XenoGuard 4.0 Documentation

TCP Server Start

ActionStep Reference » Windows » Network » TCP » TCP Server Start 

The TCP Server Start ActionStep initiates a TCP server within XenoGuard, enabling client-server communication.


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  1. Open the Windows node in the Workspace Explorer.
  2. Open the Network node.
  3. In the TCP node, select the TCP Server Start ActionStep.

Parameters:

The ActionStep has the following input parameters:


name Description
Name
The name of the TCP server.

Allowed Context Scopes [Fixed, Local, Global]
Allowed Context Types [Variable, Parameter, Enum]
Password
The password that is used by the TCP server.

Allowed Context Scopes
[Fixed, Local, Global]
Allowed Context Types [Variable, Parameter, Enum]
Port
The designated port number to be used.

Default port number: 80

Allowed Context Scopes [Fixed, Local, Global]
Allowed Context Types [Variable, Parameter, Enum]
Buffer Size [KB]
The amount of data that can be sent and received at a time.

Default value: 65535

Allowed Context Scopes [Fixed, Local, Global]
Allowed Context Types [Variable, Parameter, Enum]
Maximum Connections
The maximum number of clients that can connect to the server.

Default value: 128

Allowed Context Scopes [Fixed, Local, Global]
Allowed Context Types [Variable, Parameter, Enum]
Maximum Package Number [p/min]
Specifies the number of packages that a client can send to the server per minute.

Default value: 32168

Allowed Context Scopes [Fixed, Local, Global]
Allowed Context Types [Variable, Parameter, Enum]

Information The specified Name of the server must be used only once within the ActionStep.

Example 1 (Confirm running of a TCP Server):

This example uses Message Box to confirm that a TCP Server has to be started. The running of the TCP server is signaled when a variable named EnableServer with Boolean as data type is set as "True". A notice is then displayed that the server has been successfully started via Message Box.

See other TCP operations: