Message Senders

Message senders define the details of how messages are sent to an external system, such as messages containing device command requests. A message sender should be configured for each command.

The following message senders must be configured in your system. If these are not present in your configuration, add them. Refer to the Oracle Utilities Application Framework documentation for more information about creating message senders.

Message Sender

Description

D8-ITRON_​IBG

Itron Interrogate By Group

D8-COMM

Itron Commission

D8-DCOMM

Itron Decommission

D8-DLSV

Itron Detect Load Side Voltage

D8-IPBE

Itron Ping By Endpoints

D8-RCONN

Itron Remote Connect

D8-RDCONN

Itron Remote Disconnect

D8-RDSS

Itron Read Disconnect State

Note: The following apply to all of the above message senders:

Main Tab:

  • Invocation Type: Real-time

  • Message Class: RTHTTPSNDR (Sender routes message via HTTP real-time)

  • MSG Encoding: UTF-8 message encoding

Context Tab:

  • HTTP Header: SOAPAction:http://xmlns.oracle.com/ouaf/Itron/<OPERATION>

  • HTTP Login User: <USER_​ID>

  • HTTP Login Password: <PASSWORD>

  • HTTP Method: POST

  • HTTP URL 1: http://<EM_​SERVER>:<EM_​SERVER_​PORT>/soa-infra/services/Itron/<SERVICE>

  • where:

    • <OPERATION>: the operation performed by the message sender (see Operation column in the table above)

    • <USER_​ID>: the user ID used to log into WebLogic Enterprise Manager

    • <PASSWORD>: the password used to log into WebLogic Enterprise Manager

    • <EM_​SERVER>: the machine name or IP address of server where the WebLogic Enterprise Manager is installed

    • <EM_​SERVER_​PORT>: the port where the WebLogic Enterprise Manager is installed

    • <SERVICE>: the service invoked by the message sender (see Service column in the table above)

How to Use Enterprise Manager to Locate the URL for the Message Sender

Follow this procedure to find the correct URL for the command associated with a message sender:

  1. Open Enterprise Manager and use the navigation pane to open the dashboard of the service used by the message sender:

  2. The top bar of the dashboard contains several buttons and icons. One of these is a “world” icon with a puzzle piece over it. Click this icon to display a list of the WSDLs and endpoint URIs for the service:

  3. Click the service’s WSDL URL link to see the WSDL in the browser, or right click and save it to your machine.