ThingWorx mashup display on TV using a digital signage tool AppSpace

[Vipul_Oswal]

Does any one here know how to display ThingWorx mashup on TV using a digital signage tool AppSpace?

[VladimirN]

Some useful materials:

• "Support of streaming an IP CCTV feed into ThingWorx": https://www.ptc.com/en/support/article/CS219644
• "How to display a live video stream on Thingworx mashup": https://community.ptc.com/t5/ThingWorx-Developers/How-to-display-a-live-video-stream-on-Thingworx-mashup/m-p/507499
• "IP camera live to thingworx mashup": https://community.ptc.com/t5/ThingWorx-Developers/IP-camera-live-to-thingworx-mashup/td-p/518161

[Constantine]

Hello,

ThingWorx mashups are just normal HTML pages, so just open the one you need and copy the URL into your digital signage configuration. You’d need to handle authentication though:

1. Create an App Key for a user that has sufficient permissions to view that mashup. You can start with Administrator for a proof-of-concept.
2. Enable “Allow Application key as URL” in the Platform Subsystem configuration.
3. Add &appKey=xxxxxxx to your mashup URL. This should log you in without asking for credentials.

Of course this assumes that your digital signage installation is connected to Internet. Otherwise you’re out of luck.

/ Constantine

[Vipul_Oswal]

Thank you for the reply
If my site is SSO authenticated (Azure AD) - will the 

2. Enable “Allow Application key as URL” in the Platform Subsystem configuration. - Skip the authentication?

[Constantine]

Theoretically it should, as long as you have App Key authentication enabled in your sso-settings.json.

[PEHOWE]

Hello @Vipul_Oswal ,  
Let me see if I can add to what information was provided by @Constantine . 
 

If you take the URL which displays the HTML page which is a ThingWorx Mashup to a new browser or Incognito window. You will be prompted to login. Since I believe your intent is to display the mashup where there is no ability to login.

You can add parameters to the URL. In the past a username and password parameter could be added. This is a very bad idea and is  discouraged because the information is in plan text. The AppKey parameter is a method is  provide identification information in a form which is more protected. When the AppKey is created it is tied to a User Account and has an expiration date.

The information on the URL is more protected.   Because this information is exposed is why you need to enable “Allow Application key as URL” . The default is to not allow this information in environments where it is visible.

Please let me know if you have additional questions. I hope I have not confused the issue

Regards,
Pehowe

[PEHOWE]

Hello @Vipul_Oswal ,

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Regards,

pehowe