Setting the ION protocol connection and port number

When connecting to a device in ION Setup using Single ION Device mode, ION Setup will try to connect to the Secure ION port automatically. If your IT infrastructure isn't configured to allow traffic on the Secure ION port to pass, the device will connect using ION over TCP.

You can override the default ION connection on a device that supports Secure ION by manually appending the IP address connection options to the IPv4 address. Doing so explicitly defines the connection process.

The following table describes the override values you can use and the resulting connection process:

Example override value	Connection process
10.168.68.245/7443	Explicitly connects to port 7443. If the registry dictates that ION over TLS = 7443, this will be a TLS connection.
10.168.68.245/TLS	Explicitly uses the registry to connect to what is specified as the ION over TLS port. By default: 7443.
10.168.68.245/TLS:7443	Explicitly uses a TLS connection to the specified port. In this example, 7443.

For example:

Related concepts:

Secure ION

Related tasks:

Connecting to a device using Secure ION