A prerequisite for the use of UDP as a data path is the interface ibaPDA-Interface-Generic-UDP. If all system requirements are met, the Generic UDP interface will be displayed in the interface tree. HiPAC-Request is a module of this interface.

The interface provides the following functions and configuration options:

UDP Port-Liste

Ports on which ibaPDA waits for incoming UDP telegrams.

You can enter the ports as port range, as list of individual ports or as a combination of both. If you enter a range, please separate it by a hyphen. Do not separate successive port numbers by commas. The default setting is the range 5010-5017. The port number must be identical in the controller (see Configuring the controller, in the ibaPDA-Interface-Generic-UDP documentation).

Network interfaces

Using this drop-down list, you can select which network adapters on your computer are used for this interface. The sockets will be opened for communication only on the selected network adapters. In case a network adapter has multiple IP addresses configured, a socket will be opened for all of these IP addresses. At least one network adapter should be selected to get the interface configuration validated. If you select None, an error message will be displayed when validating the I/O configuration. By default, the option All is selected.

<Allow ports through firewall>

When installing ibaPDA, the standard port numbers of the protocols used are automatically entered in the firewall. If the port number is changed or if the interface was subsequently enabled, this port has to be enabled in the firewall here by clicking on this button.

Other documentation
	Further information on the general settings of ibaPDA-interface-Generic-UDP interface, e.g. on the error counters and the connection table, can be found in the associated documentation.