WAGO controller configuration

Click on the desired WAGO controller in the device list to go to its configuration page. All relevant information about the device is displayed there.

If the controller is not able to communicate with WAGO Building Cloud Services, follow these instructions to set it up.

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Detailed view of a WAGO controller

General

Status

Shows whether the device is connected to WAGO Building Cloud Services.

Model

The model of the controller. At this point, the following models are supported:

  • Compact Controller 100

  • Controller PFC

    • Controller PFC200

    • Controller PFC200 (4G, EU version)

    • Controller PFC300

  • Edge Controller

Serial Number

The serial number of the controller.

Device ID

The device ID uniquely identifies the controller.

Application

The application that is installed on the controller:

  • Building Control

  • Energy Data Management

The application is only displayed after the controller was able to contact WAGO Building Cloud Services. Otherwise, it will be “Unknown”.

MQTT Server URI

The URI that the controller should use to communicate with WAGO Building Cloud Services.

MQTT Protocol Version

The MQTT protocol version of the controller.

Location

Address

The location address of the device. If you fill in this field, the device will be displayed on the map widget and in the map navigation.

GPS

If the address input above is insufficient, you can also specify the location of the device using GPS coordinates.

Avelon can pull the location information directly from the controller. To do that, go to the MQTT Objects tab and read the section Update device location.

Communication watchdog

The communication watchdog checks if the device is connected to the Avelon server and triggers an alarm if it is not. The watchdog must be activated and configured separately for each device.

Waiting period before alarm

If a communication interruption is detected, the system will wait for this amount of time before an alarm is sent. This can prevent too many alarms from being triggered if the connection is frequently interrupted for only a short time. The alarm timeout must be at least 2 minutes.

Alarm Chain

Select the alarm chain that should be escalated in the event of an alarm.

Warning

Watchdog alarm tickets cannot be closed until the device sends an acknowledgment that the alarm is gone and that the connection with the server is reestablished. As a result, when trying to close a ticket prior to device acknowledgment, the following error message is displayed: “This ticket cannot be closed. The alarm must be acknowledged by the device first”.

Device access

Here you configure which user groups are allowed to access the device and its data points. If users should see data points or their recordings or live values, they need to have access to the respective device on which these data points are located.

Granting access to a device also enables access to the device via our public API.

To add a user group, click on Add User Group* and select a user group from the list. All users in that user group will get access to the device. To remove a user group, click on Remove next to the corresponding user group.

Additional functions

Open in Public Web App

Shows any exposed data points in the public web app. These exposed data points will be visible to anyone who has access to the QR code attached to the casing of the device.

Further settings are available via the menu More at the top right:

Front Label

Download or print the front label. It contains a QR code that can be used to access the data points of this device on Avelon IoT without logging in.

Licenses

All licenses that are activated for the current device are displayed here. These are either enabled functions or data point packages that can be used in conjunction with this device. You can also see how many units of the respective license have already been used.

Energy Management

The number of data points that can be used for energy management, i.e. mainly in chart widgets.

Energy Reporting

The number of data points that can be used for energy reporting, i.e. as part of automatically generated PDF reports.

Heads-up!

The number of data points that can be used in the context of an alarm.

Operate

The number of data points that can be used in a control system on schematics.

SMS (this month)

The monthly quota of SMS messages that can be sent to users in the context of alarms. If this quota is exhausted, all further SMS messages will be charged additionally.

Weather Forecast

The number of forecast data points of the Avelon weather service that can be used.

Weather Readings

The number of weather readings from the Avelon weather service that can be used.

Warning

If the suffix “Free” is added to one of the data point packets, this means that this data point packet was not purchased. In this case, Avelon provides a free entry-level license so that basic functions can still be used. However, the functionality of the free licenses is limited. For example, measurement data are only stored for a few days, and the configuration options for alarms are limited.

Note

To purchase additional licenses for the device, please click Shop. You will then be redirected to the Avelon Shop. This function is only available on Avelon Cloud.