IOTA Vue Data Source Configuration
In order for IOTA Vue to access data in GE Proficy historian, the IOTA GE-Driver must be
configured and deployed on network which has access to required GE Proficy historians.
The IOTA Vue uses distributed "mesh-like" data source topology:
Users are free to define what Region and Site mean for their unique deployment.
| Name | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Region | us-east-1 | geographical territory, similar to availability regions |
| Site | siteB | specific plant or a building. It can also be a proxy to another GE-Driver instance serving the same GE Proficy Historians |
To simplify the installation process, the IOTA Software provides an automated driver installer generation.
The user is only required to select/create a region and site. Then for selected driver type, download the installer.
The installer will contain all necessary GE-Driver configuration with public and private keys for secure communication with the company's IOTA Vue NATs message bus.
To access the Data Sources menu, click at the top right corner on "hamburger" icon, then select "Data Sources".
Add Region
Click on the "Add" icon to add a new region, then in popup dialog enter the region name.
Note, there are 2 input fields:
- Region name
- Channel name (optional)
Where region name is a user-friendly name and channel name can contain abbreviations.
If the channel name is not provided, it is automatically assigned to the region name on "Apply" button click.
Add Site
Click on the "Add" icon to add a new site, then in the popup dialog enter the site name.
Make sure the OSI-PI checkbox is checked. Each site can contain multiple driver types.
For each checked driver type the instance pane will contain selected driver tabs to which connection instances can be added.
Note, there are 2 input fields:
- Site name
- Channel name (optional)
Where site name is a user-friendly name and channel name can contain abbreviations.
If channel name is not provided, it is automatically assigned to the site name on "Apply" button click.
Add IOTA Vue Connection
In order for GE-Driver to be used in Tag search - specific connections must be configured from within IOTAVue UI.
Warning
GE-Driver for specific region and site must be downloaded and installed prior to creating a new connection instance.
To add a new connection instance, navigate to data sources menu, then:
- Select region of interest
- Select site of interest
- Select GE-Driver tab named as "GE-Proficy" within selected site.
- At the top right corner - click on "Add" icon.
The GE-Driver's connection instance dialog will appear.
- Provide a name for the connection instance. All search results will be prefixed with this name
- Specify GE Proficy historian domain name or IP address.
- Please check "Use in Quick Search" checkbox if connection should be used in quick search side bar. If not checked,
the configured connection will be available in Advanced search only. - Click on "Apply" to save changes.
If connection has "Use in Quick Search" checkbox checked, then it becomes available in side bar quick search.
Seeq Integration
The IOTA Vue provides seamless integration with Seeq Workbench.
Every single object in IOTA views can be used to push its data channels to Seeq for advanced analytics.
Since Seeq and IOTA Vue use different data querying approaches, the mapping is required to bind IOTA Vue's GE Proficy tags to Seeq signals.
This binding is performed within each connection configuration.
For each GE Proficy Connection the following information is required:
- Seeq Url with port number.
- Seeq data source Id which corresponds to our GE Proficy connection instance
The data source Id can be found by 2 methods:
- Using Seeq Administration page
- GE Proficy Connector json configuration file.
Seeq Administration Page
Open Seeq Administration panel.
In Administration panel:
- Select "Data Sources" tab
- Locate the Seeq's GE Proficy connector which corresponds to our GE Proficy name or IP.
- Expand GE Proficy Connector configuration by clicking on expand icon
- Open GE Proficy Connector logs dialog
On the Logs page the data source Id can be taken from
- Filter box
- Any message on the screen
Copy and assign the Guid to specific connection dialog
Seeq GE Proficy Connector configuration file
Seeq's GE Proficy Connector configuration file is normally located in ProgramData folder.
{ProgramData}\Seeq\data\configuration\link\GE Proficy Connector.json
Open the configuration file with any text editor and locate the JavaScript block which corresponds to our GE Proficy name or IP. The data source Id is named as "Id" in configuration file.
Copy and assign the Guid to specific connection dialog