IoT & Connectivity

Description: We are using Thingworx 8.4.0 and Kepware 8.3.65. We have created and configured remote asset through "PTC.Factory.Console" mashup. These remote assets are connected to local things. Both Thingworx and Kepware are running on diffrent machines. Now we have a requirement where we have to install Thingworx and Kepware (same version) on diffrent machines and deploy all the entities from one Thingworx server to another so we don't have to do the Kepware and Thingworx binding again.Please suggest what could be the best possible way to achieve the aim.

The tabsequence property on widgets seems obvious, but for some reason, I have been unable to get the tabbing order correct.   I also can find zero documentation that explains the syntax short of it indicating it's the sequence of tab order.   I have taken widgets and numbered them sequentially, but the tab order ( tab key ) does not seem to work.       Any suggestions would be appreciated.     

I have a table table with a field called AcknowledgeTStamp. I need it to fill be filled with the current date/time on the click of a button and then set to null with the click of another button. I tried the code below for my acknowledge service on my thing. I can't seem to figure it out. Any thoughts?  var createITParams = { infoTableName : "", dataShapeName : "" }; var properties = Resources["InfoTableFunctions"].CreateInfoTableFromDataShape(createITParams); // create a row with data var row = new Object(); row.name = "AcknowledgeTStamp"; // name of your property row.value = 5; // desired value row.time = new Date(); // you can set any timestamp you need - important when using ValueStreams to log properties.AddRow(row); Things[""].UpdatePropertyValues({ values: properties });

I have a grid and I need the selected row to be highlighted with the press of a button and then un-highlighted with the press of a button. Basically I need When an un-acknowledged item is selected, make the “Acknowledge” button enabled. When the “Acknowledge” button is pressed mark the selected item as acknowledged (highlighted) and then refresh the grid view. When an acknowledged item is selected, make the “Un-Acknowledge” button enabled. When the “Un-Acknowledge” button is pressed mark the selected item as un-acknowledged and then refresh the grid view. Below I have my mashup (snippet1) and my ack/unack service right below.  

Hi , Can I set a localization token string with placeholder ?  like:  "The data is empty for the device {0}"  , {0} is the placeholder of the device name .  Then I can call the service of RuntimeLocalizationFunctions to get the complete string value.    I didn't find where to set the placeholder and the resource entity RuntimeLocalizationFunctions  seems doesn't has service to getting token with placeholder , either.    Do I have to implement the feature by myself ?    Regards, Sean

Please provide me the steps to view the menu in mashup when logged in by a user other than Administrator. As I am not able to see the menu options on mashup load when logged in through user.

Hi Guys,   I have been trying to create a ValueStream through Edge Java SDK, couldn't find any solution how to create that. But i'm able to set the existing ValueStream to a particular thing using SetValueStream service.   Is it like ValueStream need to created while creating a thing itself or do we have any particular service to create a ValueStream explicitly.   Could someone please help it out.   Thanks in advance.

I want to have an individual design for the factoryConsole. So i duplicated the PTC.FactoryConsole and changed color and icons, but how can i assign this duplicate as the mashup that i wanna use now ? I tought this could be done in the config of the LaunchPointConfigurationThing but there's only the TitleMashup that can be replaced.  

Setting Up the Azure Load Balancer with a ThingWorx High Availability Deployment Purpose In this post, one of PTC’s most experienced ThingWorx deployment architects, Desheng Xu, explains the steps to configure Azure Load Balancer with ThingWorx when deployed in a High Availability architectural model.   This approach has been used successfully on customer implementations for several ThingWorx 7.x and 8.x versions. However, with some of the improvements planned for ThingWorx High Availability architecture in the next major release, this best practice will likely change (so keep an eye out for updates to come).   Azure Load Balancer The overview article What is Azure Load Balancer? from Microsoft will give you a high-level understanding of load balancers in general, as well as the capabilities and limitations of Azure Load Balancer itself. For our purposes, we will leverage Azure Load Balancer's capability to manage incoming internet traffic to ThingWorx Platform virtual machi

