: The availability state of the data dictionary (DATA_DICT).

  • Last Data Dictionary Acquisition Time (sec): The duration of the last data dictionary acquisition (DATA_DICT_ACQ_DURATION).

  • Connected clients : The number of connected OPC UA clients (CONNECTED_CLIENTS).

  • Redundancy mode: The failover mode supported for a Hot Standby system (REDUNDANCY_MODE).

  • Service Level: The OPC UA server health, based on data and service quality (REDUNDANCY_MODE).

    NOTE: The five items described above are based on elements in the T_BMENUA0100 DDT.
  • Message Security mode : The setting configured in the OPC UA web page: None, Sign, or Sign&Encrypt.

Services Status

The Service Status area displays the status – enabled (ON) or disabled (OFF) – of the following services as reported in the T_BMENUA0100 DDT:

  • Event log (EVENT_LOG_SERVICE)

  • SNMP (SNMP_SERVICE)

  • NTP Client (NTP_CLIENT_SERVICE)

  • NTP Server (NTP_SERVER_SERVICE)

  • IPSEC (IPSEC)

For modules earlier than version BMENUA0100.2.

  • Control Expert Data Flows (CONTROIL_EXPERT_IP_FORWARDING)

  • CPU to CPU Data Flows (CPU_TO_CPU_IP_FORWARDING)

Network Info

This area displays configuration settings for the BMENUA0100 module entered in Control Expert, and reported in the T_BMENUA0100 DDT, including:

  • control port (CONTROL_PORT_IPV6, CONTROL_PORT_IPV4, and CONTROL_PORT_GTW)

  • backplane port (ETH_BKP_PORT_IPV4)

  • module MAC address, a unique hexadecimal value assigned to each module at the factory.

Device Info

This area displays the model, serial number, and firmware version (FW_VERSION in the T_BMENUA0100 DDT), date, and time for the BMENUA0100 module.

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