Pre-Provisioned Applications/System Applications¶
Some management and device applications are pre-provisioned. Below is the list of applications along with links to their respective documentation for more details.
Cloud Connector¶
The Cloud Connector allows you to send data from your Industrial Edge Device to a cloud infrastructure, such as the Azure IoT Hub, or AWS IoT, or to a local infrastructure. All data is transmitted using the MQTT protocol and encrypted via TLS/SSL.
For more details refer Cloud Connector (https://docs.industrial-operations-x.siemens.cloud/access?ft:title=Cloud%20Connector)
Connector For Azure¶
The Connector for Azure application is installed on the Industrial Edge Device, which use MQTT protocol and TSL/SSL based encryption to exchange data with the Azure IoT Hub. Supported Port is 8883 for the MQTT connection.
You can fetch data from any IE supported adapters such as SIMATIC S7 Connector, Ethernet IP/Modbus TCP Connectors, which transmits the data to Azure IoT Hub through Databus (MQTT broker). The Connector for Azure accesses data from the Adapters based on the topics or by using the metadata. The Connector for Azure offers Device Provisioning Service (DPS) to send the data into the right IoT hub.
For more details refer (https://docs.industrial-operations-x.siemens.cloud/access?ft:title=Connector%20for%20Azure)
Databus¶
The Databus provides access to the data of the field devices. The Industrial Edge Runtime sends the data from the field devices to the Databus. If you want to use this data for your custom application, you must connect your application to the Databus of the corresponding Industrial Edge Device (IED). Connectors are needed to fetch data from field devices. The configuration of the application is stored in the Databus, which allows the access of the app to the Databus.
For more details refer (https://docs.industrial-operations-x.siemens.cloud/access?ft:title=Databus)
DataXess¶
Internet of Things (IoT) technology aims at improving raw data handling from different IoT based devices which enhances the overall system performance, maximizing the exchange of data, and providing high scalability with the registration of new devices. In this age of information, availability of data is the key for success. DataXess is an IoT based application which collects data from multiple Edge devices and publishes to Databus. It primarily facilitates one to one device communication or many to one device communications. DataXess provides a solution to streamline data published from multiple Edge devices into a single Edge device through Databus.
For more details refer (https://docs.industrial-operations-x.siemens.cloud/access?ft:clusterId=ie_data_connection_dataxess)
Data Flow Monitoring¶
The Data Flow Monitoring provides the transparency of the data movement between applications installed on an IE device. It displays the connectivity between different applications installed on an IED. Data Flow Monitoring is an observer installed on the IED. It basically observes the connection status and data flow rate in bytes between the applications installed on an IED. The network stat information between the applications installed on an IED. It is a diagnostic application which will collect the docker network information of the virtual as well as physical interface, meta data information of all applications installed on an IED.
For more details refer (https://docs.industrial-operations-x.siemens.cloud/access?ft:title=Data%20Flow%20Monitoring)
Edge OPC UA Server¶
Edge OPC UA server application runs on Industrial Edge Device (IED) which provides open standard access to data that is available to the customers. Edge OPC UA server connects to the Databus for extracting the data. Any data source which supports Databus common payload format can be modeled in Edge OPC UA server. The application has two parts; Edge OPC UA Server Configurator and Edge OPC UA Server.
For more details refer (https://docs.industrial-operations-x.siemens.cloud/access?ft:title=Edge%20OPC%20UA%20Server)
External Databus¶
The External Databus allows you to connect remote clients to the IED over MQTT. The data pushed to External Databus is pushed to Databus on the configured topics and is available to be consumed by other apps within the IED if it is configured to operate this way.
For more details refer (https://docs.industrial-operations-x.siemens.cloud/access?ft:title=External%20Databus)
Flow Creator¶
The Flow Creator (Flow Creator) application is a web browser-based programming tool that works on any platform. It is used to develop and deploy software services to hardware devices. This browser-based application is an editor that is designed for the Internet of Things. It is also used to create solution-oriented, message-based flows. Flow Creator uses the flow based development tool NodeRed.
For more details refer (https://docs.industrial-operations-x.siemens.cloud/access?ft:title=Flow%20Creator)
SIMATIC S7 Connector¶
The SIMATIC S7 Connector connects your Industrial Edge Device to a S7-Protocol (S7-300/400/1200/1500) controller, and optimized S7-Protocol (S7-1200/1500) controller. You can configure these connections using the Common Connector Configurator. You can use the configured connections to transfer the measured value series of selected data points to the Industrial Edge Runtime of the respective Industrial Edge Device. The Industrial Edge Runtime sends this data to the Databus. You can then use the data collected via the Databus for your Industrial Edge App or other applications.
The SIMATIC S7 Connector provides easy connectivity with SIMATIC PLCs (S7-300, S7-400,S7-1200, S7-1500) via communication channel for tags and alarms data acquisition.
For more details refer to Simatic S7 Connector (https://docs.industrial-operations-x.siemens.cloud/access?ft:title=SIMATIC%20S7%20Connector).
OPC UA Connector¶
The OPC UA Connector connects your Industrial Edge Device to an OPC UA (OPC Server). To establish these connections, you have the option to configure them through either the Common Connector Configurator or Common Configurator. Once configured, you can transfer the selected data points to the Industrial Edge Runtime of the respective Industrial Edge Device (IED). The Industrial Edge Runtime then sends this data to the Databus. The collected data can be utilized in your Industrial Edge apps or other applications.
For more details on OPC UA Connector (https://docs.industrial-operations-x.siemens.cloud/access?ft:title=OPC%20UA%20Connector)