Documentation
Operating, configuring and maintaining the Brinkhaus openXEdge. — Firmware version v2
How-to
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Update firmware
Install a new firmware version on the openXEdge — step by step.
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Change password
Change your own login password for the openXEdge UI.
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Configure the network
Adjust IPs, DHCP mode and routing per LAN port of the openXEdge.
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Manage users
Create additional operator accounts on the openXEdge, maintain their permissions, remove accounts.
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Read diagnosis
Read the System Diagnosis panel correctly — which service reports what, what action fits.
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Configure an IDEA-4S device
View, modify, back up and restore the IDEA-4S sensor — what works from MainUI and what doesn't.
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Configure the IO-Link master
Set up or delete MQTT subscriptions on the IFM IO-Link master — directly from the openXEdge UI.
Concept
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Edge wiring
Which LAN port is meant for what — IO-Link master, service port, office network.
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How updates work
Background: what happens when you click Upgrade? Signature, staging, the 7-phase flow, rollback.
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Grafana dashboards
What you see on the Grafana page — and how the data gets there.
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Resource monitoring
What the three donut charts under Resource Monitoring mean, what normal values look like, when to react.
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Fleet onboarding
How Brinkhaus personnel can support you remotely as soon as the edge has 24 V and a DHCP server.