Template:NetworkServerConfig

Configuring the Phidget Network Server

There are two different ways to configure the Phidget Network Server:

• via the Phidget Control Panel (for Windows and macOS users). This provides a simple way for you to make changes to the Phidget Network Server, however, not all settings are available.
• modifying the Phidget Network Server configuration file directly. All settings are available, but it is not as user-friendly.

Find the configuration file on your machine by referencing the following table:

Operating System	Location
Linux	/etc/phidgets/
Windows	C:/ProgramData/Phidgets
macOS	/Library/Preferences/Phidget22NetworkServer/

Now that you have the configuration file on hand, we will go through each setting and describe it.

Settings

phidget{ enabled: true }

Enable the Phidget Server and provide access to Phidget channels over the network. This does not disable the WWW server, and web clients may still access Phidget channels.

phidget{ auth { password: 'temp123' } }

Set a password for your Phidget Server.

phidget{ pidfile: '/var/run/phidget22networkserver.pid' }

For UNIX machines only. NEED MORE INFO

logging { level: info file: 'c:/tmp/networkserver.log' maxfiles: 4 maxsize: 1048576 network { enabled: true port: 5771 } source { phidget22net { level: info } _phidget22usb { level: info } _phidget22match { level: error } _phidget22channel { level: error } _phidget22bridge { level: error } _phidget22disp { level: error } } }

The use of level throughout this code block refers to log level. See the Phidget Control Panel logging section for more information. file: choose the log file location and name. maxfiles: the maximum number of log files to keep before rotation deletes them. maxsize: the maximum file size of a log file before rotation. network enabled: enable network logging. port: NEED MORE INFO

phidget{ network { keepalive: 30000 ipv4 { address: localhost port: 5661 } datagram { enabled: true } publish { enabled: true name: 'Phidget22 Server' } resolveaddrs: false } }

network keepalive: NEED MORE INFO resolveaddrs: if addresses should be resolved to names (affects performance) ipv4 address: the address to bind. can we give more info here? port: server port. other options for this setting? datagram enabled: if UDP for events is allowed. can we give more info here? publish enabled: when true, your Phidget Network Server will be published to mDNS. name: the name of your Phidget Network Server that will be published (defaults to computer name).