IoT & Connectivity

Hello, I'm fairly new to Thingworx and trying to get some first steps done by connecting a Pi to Thingworx, following the Raspberry Quickstart guide. (https://developer.thingworx.com/en/resources/guides/thingworx-raspberry-pi-quickstart/) EMS is 5.4 I'm using a own thingworx installation. First my config.json: { "ws_servers": [{ "host": "twxdemo.inneo.cloud", "port": 443 }], "http_server": { "host": "127.0.0.1", "port": 8080, "ssl":false, "authenticate":false }, "appKey": "xxx", "logger": { "level": "INFO" }, "auto_bind": [{ "name": "PiThing", "gateway": false, "host": "127.0.0.1", "port": 8001 }], "certificates": { "validate": false, "allow_self_signed":true }, "ws_connection": { "encryption": "ssl", "verbose": true, "msg_timeout": 1000 } } It does connect: pi@raspberrypi:~/microserver $ sudo ./wsems [FORCE] 2019-02-25 12:25:10,253 ./wsems: Initializing EMS .... [FORCE] 2019-02-25 12:25:10,253 main: Using config file /home/pi/microserver/etc/

Just downloaded Thingworx demo and KEPServerEX 6.6 When I tried to connect KepServerEX, I got the following error: "ThingWorx Native Interface Connection to ThingWorx failed. | Platform = <servername>:<server port>/Thingworx/WS, error = unknown error."   In summary, I think the issue was that you can not use the name "localhost" for your server name.   I checked that I had correctly setup all my ThingWorx items in Property Editor (Enabled, host name, port, application key, etc.)  However, I kept having problems.  I thought the problem was the application key, so i entered a bad application key and I got a different error (authentication error).  I tried changing the socket from 9080 to the example's 8080 and got a socket error.   After going into the thingworx controls advisor and deleting the server and then adding a new server called "TestServer" instead of "localhost", it now works.   I'm writing this post in hope that either someone ex

Contents: Introduction Prerequisites Installing Java Installing PostgreSQL Running the Installer Post Installation Steps Troubleshooting tips   Introduction:   Starting with ThingWorx 8.4, PTC released a new way to install a fresh ThingWorx environment.  This installer takes care of all the permissions, database scripts, credential encryption, and tomcat options that previously needed to be done manually.  More information on the installer can be found in the ThingWorx Help Center   NOTE: This is different than the Docker installer we have available in earlier releases.   As of right now, the installation guide has very basic instructions for the installer.  The purpose of this post is to show you from start to finish what the process looks like.  For this example, I chose to deploy PostgreSQL 10 on the local system to keep things simple.   Prerequisites:   Download the latest Java 8 SE JDK RPM for RHEL Get your database ready: If y

We have ThingWorx installed on an AWS EC2 server and are interested in utilizing a S3 bucket for user repositories.  Can this be done?  If so, how?   -Tim

Hi!   I am trying to use Building process for Docker Images for Thingworx H2 8.4. Eveyrthing seems to be ok, but at the end I am receiving this error while LicenseSubsystem is starting:   platform_1 | 2019-02-21 16:07:57.751+0000 [L: INFO] [O: c.t.s.s.Subsystem] [I: ] [U: SuperUser] [S: ] [T: localhost-startStop-1] Starting Subsystem [TunnelSubsystem] platform_1 | 2019-02-21 16:07:58.134+0000 [L: INFO] [O: c.t.s.ThingWorxServer] [I: ] [U: SuperUser] [S: ] [T: localhost-startStop-1] Subsystem TunnelSubsystem is started platform_1 | 2019-02-21 16:07:58.334+0000 [L: INFO] [O: c.t.s.ThingWorxServer] [I: ] [U: SuperUser] [S: ] [T: localhost-startStop-1] Subsystem MessageStoreSubsystem is starting platform_1 | 2019-02-21 16:07:58.630+0000 [L: INFO] [O: c.t.s.s.Subsystem] [I: ] [U: SuperUser] [S: ] [T: localhost-startStop-1] Starting Subsystem [MessageStoreSubsystem] platform_1 | 2019-02-21 16:07:58.683+0000 [L: INFO] [O: c.t.s.ThingWorxServer] [I: ] [U: SuperUser] [S: ] [T: localho

The application that is being developed is having some problem viz.., when i hover over the time series chart data points, the application shakes frequently. It would be helpful if someone could give inputs on this.

