How to get machine's data from kepware to thingworx ?

[Lo_ry96]

i'm completely new to this but i have connected a machine to kepware and i read its PLC data. Now i want to get this through Thingworx , any guidance on how to do this ? thanks 

[TL_9220870 · Accepted solution]

here is a video tutorial

Kepware PTC Thingworx connectivity |Kepware Thingworx Configuration| Kepware to Thingworx connection - YouTube

and here's a little instruction

Article - CS279234 - How to link / connect ThingWorx to KEPServerEX / ThingWorx Kepware Server

Hope this helps.

[Lo_ry96]

thanks for ressources shared, quite helpful. My end goal is to get the data through Thingworx via api calls for an external use.  Does this mean that i need to set up the whole thing (thing, industrial connection, mashup...) to finally get data when i perform a request API ? if you can clarfiy this , it will be very helpful . thanks 

[TL_9220870]

Roughly yes, they set up a "Remote Thing" from the signals from the machines, with properties that correspond to their signals.
You should then be able to read this Remote Thing and the properties from the outside using API without any problems. The service that you can control to read out the values of the thing again, for example Service "GetPropertyValues".

addition:
Once you have set everything up, you can initially find your connection under Industrial connections in Thingworx.
Under Industrial connections - Discovery, you will find your signals, which you can grab and "Bind to new Entity" to create as a "Remote Thing".
Recommend creating one Thing per machine to better distinguish between them in TWX.

Hope this helps.

[slangley]

Hi @Lo_ry96 

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