Kepware

Hi, I am unable to connect thingworx and kepware. I completed the configuration properly but it is showing following error: Connection to ThingWorx failed. | Platform = localhost:8088/Thingworx/WS, error = could not initialize a secure socket connection.   When i enabled the logging, i found below error: unable to add binding for pre-existing Gateway Thing because existing Thing Template does not derive or match [existing: PTC.Factory.KepServerThingTemplate, provided: IndustrialGateway].   Kindly resolve.

I'm instantiating ThingWorx Industrial Connectivity and it returns the "Hardware Key" and the "Examples and Documentation" with an X which in my understanding means that they are not existing. What would these components be? How do I make the correction?

Dear Community,   my Thingworx installation is connected to a KepWare instance. When having a major impact on my connected Things the connection to KepWare is lost. So far this happens after Tomcat restart when modifying the ThingTemplate Then the IndustrialThing property is still set but the isConnected Flag is false. And this is OK from my point of view, no complains here. I figured out I can easily run a Service to reset the IndustrialThing for all supposedly connected Things, it will automatically establish the connection to KepWare. But at the moment I need to call this Service manually, i. e. my Things will have no connection until someone (me) takes notice.   Is there a kind of "AutoStart" similar to Windows? A set of Triggers/Services or a dedicated Thing that fires after a reboot? Even if there is another solution for my particular problem, I have similar situations (e. g. resetting configuration) and could figure many more where this feature might be helpful. &nbs

I can see they have both same documentations. Can someone help me to highlight the major differences between the same.

Hi,   After connecting KEPServerEX 6 to ThingWorx (isConnected property is true) I want to import tags from devices running in Kepware to properties. Although I the the error of "Unable to execute service BrowseGroups on name of industrial thing" as seen in the picture below. What can be the root cause of this? I get the same error when I try the manage remote bindings on the deviceThing. Thank you in advance  

We were going to connect a Schneider-electic Modbus Device to Thingworks. We have install the Thingworks foundation and die Industrial Connectivity 8. This manual was used: https://developer.thingworx.com/en/resources/guides/thingworx-industrial-connectivity-guide https://www.kepware.com/getattachment/8febc608-82ca-4a2e-aeb9-00badbc4fe1d/modbus-ethernet-manual.pdf   After Connect this Error in Industiral Connectivity: Date Zeit Ebene Quelle Ereignis05.04.2019 10:41:56 Fehler ThingWorx Industrial Connectivity\Runtime Versuch, das Element 'NNN.P1.Register1' hinzuzufügen, ist fehlgeschlagen.05.04.2019 10:41:56 Fehler ThingWorx Native Interface Fehler beim Hinzufügen des Elements. | Elementname = 'NNN_P1_Register1'.   The Schneider Component: https://www.se.com/de/de/download/document/DOCA0115EN/   Can anyone help us with this problem?      

In this guide you will learn how to connect a Sigma Tile to a computer or server running Kepware KEPServerEX. After downloading and configuring the free trial version of Kepware KEPServerEX, you will be able to experience the power of the Industrial IoT with your Sigma Tile acting as PLC communicating to your server via MODBUS and representing a device, an asset or a line streaming its sensor data: temperature, humidity, pressure, acceleration and acting like a real production asset. You will also be able to control the Sigma Tile LED display from KEPServerEX.

Is it possible to use 1 kepware to multiple thingworx platform. If not, any other possible solutions ?   Thanks & Regards, Sathyanarayanan.M

We want to read data from CNC control units with kepware. How can we get a project file or support? Fanuc, Siemens, Mitsubishi and Mazak.

  Hello,   I am looking to send data from ESP8266 to Kepware [ OPC UA server].   Physical layout: Have an ESP8266 (say 192.168.1.100) with a DHT-11 temperature sensor connected. I can program ESP8266 with Arduino IDE environment. In the same network, I have a Server (say 192.168.1.110), with Kepware KepServer  on it. There is no physical wiring from ESP8266 to the Server.   IN this case, can someone point to some documentation on how to send the Temp values to Kepserver. I am aware of setting a channel on Kepware, creating tag etc. But need some guidance on how to program the ESP8266, and the workflow figured out.   Any documentation or hints would be great. NOTE: I am NOT looking to send data to ThingWorx DIRECTLY from ESP8266 over MQTT or REST.   Regards,    

Hi,    I have connected a KEPServerEX6 to ThingWorx and the isConnected property reads TRUE.  When I try to add properties to the Remotething from a remote binding, no properties are available.I have blurred out some parts of serveradress and thing names due to company resctrictions. Using ThingWorx composer 8.2.4 (no new composer available) and KepServerEX 6  Please see the attached pictures.   Kepserver simulation device: Remote thing: No remote properties: Kepserver thingworx connectivty info

Hi, Is it possible to bind the kepware channels in a combo box and when I choose one channel it should populate the respective tags in that channel.   For eg: If there are two channels, Equipment 2 and Equipment 2, I need to bind these two channels in a combo box. And when I choose Equipment 1 from combo box the tags inside the Equipment 1 has to be populated in another combo box. Same has to be done when I choose Equipment 2.   Thanks in advance, Shalini V.

