About this app

NetLink is an Android-based communications client that enables discovery of and access to data on a variety of remote server devices. Using NetLink, technicians and maintenance personnel have the ability to conveniently interact with building automation systems and factory controls from on-site or around the globe with any Android smartphone or tablet.

Individual network drivers are installed as plugins to the NetLink Application, thereby allowing expandable access to a variety of popular networking protocols, such as Modbus and BACnet. This commonality provides a uniform interface, configuration and application experience, thereby reducing the user's learning curve and commissioning time.

NetLink is a free download and comes packaged with a demo mode plugin that generates random data values for evaluation purposes.

Features:
• Multiprotocol support via independently-installed plugins
• Select desired protocol and configure data access definitions
• Add data access definitions from discovered objects on the network
• Monitor and command data values
• Import and Export configuration settings
• Supports three types of user-configurable graphs for data visualization
• Bar graph
• Line graph
• Step graph
• Supports organizing data items into commandable groups
• Allows a variety of data item sorting options
• Supports configuration of an unlimited number of data items
• Supports data value scaling, units text, and decimal or hexadecimal values
• Real-time connection status feedback for all objects
• Supports localization for German language
• Free download, includes demo mode plugin

Android Developer and OEM Customer Features:
• 3rd-party project-specific licensing options available
• Ability to embed application screens as components of other Android applications
• Access plugin services independent of the NetLink application via standard Android APIs

The user's manual as well as documentation for Android developers is available here: http://www.iccdesigns.com/netlink.html

New features

• Fixed issue where import dialog would be shown instead of export dialog when storage permissions have already been granted.
• Updated Android support library.
• Fixed crash issue that can occur when Android system is low on memory.

App Permissions

Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows applications to access information about Wi-Fi networks.
Allows an application to write to external storage.
Allows an application to read from external storage.