Important! For information about the features of packages supported by agents, refer to Package Features Supported by Axeda Agents.
The Instructions page prompts you to add at least one instruction for the package. Each package must contain at least one instruction in the main set. The following instructions are currently supported for the main set and the Rollback set:
Download File from Enterprise - Downloads one file to the asset. When you create the package, the application will copy the file from your machine to the Axeda® Platform for downloading to the asset. For Axeda Gateway and Axeda Connector agents, you must archive and compress multiple files into a .tar.gz file if you want to download a group of files as one. These Axeda Agents can unpack (and create) this type of archive.
Note: If you select this
parameter AND you enter a relative path, the file will be downloaded the
specified directory within the default agent installation directory (that
is, axeda\connector or axeda\gateway). If you do NOT select this parameter
AND you enter a relative path, the file will be downloaded to the specified
directory within the default Axeda installation directory, (at the same
level as the agent application).
For example, with this parameter selected and a path defined as "..\downloads",
the downloaded files will be downloaded to "c:\axeda\connector\downloads".
With this parameter unselected and a path defined as "..\downloads",
the downloaded files will be downloaded to "c:\axeda\downloads"
Upload File to Enterprise - Uploads one or more files from the asset to the Platform. Note that Axeda Gateway and Axeda Connector agents archive and compress multiple files into a single .tar.gz file before uploading multiple files to the Platform. The Axeda IDM Agents do not support compression.
Wait For Conditions - Waits for a set of conditions to be fulfilled for a specified amount of time. These conditions are referred to as in-process dependencies. The agent waits until the conditions are met before processing the next instruction in the package.
Restart Agent - Restarts the Axeda Gateway, Connector, or Agent Embedded agent (soft restart) or the entire asset (hard restart). This instruction should be the LAST instruction in a list, because all instructions defined after the restart will be ignored.
Register Script - Executes the [REGISTER] section of the specified script sequence.
Unregister Script - Executes the [UNREGISTER] section of the specified script sequence.
Run Script - Executes the [RUN] section of the specified script sequence, or the entire script if [RUN] is not defined. If there are multiple scripts to run, you can specify a wait period between the executions.
Set Data Item - Sets the specified data item to the specified value. Note that if a data item is read only (or is changed to read only), it will not be available in the list of data items. In addition, if the data item was configured to be set and it is changed to read only afterwards, the instruction will be removed.
Execute Application - Runs a command or application on the asset. For Axeda IDM Agents, use this instruction for SoftwareDirector packages (to update agent software).
Custom instructions - Executes custom components that you have created and added to the Software Management application.
Note: You can select to define a new custom component from the Instructions page. When you are ready to return to this page, click Cancel to return without adding the custom component or Finish to add the new custom component and return to this page. If you chose to add the custom component, its display name appears in the list of dependencies so that you can select it.