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Probe Central Communication

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Probe Central Communication




The Central and Probe communication is a one way communication i.e., the Probe contacts the Central. It runs 3 threads to communicate with the Central. Go through the table given below to know the functionality and the time interval of each thread.

Thread
Functionality
Time interval
Thread 1
Checks whether any task is assigned
5 seconds once
Thread 2
Sends the data about the events (alarms)
30 seconds once
Thread 3
Sends the polled data (value of the monitored parameters) to the central
As soon as the polled data is collected it is logged in as CSV file (under probe\data\filestosend). The files are zipped and sent immediately to the Central for manipulation and processing.

Probe contacts the Central via the port 443 over a SSL layer. You can also import a third party SSL certificate if required.

Restart the Probe service if you change the Central server's timezone
Whenever you start a probe, it collects the Central Server's time zone and starts communicating with it. If you change the Central Server's time zone, the probe fails to read the new Central Server's time zone and continues to send the data in the old time zone. This results in data mismatch or data loss. So, if you change the Central Server's timezone, then restart the probes once.




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