  The IoT Enterprise Deployment Center’s goal is to create and share knowledge around the best practices for architecting, designing, and deploying successful, enterprise-scale Thingworx IoT Solutions.    To accomplish this goal, the EDC team takes a “real world” approach, using simulated IoT assets and users to benchmark the capabilities of different Thingworx deployment configurations. First, each implementation is pushed to its limit in an effort to establish real-world baselines, metrics which can be used to help customers determine which architecture choices will work for their custom needs. Then, each implementation is pushed beyond its limits, providing useful insight into where and why things fail, and illuminating potential implementation changes which could push the boundaries further.   Through the simulations testing to come, the EDC will be publishing the resulting benchmarks for all to see! These benchmarks will include details on implementation goals

We are having requirement of using windchill swagger connector (ptc-windchill-integration-connector).But we dont know how to invoke custom service in that connector for REST call,whether we need to write route or js service in that connector.We want output in the form of info-table. We tried as below but getting error :     var params = {infoTableName : "InfoTable",dataShapeName : "DataInfo"}; // CreateInfoTableFromDataShape(infoTableName:STRING("InfoTable"), dataShapeName:STRING):INFOTABLE(DataInfo) var result = Resources["InfoTableFunctions"].CreateInfoTableFromDataShape(params);// result: INFOTABLE dataShape: "DataInfo"result = Things["CDConnector"].Objects_Get_FindObjects({$filter: 'state eq INWORK' /* STRING */,typeId: 'wt.part.WTPART' /* STRING */,navigationCriteria: undefined /* STRING */,$select: 'objNumber,objName,version' /* STRING */});   But getting error as    Error executing service GetPobjects. Message :: Your route exchange has failed. HTTP oper

Thingworx Application is down frequently , It is taking very long time to respond.   This my Thingworx Application Log File   2019-07-08 14:47:00.161+0530 [L: WARN] [O: c.m.v.c.i.NewPooledConnection] [I: ] [U: ] [S: ] [T: pool-24-thread-1] [c3p0] A PooledConnection that has already signalled a Connection error is still in use!2019-07-08 14:47:00.161+0530 [L: WARN] [O: c.m.v.c.i.NewPooledConnection] [I: ] [U: ] [S: ] [T: pool-24-thread-1] [c3p0] Another error has occurred [ org.postgresql.util.PSQLException: This connection has been closed. ] which will not be reported to listeners!2019-07-08 14:47:00.161+0530 [L: ERROR] [O: c.t.p.p.PostgresModelExceptionTranslator] [I: ] [U: ] [S: ] [T: pool-24-thread-1] [message: [2,002] No connection. Contact the administrator.]2019-07-08 14:47:00.161+0530 [L: WARN] [O: c.t.s.s.f.e.ReservationReclaimer] [I: ] [U: ] [S: ] [T: pool-24-thread-1] Failed to get any reservations2019-07-08 14:52:09.654+0530 [L: ERROR] [O: E.c.t.w.Things] [I: ] [U:

I want to send sensor value from a arduino mega to Thingworx.I have a thing and a service created however I got an Client got end of stream when I execute my processing program.When I am using HTTPIE (that I have found on REST API tutorial) to make a single post request it is working however when i use my processing program. I am not able to make it work.Is there conditions to make multiple post request each time I get my data ? Is there a way to see what happen on thingworx when I make a POST request ? Thanks in advance I have follow this tutorial.https://eacpds.com/thingworx-using-an-arduino-uno-and-serial-connection/My code : import http.requests.*; import processing.net.*; //librarie for post request to the server import processing.serial.*; //serial connexion to arduino //import java.net.SocketException; //add for client end of stream (socket) Client myClient; // Client object Serial myPort; // The serial port final int SENSORCOUNT = 12; // This value must match SENSORCOUNT in

Hi, I'm doing post request from Arduino GSM Shield 2 to Thingworx. Right now i want to remotely create a Thing. I've tried with POSTman, the Request is valid and from Postman I can create Thing. I've posted from shield another request to other page, and i know that shield is configured corectly. But when i do the same request from arduino i get 401 error.   My POST (Works in POSTMAN):   POST /Thingworx/Resources/EntityServices/Services/CreateThing?appKey=xxxx-xxx-xxxx-xxx-xxx&method=post&x-thingworx-session=true&name=NewThing&thingTemplateName=GenericThing HTTP/1.1Host: pp-xxxxxxxxxxxx.devportal.ptc.io Connection: close Accept: application/jsonContent-Type: application/json   And Response: HTTP/1.1 401 X-Content-Type-Options: nosniffX-XSS-Protection: 1; mode=blockContent-Security-Policy: frame-ancestors 'self'X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGINContent-Length: 0Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2019 07:05:21 GMTConnection: close   Can someone tell me wats wrong?

