Become a Device Builder¶
You would like to become an Industrial Edge Device Builder? You are just a few steps away to kick-start your Device Builder journey:
Device Builder is a defined ecosystem role for partners
The Device Builder is a defined ecosystem role which will be only given to selected partners. If you are interested to become a Device Builder please contact us at industrialedgeecosystem.industry@siemens.com and we will setup a meeting to discuss the partnership.
1. Get your Industrial Edge Hub Access¶
The single entry point is the Industrial Edge Hub. Here you will find all the relevant software and tools to setup your development environment. Please purchase your personal access at the Marketplace
China Region
For users in China region please purchase your personal access at the Marketplace China
Once the HUB Access was succesfully created, please contact the Industrial Edge Ecosystem team to onboard as a Device Builder and the role assignment.
2. Install and Activate the Industrial Edge Management¶
- Please follow IEM offerings to choose your IEM offering then install and activate the IEM instance.
Hint
Please make sure to activate the Device Builder role during IEM instance creation
3. Integrate the Industrial Edge Runtime¶
It's easy as pie!
Quickstart
*Download the Industrial Edge Runtime. (you need to have Device Builder role to download the packages)
* Run docker compose up
* Onboard your first Edge Device
China Region
For users in China region please Download the Industrial Edge Runtime here.
All technical integration details are explained in the Integration Section.
4. Release your device¶
In order to onboard your device, several prerequisites have to be fulfilled:
- You’re an official Device Builder (DEVICE_BUILDER-Role assigned at the IEH)
- The Industrial Edge runtime is integrated to your device (see integration section)
- Device Type is created (see Device Type section)
- Device Type is tested (IEDK Test Suite)
- Device is compliant with Device Security Guidelines
- Quality check for device passed
If you finished developing your device and the Device Type was created successfully the onboarding process can be started. Therefor please sync with the Industrial Edge Ecosystem Team to coordinate the next steps in the onboarding process.
In consultation with us we will publish your device type to our testing stage, where we will do our technical and commercial onboarding checks (the QGate). After your device successfully passed all these checks, we get in touch with you to publish your device globally.