Hi, I am running Thingworx 8.2 and Kepware 6.3 I followed the guide here : http://support.ptc.com/help/thingworx_hc/thingworx_8_hc/en/#page/ThingWorx%2FHelp%2FComposer%2FIndustrialConnections%2FIndustrialConnectionsExample.html%23   When I look at the Thing properties, I see Interface connected. Unfortunately, I can't get "Industrial Connections" section visible.   In Kepware log, I can see errors like : * Date Time Level Source Event3/31/2019 3:42:20 PM Error ThingWorx Native Interface Error adding item. | Item name: ''.3/31/2019 3:42:20 PM Error KEPServerEX\Runtime Attempt to add item 'Hostname' failed.   I can't understand what I am doing wrong, any idea ?   Thanks

I have recently been setting up an industrial gateway based method of connecting property values to Kepware tags. The system consists of two Things...   1.) IndustrialGateway Thing that is connected to the Kepware Server 2.) A RemoteThing which was created when binding a Kepware Tag from the Discover section on the IndustrialGateway Thing to a new Thing   I have confirmed that I am getting tag values in real time for my property values (hooray!). However, in Kepware, I am seeing the attached warning messages constantly.   I do not believe this has anything to do with configuration within Kepware. I believe this has to do with a missing piece in Thingworx related to where persisted values are being stored. I am looking for a starting point for looking into this issue and am looking to learn more about how persisted values are being stored in the back end in general.

Hi, Is it possible to disable the connection of ThingWorx with Kepware at a certain condition like when maintenance alarm is turned on (or) whenever temperature tag is less than 10?   Thanks in advance, Shalini V

I have recently been learned how to connect to kepware and pull in kepware tag data into Thingworx. I am wondering if I would be able to call a service based on a kepware tag reading value change without having to have a mashup open on a screen. Essentially, I would like to take advantage of how quickly Thingworx can trigger events without having to worry about hosting a mashup. Is there a piece of Thingworx functionality that I can look into for more detail about the possibilities of doing this?

Hey all, I'm playing around with the SigmaTile and KepServerEX. I imported the KepServerEX project and it is working fine but I'm trying to understand how it works under the surface. I wanted to replicate the Channel, Device and Tags to set them up myself from scratch, however I don't know which addreses to set for the tags. How to figure out at which memory address each data from the sensors is being stored in on the modbus emulation on the Raspberry Pi? In the original project settings I see for example for the Humidity tag there is the Address 40003. Where is this set/defined, where can I look it up? I searched through the Sigma Tile python code but could not find the answer. Anyone can help with that?   Thanks Boris

Hi, In the OPC Quick Client, Kepware has few default tags like data logger, system tags and scan mode and demotion tags apart from the tags that I create. What is the purpose of these tags? Is there any documentation to learn about these tags and its use? Please provide some ideas.   Thanks in advance, Shalini V.

External email from: Anderson_Perry_6@cat.com I am able to generate the tags and everything looks correct but they will not read the values.  I am using an Allen-Bradley 1769-L16ER-BB1B Compact Logix controller

Can anyone confirm how Thingworx manages logging Properties to a Value Stream?  Specifically when logging Thing Properties that are bound to remote KEPServer tags?  Does Thingworx use the timestamp that comes with the data from KEPServerEX?  or does it create its own timestamp when it logs the Property data to Value Stream?   We think that the Properties are logged with the timestamp that comes from KEPServer but don't know that for sure.  Of course, you'd want to log the data with the timestamp received from the OPC server rather than create one at log time since there will be some lag time between when the values are captured and when Thingworx receives them and schedules them to be logged.    My setup for reference: Right now we're using Thingworx 7.1 with the KEPServerEX extension.  I've got a RemoteKEPServerEXThing set up with KEPServer tags as remotely bound Properties, and the data is coming through properly as far as I can tell.  Fr

Can someone please tell me how to register kepserver UA with Local Discovery Server LDS? I can’t find any good description.

Dear community,    When I want to add remote data to my Industrialgatewaything, I can not find my device that is in KepWare. I have uploaded two pictures to adress my question.   In ThingWorx version 8.3, it is super easy to just click discover, and see all the tags from my KepServer.  How is this done in previous versions? I can't seem to find it in version 8.2.    I've been searching for this for quite some time now but I just can't find it.    Any help is welcome, thank you.    Jasper

Hi, I wrote a subscription that triggers the stored procedure whenever any data change in Kepware. But it doesnt work.  Please help me in resolving this.   StoredProcedure: execute UpdateStation_RunningStatus @StationName = [[StationName]], @statusName= '' ,@machVal = [[StageValue]], @timeStamp=[[timeStampStatus]];   Subscription:  var params = {StationName: 'Station 01' /* STRING */,timeStampStatus: eventTime /* DATETIME */,StatusName: '' /* STRING */,StageValue: Things["Navistar_Stage1Op_KepTag"].NAVISTAR_STATION1_Stage1Operating_Monitor /* STRING */}; // result: INTEGERvar result = Things["Navistar_DB_Access"].Execute_DownTime_Stage1Operating(params);   Thanks, Shalini V.

Hi, Is it possible to set password when Couple of interfaces to send tag values to kepware from UI? The same must be password protected . We click on it, then a password request pops up and then if password is passed, then gives old value and asks for new value.  If not, says “sorry, you do not have permission to write to Kepware.   Please provide some idea.   Thanks, Shalini V.

Hi Developers,   What are the HA features for KepserverEX ?    The current scenario is that we have defined channels, devices and data tags in a single Kepserver and its now connected to the Thingworx composer. Now we're looking for fail safe scenarios on the Kepserver machine. I couldn't find documents for this.   I came across link and learnt about Redundancy Master. I'm didn't quite get how to use this and this document seems to be outdated. We're currently using TWX_Industrial Connectivity 8.3.    Please suggest some useful guides.   Thanks and Regards, Saran