Step1:  To add an InTouch data source object
Right-click Configuration and select Add InTouch Object from the shortcut menu And A new object is created and is named New_InTouch_000 by default. Rename it, if desired. You are allowed to add an unlimited number of InTouch data sources.

Configure the new InTouch object.
· Device Group Name – Name of the topic that DDE or SuiteLink clients of FS Gateway connect to in order to access items at the InTouch data source. Default value is the InTouch data source object’s name.
·Read Only – Check this box to make all items connected through the InTouch data source read only. This qualification is in addition to any read-only condition that InTouch imposes. Unchecking this box only removes FS Gateway-imposed read-only qualifications. In other words, items inherently read-only in the data source remain so.. Default value is unchecked.
· InTouch Runtime Node – The name of the node on which the InTouch application runs. If the InTouch data source is local, value is LocalHost. Click the ellipse button to browse nodes.
· Item Browse Path – The full universal naming convention directory path that contains the InTouch Tagname Dictionary file, Tagname.X, for the target InTouch application.The InTouch application directory must be a shared directory. Click the ellipse button to browse to the shared directory
· Reconnect Attempts – Number of times FS Gateway attempts to reconnect to the specified data source if a connection fails. The value (-1) means no limit to the number of attempts. The value Zero (0) means no attempts. Minimum/maximum range is -1 to 1,000,000. Default value is 3.
·Reconnect Period – Delay (in ms) between reconnect attempts if a connection fails. Minimum/maximum range is 10,000 to 300,000 ms (corresponding to the range of 10 sec to 5 min). Default value is 30000 ms.
·Connection Protocol – The protocol FS Gateway should use to connect to InTouch. Default value is SuiteLink.
 

Step2: Configuring an InTouch Group Object

Step3: Configuring InTouch Device Items You can add items directly to the InTouch data source branch or in a group that allows you to group related InTouch tagnames together. To add device items to your group, select the new group object and click the Device Items tab.