# SOPAS Connection Properties

## `host` (string, required)

Hostname or IP address of the Sopas device

Examples: `"126.4.10.52"`, `"example.org"`

## `port` (integer, required)

Port of the Sopas device

Default: `2111`

Example: `2111`

## `timeout` (integer)

Timeout used for connecting to the Sopas device

Default: `5000`

Additional restrictions:

* Minimum: `1`

## `connectionStrategy` (object)

If a connection attempt fails, retries will be performed with increasing delay (waiting time) in between. The following parameters control how these delays behave.

Properties of the `connectionStrategy` object:

#### `initialDelay` (integer)

Delay (waiting time) of the first connection retry (in milliseconds). For subsequent retries, the delay will be increased according to the parameter incrementFactor which has a default value of 2.

Default: `1000`

Additional restrictions:

* Minimum: `1000`

#### `maxDelay` (integer)

Maximum delay (waiting time) to wait until the next retry (in milliseconds). The delay (waiting time) for any subsequent connection retry will not be larger than this value. Must be strictly greater than initialDelay.

Default: `30000`

#### `incrementFactor` (integer)

The factor used to increment initialDelay up to maxDelay. For example if initialDelay is set to 1000 and maxDelay to 5000 the values for the delay would be 1000, 2000, 4000, 5000.

Default: `2`

Additional restrictions:

* Minimum: `2`