String Event Types

String event types typically have a non-numerical data value but they even can be used for numeric values because a string value allows to represent any kind of value. Due to this fact, the MTConnect server uses the string event type for all non-standard or extended event types a agent reports in its Probe response. The predefined string event type set which comes with the MTConnect server installation includes all string event types defined in MTConnect Standard version 1.4. The complete list of the predefined string event types you can find in topic Supported MTConnect Standard.

Type Name

The name of the event type as defined in the MTConnect standard. This name must match exactly the type name in the MTConnect standard. If a type has one or multiple sub types, then multiple entries have to be defined, one for each type/sub type pair.

Sub Type Name

The name of the event sub type as defined in the MTConnect standard. This name must match exactly the type name in the MTConnect standard. If no sub type is specified in the MTConnect standard then this field has to be empty.