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December 6, 2017
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How to connect Kepware to thingworx

  • December 6, 2017
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I am trying to connect kepware to thingworx to display an on off switch and I am having trouble on thingworx property editor editor. I am just wondering what do I put in for Host and thing name?  I have also included the error that i am receiving.                    Event 06/12/2017     16:14:02        Error           ThingWorx Native Interface  Connection to ThingWorx failed for an unknown reason. | Platform academic.cloud.thingworx.comr:443/Thingworx/WS, error: -1.

Best answer by hrajpal

Greetings Gary,


To connect Kepware to ThingWorx Server you need to provide the following details in the Kepware Project Properties :

1. Host : It will be the hostname of your ThingWorx Server

2. Port : Port at which ThingWorx is running

3. Application Key : Search for Application Key in ThingWorx Composer for the thing specified in Project Properties


For example i am launching ThingWorx using this URL : http://localhost:8080/Thingworx .

So the host would be localhost and port will be 8080.


Once these properties are updated , the Kepware will again try the connection to ThingWorx Server using above properties .


Regards,

Himesh Rajpal


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mthakker5-Regular Member
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December 7, 2017

Hey Gary,

Looks like you may have a small typo: academic.cloud.thingworx.comr​:443/Thingworx/WS

Should be .com not .comr

Let me know if this helps,

Thanks!

Milan

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gkehoe1-VisitorAuthor
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December 11, 2017

I have changed that typo and I'm still having the error message. Is there anything else I can do?

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hrajpal5-Regular MemberAnswer
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December 11, 2017

Greetings Gary,


To connect Kepware to ThingWorx Server you need to provide the following details in the Kepware Project Properties :

1. Host : It will be the hostname of your ThingWorx Server

2. Port : Port at which ThingWorx is running

3. Application Key : Search for Application Key in ThingWorx Composer for the thing specified in Project Properties


For example i am launching ThingWorx using this URL : http://localhost:8080/Thingworx .

So the host would be localhost and port will be 8080.


Once these properties are updated , the Kepware will again try the connection to ThingWorx Server using above properties .


Regards,

Himesh Rajpal


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    aseaton12-Amethyst
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    December 7, 2017

    Hey Gary,

     

    The host should be the address of your ThingWorx server and the thing Name is the name of the thing in ThingWorx that you will use to interface with your kepware server. This information and more can be found using this link:

     

    http://support.ptc.com/help/thingworx_hc/thingworx_8_hc/#page/ThingWorx%2FHelp%2FComposer%2FIndustrialConnections%2FIndustrialConnectionsExample.html%23

     

    Have fun!

    Andy

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      stmarchessault5-Regular Member
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      January 15, 2018

      Greetings Gary Kehoe,  


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