====== 1.2 Principle of operation and functions ======

===== Principle of Operation =====

**IOL Connect Manager **software is a middle ware that connects IOL HAT to Node-RED and offers a web interface with to configure and test IO-Link devices. If also features an interface to a A SQLite database. Alternatively the **IOL Connect Manager **provides the IO-Link data via the Ethernet interface using JSON.

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===== Functions =====

The core functions of the IOL Connect Manager are the same as for the interface of the Pinebox. Please refer to the Pinebox manual: [[pinebox:start|Pinebox Manual]]

The following sections also cover the functions of the IOL Connect Manager:

  * [[pinebox:manual:4_configuration:4-1_configuration-update|4.1 Device configuration and update]]
  * [[pinebox:manual:4_configuration:4-2_port-configuration|4.2 Port configuration and control]]
  * [[pinebox:manual:5_node-red:5-1_process-data|5.1 Node-RED – Exchange Process Data]]
  * [[pinebox:manual:5_node-red:5-2_parameter-read|5.2 Node-RED – Reading Parameters]]
  * [[pinebox:manual:5_node-red:5-3_parameter-write|5.3 Node-RED – Writing Parameters]]
  * [[pinebox:manual:6_sqlite:6-1_create-delete-export|6.1 SQLite Database – Create, delete and export tables]]
  * [[pinebox:manual:6_sqlite:6-3_sqlite-node-red|6.3 SQLite Database – Node-RED database node]]

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^ Trademark ^ Owner ^ Website ^
| SQLite® | Hipp, Wyrick & Company, Inc. | [[https://www.sqlite.org/]] |
| Node-RED® | OpenJS Foundation | [[https://nodered.org]] |
| IO-Link® | PROFIBUS Nutzerorganisation e.V. | [[https://www.io-link.com]] |

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