BRX Series PLCs (Stackable Micro Brick) Videos

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Do-more Designer has added Secure Email with

SSL and TLS encryption. This feature is only supported on BRX CPUs

with an onboard ethernet port, and that CPU must have a Do-more technology version of

2.2 or higher. Check under System Configuration to verify

that your CPU has been updated to meet this requirement. This will allow you to use most modern email

servers, with the PLC. In this video I will setup an email client

using the popular Gmail server and trigger a quick test email. First, we must set up the DNS server in Do-more. I am going to make this change in Netedit

but you can also do this from the CPU configuration. I would advise using your Internet service

providers DNS, but if you are unsure of what that is, you can use Google’s as shown here. Now that we have that setup, go into your

System configuration and under Device Configuration select “New Device”. Then select, to add a SMTP Client. Now, give your device a name. The rest of this information, I got directly

from Gmail, which you will need to do with your individual email provider. Enter in your server name. Enable the Encryption, if that is what your

email server requires. Verify that you have the correct Server port. This comes directly from your email service

provider. Enter in the email address associated with

this email account. If your email requires login, select authentication

login, and enter in your username and password. Select to Verify your Server configuration. Now, there is a very important distinction

here. This is testing your server settings from

the PC, using the Designer software. You will need to conduct a test email from

the PLC to verify that those settings, work with your PLC’s, network connection. Let’s drop a simple test email instruction

into the ladder code. Select the device we created, before. Fill out all the fields, that you will need,

for your email. One thing you will want to make sure of, if

you are entering direct text, it must be contained inside of quotation marks. If not, this Instruction will think that you

are using a tag. Just remember text needs quotation marks. You can also attach a File. That can be very useful, if you are trying

to email your log files. Make sure to give your instruction, unique

C bits for Success and error. These are very important to verify that you

are getting good communication and to troubleshoot this instruction. Accept the instruction. Since this is just a test email, I am going

to trigger the instruction with a rising C bit. Trigger your instruction and you should see

a success. If you do not, go back and verify, your SMTP

settings with your email account. If you have any further questions, please

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