IW Monitor Management

Overview of IW monitor

From IEC6400 Release 1.1.0, the Industrial Wireless (IW) Monitor feature is introduced on the IEC6400 gateway. IW Monitor is a standalone, on-premise monitoring application for IW devices. It displays real-time data and alerts for URWB devices in the network. This application provides robust monitoring, management, and optimization of industrial wireless networks. IW Monitor can log multiple events and in this release IW monitor logs only ethernet or fiber link change events. For more information about IW Monitor, see the IW Monitor User Guide.

Primary attributes of IW monitor

  • Dashboard to monitor network status

  • Topology view of the network

  • Real-time history charts for wireless Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

  • Real-time performance monitoring

  • Process the telemetry data sent by IW devices

  • Network events logs

IW monitor dashboard support

The IW Monitor dashboard provides comprehensive support.

  • Attach, manage, and detach devices

  • Telemetry protocol support

  • CLI and GUI management

Attach IW Monitor

Attaching IW Monitor to the device configurator does not require any configuration. You can add gateways and IW devices to the IW Monitor dashboard. For information about adding devices to the IW Monitor application, see Adding Devices to the IW Monitor.

Detach IW monitor using GUI

Procedure

Step 1

Launch your computer's web browser and enter the URL to open the configurator login page.

Step 2

Enter your username and password in the respective Username and Enable Password fields.

Step 3

Click Login.

Upon successful GUI login, the URWB configurator is displayed.

Note

 

On the URWB configurator home page:

  • If the gateway is attached to the IW Monitor server, the IW Monitor status is shown as Enabled on the left menu.

  • If the gateway is detached from the IW Monitor server, the IW Monitor status is shown as Disabled on the left menu.

Step 4

From the left menu, click IW Monitor to open the IW Monitor window.

Step 5

Click Detach to disconnect the device from the IW Monitor server.

In the IW Monitor window, Status is shown as Disconnected.

Detach IW monitor using CLI

Use the monitor detach command to detach the gateway from the IW Monitor server. 

Device#monitor detach

Verify IW Monitor Status using CLI

Use the monitor command to view the status of IW Monitor. 

Device#monitor
IW MONITOR: enabled
Status: Connected