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Hello all,
I currently got the SDK set up similar to the steam sensor example sending data to our instance. However, is there a way to just send data once and stop? Sorta like a switch. Once it is triggered send one piece of data then wait for the next trigger.
I've tried a few ways and I can't seem to get it to work without sending a constant change in data. Is there a way? Thanks!
Hello John,
You could try creating a remote service which actually triggers the simulator to send the data.
The remote service will be called in ThingWorx and it will basically ask the simulator to push the data once.
Ciprian
Hi John,
The sending of data is done in a while loop in the main method of the SteamSensorClient :
// As long as the client has not been shutdown, continue
while(!client.isShutdown()) {
// Only process the Virtual Things if the client is connected
if(client.isConnected()) {
// Loop over all the Virtual Things and process them
for(VirtualThing thing : client.getThings().values()) {
try {
thing.processScanRequest();
} catch(Exception eProcessing) {
System.out.println("Error Processing Scan Request for [" + thing.getName() + "] : " + eProcessing.getMessage());
}
}
}
// Suspend processing at the scan rate interval
Thread.sleep(scanRate);
}
If you'd like to send data only once remove this code and replace it with this :
if(client.isConnected()) {
// Loop over all the Virtual Things and process them
for(VirtualThing thing : client.getThings().values()) {
try {
thing.processScanRequest();
} catch(Exception eProcessing) {
System.out.println("Error Processing Scan Request for [" + thing.getName() + "] : " + eProcessing.getMessage());
}
}
}
You could also have a remote method like Ciprian suggested with this
if(client.isConnected()) {
// Loop over all the Virtual Things and process them
for(VirtualThing thing : client.getThings().values()) {
try {
thing.processScanRequest();
} catch(Exception eProcessing) {
System.out.println("Error Processing Scan Request for [" + thing.getName() + "] : " + eProcessing.getMessage());
}
}
}
and call it only once in a ThingWorx Mashup or script.
I hope this helps,
Thank you,
Veronica
John, Did Veronica's suggestion resolve your issue? If so please mark it as the correct answer. Regards, Meghan
Hello,
I´m an absolute beginner in ThingWorx.
I started with PTC University Introduction to ThingWorx 6.5 courses.
In Part 4 there is a "Binding to a Remote Thing and Logging Its Values" challenge.
If I try to solve this challenge I get that error:
My remote Speed property dont change,
Anybody has an Idea what is the problem in this case ?
Many thanks in advance.