Conversations

Conversations are network communications between two assets — a source and a destination. For example, an interaction between an engineering workstation and a PLC, or between two servers. The Conversations page shows a list of the current and past conversations, including detailed information about the conversations.

You can do the following actions from the Conversations page:

• Search — Use the Search box to search for specific conversations by providing identifying information.

• Export — Use the Export button to export all data from the Conversations tab onto your local machine as a .csv file.

  Note: The Conversations table shows the last 10,000 network conversations.

To access the Conversations page:

1. Go to Network > Conversations.

   The Conversations page appears.

   

   The Conversations page includes the following details:

   Parameter	Description
   Start Time	The time when the conversation began.
   End Time	The time when the conversation ended. Shows Ongoing for conversations that are still in progress.
   Duration	The duration of the conversation.
   Packets	The number of data packets sent during the conversation.
   Source Address	The IP address of the asset that sent the data.
   Destination Address	The IP of the asset that received the data.
   Protocol	The protocol used for the communication.