Hi i need find yesterday date and  also i need to set hours also, but if i used sethours function datetime format automatically convert into number , if i apply function  setDate on offset value it will thourgh error? here is code var d = new Date();var c =d.setHours(00,00,00,000);var result =c.setDate(c.getDate() - 1); i needto find yesterday date and  hours should be 00,00,00,000

Hi,   When attempting to reset a users password through an organizations formlogin the email generated contains an invalid URL. My ThingWorx instance is configured to use SSL, but the URL generated in the email does not use it and instead creates a regular http link which does not work.   According to https://www.ptc.com/en/support/article?n=CS253539 this issue was solved in TWX 7.2.0 but I am still experiencing it in ThingWorx 8.3.0-b349.   /M

One of the interesting features of ThingWorx Analytics Manager is its ability to run distributed models created in Excel (and more of course).  Most people having been tasked with understanding data have built models in Excel and have sometimes built quite complex models (or even applications) with it.   The ability to tie these models to real data coming from various systems connected through ThingWorx and operationalise their execution is a really simple way for people to leverage their existing work and I.P. on a connected analytics journey.   To demonstrate this power and ease of implementation, I created a sample data set with historical data, traffic profile, and a simple anomaly detection model to execute with Analytics Manager.  (files are attached)   The online help center was quite helpful in explaining the process of Creating the Excel Workbook, however I got stuck at the XML mapping stage.  The Analytics and Excel documentation both neglect to

Hi all,    We are implementing Operator Advisor (in TW 8.4). It's clear that every table in the database has a copy in ThingWorx as a DataShape, also junction tables.    I'm wondering, what is the best way to show data from multiple tables in the database? The way I see it there are two options:  1. Use the Operator Advisor database services and make multiple calls and do intersects on the infotables you'll get as an answer.  2. Write your own JOIN query's in the database thing and display the answer in a datatable.   Another question leaning on the previous question: What datashape do you use when you display the joined data? Or do you make a new DataShape for every new call? 

Hi,   I need to create a large number of mashups and was wondering if there is a faster way to do so than navigating the composer and creating them manually. Is there a way to solve this problem programmatically, i.e. automate the creation process when given a list of mashup names?   Thanks in advance!  

Is the "Disabled" property of the Button widget not available anymore?  I see it in Figure (b) in the following post, but I cannot find it in my Button properties https://community.ptc.com/t5/ThingWorx-Developers/how-to-disable-a-Button/td-p/526174   I am running Thingworx 8.3.2-b535 I know it can be made visible/invisible, but I prefer to make it disabled/enabled.  

Hi, We are trying to publish our customizations as an extension but we run into issues with some of our Things.   The problematic Things have locally bound properties and when we create an extension containing those things the error log shows errors like these:   [context: Extension Exception][message: Error parsing C:\Program Files (x86)\ThingworxMSSQL-1.2.0-SNAPSHOT\ThingworxStorage\extensions\temp\Support_3183c8b2-84b6-4642-93e9-8b62d370a52b\Support\Entities\Downloads\Things_TomTestLinkedPropertiesThing.xml: (64, 64): cvc-complex-type.3.2.2: Attribute 'aspect.source' is not allowed to appear in element 'PropertyBinding'.]   I tried manually removing the attribute but then the validation fails on aspect.startType or aspect.tagAddress.   I created a simple thing with one property locally bound to cleanupoldsessionstimer, exported it to source control entities and created an extension using Eclipse and it already fails. You can find the exported thing and generated

Dears,  When I use Administrator account , I  can create service SQL (Query). But when I use other account, I  can't create service SQL (Query). Could anyone help me this problem ? Thank you~

