{"id":3799,"date":"2019-02-12T16:09:56","date_gmt":"2019-02-12T16:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cyflexdoc.wpengine.com\/usage-help-manual\/6-internodal-communication\/node_linkn\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T12:08:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T17:08:21","slug":"node_linkn","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cyflex.com\/index.php\/usage-help-manual\/18-internodal-communication\/node_linkn\/","title":{"rendered":"node_linkN"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Purpose:<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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Communicate with remote nodes to fetch or push variables as specified in a configuration file, supporting bidirectional data transfer in a CyFlex system.<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

Enter:<\/h3>\n
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node_linkN<\/strong> <filename> [tc=NNN] [node=XX] [name=task_name] \u00a0[host=hostname] [direction=push\/pull] [extender] &<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

Where:<\/h3>\n
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filename<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Specify the pathname of the specification file containing the list of variables to transfer.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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tc<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Optional. Specify the test cell number to override the node number in the specification file.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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node<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Optional. Specify the node number to override in the specification file.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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name<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Optional. Specify the name to register this task with the OS. The default is a standard name.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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host<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Optional. Specify the IP address or hostname of the remote computer for transfers to non-local nodes.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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direction<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Optional. Specify ‘push’ or ‘pull’ to indicate the direction of data movement. The default is to ‘pull’ data from the remote node.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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extender<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Optional. Specify an extender for the server name on the remote node.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

Example:<\/h3>\n
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node_linkN specs\/em_specs.316 extender=N50 &
\nThe above starts “node_linkN” on the local node accessing the CyFlex variable specified in the file em_specs.316. The node number for the first block of specifications will be overwritten with ’58’. The task name of “node_linkN” will be registered with the OS.<\/p>\n

node_linkN node_link.setting direction=push host=ctcnode9 &
\nThe above starts “node_linkN” on the local node and moves data to ctcnode9.<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

Notes:<\/h3>\n
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This program operates as a background service and is typically spawned via a script. Ensure the specification file uses current CyFlex conventions.<\/p>\n

The following is an example spec file linking to a node via its IP address or hostname.<\/p>\n

# keyword ip_address transfer_interval @HOSTNAME 192.168.1.100 1[s]<\/p>\n

# fetched_variable(remote node) target variable (this node) my_token cell_2_token<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

See Also:<\/h3>\n
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snode_link<\/a>, Connection Server Setup<\/a>, Internodal Communications Tasks Reference<\/a><\/p>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Purpose: Communicate with remote nodes to fetch or push variables as specified in a configuration file, supporting bidirectional data transfer in a CyFlex system. Enter: node_linkN <filename> [tc=NNN] [node=XX] [name=task_name] \u00a0[host=hostname] [direction=push\/pull] [extender] & Where: filename Specify the pathname of the specification file containing the list of variables to transfer. tc Optional. Specify the test […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":0,"parent":1953,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3799","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyflex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyflex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyflex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyflex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyflex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cyflex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3799\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyflex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyflex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}