Input Actions

Input actions specify a port, network socket, or file from which to receive data or, in the case of the Wait for File action, look for the existence of a file.

Action

Description

Read from Serial Port

Directs the Integration Service to read from a serial port for incoming data.

Read from Network Socket

Directs the Integration Service to read from a network socket for incoming data.

Read File

Directs the Integration Service to look in a specified folder for a defined file type, read the data that is contained in that file, and then save the data to a variable.

Wait for File

Directs the Integration Service to look in a specified folder for a defined file type. When the file is detected, the action completes and allows subsequent actions to run.