Configure the settings for the legacy From Plugin (legacy) source component.

The From Plugin allows you to use an external plugin executable.

• Click the Edit Channel button
• Enter your settings and click Save Changes

Iguana starts executable

• Select this option to start the plugin when the channel is started and shut it down when the channel is stopped
  Note: If the option not selected, the channel waits for a connection from the plugin

Full executable path

• Enter the location of the plugin executable

  Tip: You can use an environment variable in the path, i.e., ${iguana_dir}myfile.exe will include the Iguana working directory in the path:
  

  This same technique can be use in any directory path in all Iguana settings

Working directory

• Choose the directory type from the listbox
• If you chose Use alternate directory you will need to enter the directory

Executable parameters

• Enter startup parameters for the plugin
• These macros can be included as executable parameters:
  

  Macro	Description
  $hostname$	The host name of the Iguana Server.
  $port$	The port number of the Iguana Server.
  $channel$	The name of the Iguana channel.
  $component$	Set to source if the plugin is communicating with a source component (as it is here), or to destination if the plugin is communicating with a destination component.
  $clientid$	A string consisting of the channel name with source1 appended (for example, mychannelname.source1). This macro is provided for plugins that use the deprecated connect method, which expects this as a parameter.If you are creating a new plugin, use $channel$ and $component$ instead of $clientid$.

• <stuff about vars in params>

Startup timeout

• Enter the time in milliseconds to wait for a connection from the plugin after it has been started
  Note: After this time has elapsed an error is logged and the plugin is terminated

Shutdown timeout

• Enter the time, in milliseconds to wait for the plugin to be shut down after a shutdown request has been issued
  Note: After this time has elapsed an error is logged and the plugin is terminated

Polling time

• Enter the polling time in milliseconds (minimum = 10 milliseconds)
  This is the amount of time between attempts to obtain a message from the plugin if no message was found at the last attempt

Plugin timeout

• Enter the time in milliseconds to wait after an event is sent to the plugin before an error is logged

Diagnostic tools

• Click the Monitor executable output link to display the output that is being written to the plugin