4.2.Restrictions
Maximum number of clients
The maximum number of clients that may acquire alarm is 10. When a 11th client establishes TCP connection to port number 32040,
Additionally,
Note: API for getting alarm is not restricted by the access restriction function.
5. Using API that Requires Basic Authentication
Basic authentication is required for APIs which are explained in Section 6. This section provides general explanation of those APIs.
5.1. Procedure
1)The client establishes a TCP connection to port number 80.
2)The client sends API.
API has following structure.
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The following is an example of API for Getting subnet mask of
Example
GET /api/param?network.interface.subnetmask HTTP/1.1<CRLF>
Accept: text/plain<CRLF>
Host: 192.168.0.2<CRLF>
Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46anZj<CRLF><CRLF>
Specify the response format by Accept line. Plain text response is returned when this is specified as text/plain. HTML response is returned when text/html is specified. HTML response is returned when Accept is not specified.
These APIs for getting/setting parameters are protected by basic authentication. Authorization line needs to include
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