Hi,   I have a datashape that contains infotables, and some of these infotables also contain infotables. My goal is to display the "root" infotable in one grid, and the nested infotable in another grid when the selected row changes in the root grid.   The images below display my current configuration that is not working:   I've read about similar situations but have not been able to solve it. According to https://community.ptc.com/t5/ThingWorx-Developers/Selected-row-s-problem-with-infotable-in-infotable/m-p/550168#M28657 this was solved in TWX 8.3.0 but I am on 8.3.2 and there is nothing showing the nested grid when selecting a row.   I am using advanced grid version 4.0.1, but have also tried advanced grid 4.2.0 and neither work.   /M

I would like to monitor a user's idle time.  That way, I can logout a user just prior to the normal session timeout and navigate the user back to the FormLogin page of the user's organization.   Thanks, Tim

Hello together,   i would like to create a Mashup which shows different tiles for different functionalities.   The PTCCovergeConsole, see attachement, is doing this. My question is how do I make those tiles and can I link a mashup to each tile?   Thanks for your help.   Regards Felix

We are trying to perform something like thisFlex/Windchill and ThingWorx are installed in Lab on 2 ServersThingworx is configured to have Windchill as Authentication Service (With Windchill Extension), so SSO works when navigating from Windchill to Thingworx, in case a user is not there, TW creates it as logins-ina.       e.g. sourcing_user_1 from Windchill navigates to TW, a user with same name is created and logged in without asking for password.SSO is working fine for thingworx with windchill.Now , we a 3rd Party app which uses REST calls from TW to access data from TW + WindchillI need to achieve a seamless login (or SSO) from TW to REST API – which I am not able to TW REST API can only accept Base64 – Basic Auth for REST API authentication, but we can never have password as we are only getting username as SSO from Windchill, this is tricky situationIdeas is to achieve some kind of seamless auth from Windchill à TW à REST API (App)Any ideas will help,

I am trying to follow the sample setup from PTC and am having difficulty in that the IoT Gateway starts, finds the JRE "KEPServerEX\IoT Gateway IoT Gateway using JRE at [C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre1.8.0_191]"   Then the IOT Gateway service stops.  Why?  How do I determine the cause of this?  The Custom Controls Advisor cannot be used due to connectivity issues.  Thanks,     John  

1. NodeMCU ESP8266 using Arduino: can't update the value in thingworx foundation platform but serial monitor is showing the updated value continuously. Please Ref Image1_serialmonitor_output. 2. Also, on platform side there is one red color symbol 'disconnected', showing that my created thing 'NodeMCU' is not connected. You can find that symbol in attached image2, below search option. 3. Also find the attached code file. I guess code is using HTTP Client for coonecteion but the server is HTTPS (https://pp-xxxxxxxxxxxx.devportal.ptc.io). If this is the issue Please suggest me which library to use?

Hi,   We have created a custom jsp page for login in Thingworx. If the user enters wrong credentials 5 times within 5 mins it's geeing locked and will be unlocked after 5 mins, but the same user wants to login through the jsp Page it's giving wrong credentials even with valid user name and password. But in the composer user will be active and unlocked and they can be logged to the composer  but not into the organization. Is there any specific reason for this issue. Please kindly let me know the solution.

I want to add asset and line type to create equipment pop up panel as in the attachment. Also, I want to assign asset detail mashup to each asset or line type. If possible, let me know the way.

Hi   i am using thingworx 8.2 .my list widget is not working properly after i imported a set of entities for my new project . . i have attached two images here . one is my workspace (where you can see list widget is used and binded to data ) and other is my runtime view of mashup (list item is missing ) .  can you pls help me understand what might be the problem for this    thanks, swetha 

I am in the process of documenting all the services I created.  I know some are old and no longer used, and I'd like to delete those.  The View Relationships doesn't really seem to help for mashups or service calls from other things.   And, before anyone says, I know that if I documented as I was creating the services, I wouldn't be in this mess.   Thanks for any advice on this,   Tim

Hi! I'm a beginner and I'm starting on Thingworx. I need to create a Thing in the tutorial (one of the first step) but I don't know why it doesn't work. I put the appKey correctly. Same for the Content-Type JSON and the URL of my server with the rest given in the tuto. I'm doing this on POSTMAN.   Can I have some help please?   Thank you in advance!