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Willie16-Pearl
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February 23, 2021
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Thingworx Connectivity Protocols

  • February 23, 2021
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I'm trying to figure out what protocols thingworx agents use for the functionalities below:

Telemetry data, File Transfer, Script/Service, Remote Access, and SCM

 

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My understanding is that EMS and the thingworx SDKs use websocket.  But when I look at the attached EMS documentation, it says it uses REST on pg 4.  I'm confused.  Which protocol is used for the above features?

Best answer by c_lowy

Hi @Willie,

 

"The ThingWorx WS EMS provides connectivity to the ThingWorx Platform through the ThingWorx WebSocket-based, binary AlwaysOn™ protocol." : see http://support.ptc.com/help/edge_microserver/r5.4.7/en/#page/edge_microserver%2Fc_wsems_support_matrix.html%23

 

I believe File Transfer uses whatever protocol is used by the connection between the device and the ThingWorx Remote Thing : http://support.ptc.com/help/thingworx/platform/r9/en/index.html#page/ThingWorx%2FHelp%2FComposer%2FSystem%2FSubsystems%2FFileTransferSubsystem.html

 

The same seems to be true for Remote Access : see http://support.ptc.com/help/thingworx/platform/r9/en/index.html#page/ThingWorx%2FHelp%2FExtensibility%2FRemoteAccess.html

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Willie16-PearlAuthor
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February 24, 2021

I realized that the REST calls are made to the platform from outside thingworx if they want to take those actions on the remote thing.

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c_lowy16-PearlAnswer
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February 24, 2021

Hi @Willie,

 

"The ThingWorx WS EMS provides connectivity to the ThingWorx Platform through the ThingWorx WebSocket-based, binary AlwaysOn™ protocol." : see http://support.ptc.com/help/edge_microserver/r5.4.7/en/#page/edge_microserver%2Fc_wsems_support_matrix.html%23

 

I believe File Transfer uses whatever protocol is used by the connection between the device and the ThingWorx Remote Thing : http://support.ptc.com/help/thingworx/platform/r9/en/index.html#page/ThingWorx%2FHelp%2FComposer%2FSystem%2FSubsystems%2FFileTransferSubsystem.html

 

The same seems to be true for Remote Access : see http://support.ptc.com/help/thingworx/platform/r9/en/index.html#page/ThingWorx%2FHelp%2FExtensibility%2FRemoteAccess.html

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slangleyCommunity Manager
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March 17, 2021

Hi @Willie.

 

If the previous response answered your question, please mark it as the Accepted Solution for the benefit of others with the same question.

 

Regards.

 

--Sharon

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