Reading Calculus gateway with Calculus Digger

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Installing Calculus Digger

You can get Calculus Digger by navigating to https://updates.calculus.group/digger/ and clicking the Install button. This will initiate a file download (setup.exe). Execute this file to start the installation process.

Installation instructions for Calculus Digger software with prerequisite requirements listed.

It’s possible that some additional components need to be installed. If so, make sure to install them.

Digger Setup window showing .NET Desktop Runtime installation options and buttons.

You may get a notification that the publisher is not verified, but you can safely proceed.
Once installed, it will ask for your login details. Use the credentials you use to log in to the Calculus Portal.

Login interface for Calculus Digger with fields for email and password.

Hint!

When Digger is started, it automatically checks for updates, so that you always have the latest version.

Using Calculus Digger

When you have succesfully logged in to Digger, you will see the screen below.

User interface of Calculus Digger showing Ethernet settings and activation toggle.

In the field Select Gateway, choose the gateway you want to connect to. Only see gateways that are online, and linked to projects to which you have access, will be available.
Choose modbus.tcp in Select Slave Definition.
After this, you can select the IP address to which the DSE controller is connected in Select Slave.
Finally, click on the Activate button to create a tunnel connection to the selected gateway.

Gateway status

Open a web browser and navigate to localhost. This opens the status page of the gateway.