Introduction to IoT Gateways tab

The IoT Gateways tab helps a Plant Admin to onboard various Plant data into the 4PointX IAoT Platform. The tab allows creation, monitoring and control of all IoT Gateways. One IoT Gateway can onboard only one Type of Data (condition, process, energy etc.) from only one Source Sub Type or Protocol (Modbus RTU, OPC-UA, EtherNet/IP etc.).

The tab provides the following information.

  1. Total count of IoT Gateways and how many have Heartbeat

  2. Total count of Tags being ingested

  3. Total Samples collected and volume trend

  4. A tabular list of all IoT Gateways along with their details. The following actions can be performed on an IoT Gateway.

    1. Start/Stop

    2. Edit

    3. Delete

    4. Reboot

    5. Factory Reset

    6. Firmware Update

Reboot, Factory Reset and Firmware Update are available only if Data Source is Edge IoT Gateway.

Note

A Sample is a reading for one Tag collected at an interval set using the Sampling Rate

Use Create New Gateway button to create a new IoT Gateway.

The following Type of Data and the list of Data Sources and Source Sub Types are currently supported. The details of onboarding this data is discussed in the subsequent section.

Type of Data

  1. Condition

  2. Process

  3. Energy

  4. Production

  5. Other

Data Sources and Source Sub Type (or Protocol)

  1. Edge IoT Gateway

    1. Modbus RTU

    2. Modbus TCP

    3. OPC-UA

    4. EtherNet/IP

    5. File

    6. SQL

  2. Third-Party Apps

    1. Infinite Uptime

    2. CimCon Digital

  3. Cloud

    1. AWS S3

    2. Google Cloud Storage

    3. Azure Data Lake

Note

Each combination of Data Type, Data Source, and Source Sub Type has distinct settings that are necessary for data collection.

Example of Type of Data: Condition, Data Sources: Edge IoT Gateway and Source Sub Type: Modbus RTU

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