Hello All, Wondering what are the integrations approaches recommended by PTC for connecting to other PLM systems. We are connecting Thingworx to Enovia PLM to get data using JSON files. We are exploring below two options.   1) Message Queue Service 2) Direct file Transfer in Thingworx Repository directory We need to know which message queue service is recommended for Thingworx. Is there any Thingworx Extension built for that? I saw that RabbitMQ extension is available in Market place however it is version 1.0.  https://marketplace.ptc.com/apps/193960#!overview   thanks and look forward for the feedback on this. Preeti

Hello! I had such error when filling in and then saving the configuration for the database:     As I understand, ThingWorx swears at the "sun" in the JDBC Driver Class Name field:     Does this mean that I can't use such driver? Or is the problem in the title, or in something else? Prompt if someone came across this, please.

Hello. Am trying to understand why QueryNamedPropertyHistory service brings new data every 6-10 instead of 1 second but I still can't succeed. So here is my architecture: 1) a thing client (stand alone java program) sends data to thingworx every second; 2) remote thing receives the data and I see that new data come here every second as well; 3) the data from the remote thing goes next to separate things; 4) next, a thing template brings the data via QueryNamedPropertyHistory service; 5) new data in a mashup is seen here every 6-10 unfortunately at the final step.    Could anyone tell me what I do wrong? How to achieve the desired result -) Thank you.  

I want to merge service result from different thing into one table, how it can be done?

Is there a way to assign duplicate mashups (e.g. PTC.Factory.Logout Mashup) to the PTC.FactoryConsole?  I want to change the Logout Area and assign this to the Mashup.       Or is it possible to customize the PTC.FactoryConsole oder duplicate this Mashup and use it with my own design configurations?

I want to exclude data in a data grid based on a checkbox. What would be the best way to do this?

Hello!   I'm trying to deal with the ThingWorx Edge ADO Service. I performed the configuration for the AdoThing.config file, specifying the address, port and Appkey - as well as the type of my database driver (Excel) and the ConnectionString. I also created an AdoThing Thing like a remote database. But there is no connection at the moment. I'm sure that I made some mistake and didn't take into account something, but I don't know what and where. Please, help.          

Do we have solution for moving files from Thingworx to AWS(S3 for example). And which tools we can use for implement this one?

Good day All,   I am having difficulties getting the latest version (3.0) of the PDF Extension on an Ubuntu 14.04 server, although I have also come across this error on a Windows 10 localhost deployment.   I have run the command (sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0 libxtst6 libxslt1.1 fonts-freefont-ttf libwebkit2gtk-3.0-25) as desrcibed in the documentation for a Ubuntu 14.04 deployment.   I get the error: "Element not found or does not exist. For documentation on this error, please visit: http://seleniumhq.org/exceptions/no_such_element.html Build info: version: '2.52.0', revision: '4c2593cfc3689a7fcd7be52549167e5ccc93ad28', time: '2016-02-11 11:22:43' System info: host: 'localhost', ip: '127.0.0.1', os.name: 'Linux', os.arch: 'amd64', os.version: '4.14.40-elastic-test', java.version: '1.8.0_131' Driver info: driver.version: unknown"   Has anyone come across this error before and have some advice on a fix?   @VladimirRosu_116627 do you have some insight possi

Hi,   on TW Foundation 8.4.3 i found this error, logged in "Application logs" several time per minute. Error occurred while validating HTTP header: cookie. HTTP header value: cookie: Invalid input. Please conform to regex ^[a-zA-Z0-9()\-=\*\.\?;,+\/:&_|% ]*$ with a maximum length of 1000.   i found also a possible answer here, but it doesn't help, since the error persists. Thanks in advance.

I need a Timestamp for some of my widgets but the expression does not work anymore in the updated version 8.4.   How can i evaluate the datetime in a expression ? Or do i need a service now ?