The AnyWhere interface box (AIB) maps an event input to an action output.  Any EVENT can trigger any action. One event can trigger one action. One event can trigger multiple actions. GPI events trigger an ON action and an OFF action. Serial receive, Ethernet receive and periodic timer events trigger only ON actions.<br><br>A GPI ON event triggers an ON action when the GPI turns on. A GPI OFF event triggers an OFF action when it turns OFF. Use the Do Nothing action to ignore the GPI ON or OFF event.<br><br>A serial receive and Ethernet receive event turns ON, when received data matches the assigned, user entered data pattern, and then triggers an ON action. The Ethernet Receive data must come from the assigned IP address and Port number, otherwise it is ignored.<br><br>Serial and Ethernet Receive data pattern matching supports simple and complex matching. Match a single received ASCII (ie: ‘A’) character or match a group of received characters (ie: ‘control_on’). Match ASCII, binary and hexadecimal characters. Match the whole received character, the first half, the second half, specific bits, or ignore the whole character.<br><br>The Periodic Timer is a continuously running timer with a user assigned time period, 100 milliseconds to 1500 milliseconds (1.5 seconds). When the Timer expires, it triggers an ON ACTION, and then automatically restarts itself.