05.Thingworx
01. ThingWorx Foundation
ENABLING THE CREATION OF BREAKTHROUGH APPLICATIONS, SOLUTIONS, AND EXPERIENCES FOR THE SMART, CONNECTED WORLD
The explosion of the Internet of Things (IoT) has created an
unprecedented demand for smart, connected products. With
the unlimited potential of the burgeoning IoT in their sights,
developers are clamoring for the best tools and technologies
to create innovative solutions that harness the power of the
smart, connected world.
The Internet of Things (IoT) is a new world, with unique challenges for developers, enterprises, and end-users alike
as they seek to create, deploy, and integrate IoT technologies and solutions. When enterprises make the decision
to implement an IoT strategy, they are entering uncharted territory. Conventional development methods and
technologies are rendered ineffective, and they must establish a new technology infrastructure. A ready-built IoT
platform provides a seamless approach to rapidly create comprehensive, feature-rich IoT solutions and speed timeto-insight,
critical to the success of industrial IoT implementations.
Meet ThingWorx Foundation
ThingWorx Foundation is the nucleus of the ThingWorx
platform, enabling the rapid creation of complete
solutions for the industrial IoT. It offers the industry’s
deepest functional capabilities to connect, create, and
deploy IoT solutions faster and more easily than ever
before. With out-of-the box extensibility and the largest
ecosystem of partners, ThingWorx Foundation easily
scales to accommodate business growth, enabling
enterprises to maximize the return on investment in new
technologies.
With ThingWorx Foundation, enterprises and developers easily:
• Create, test, and deploy industrial IoT solutions faster than ever thought possible
• Build more feature-rich solutions in a fraction of the time
• Deploy IoT solutions that are scalable, secure, and meet the needs of the largest of enterprises
Specification
Key Benefits
• Model-driven rapid application design speeds time
to market
• The Thing Model abstracts the digital details
and enables connection to all other ThingWorx
modules for a seamless developer experience
• Flexible connectivity options maximize market
opportunity and minimize integration efforts
• Live collaboration sessions enable more effective,
context-aware communication among developers
and analysts
• Open platform empowers enterprises to maximize
existing technology investments
How It Works
ThingWorx Foundation connects to all ThingWorx
components – ThingWorx Analytics, ThingWorx
Utilities, ThingWorx Studio, and ThingWorx Industrial
Connectivity. This powerful integration enables
a simplified, seamless approach for developers
to rapidly create comprehensive, feature-rich IoT
solutions and deliver fast time-to-insight critical to the
success of industrial IoT implementations.
Also built with security in mind, ThingWorx
Foundation leverages PKI infrastructure for certificate
validation, and its granular security model enables
data isolation and service execution.
ThingWorx Foundation is comprised of the following
components:
Application Enablemen Platform
The ThingWorx Foundation includes the Application
Enablement Platform (AEP), a design and runtime
engine for IoT applications that enables the rapid
creation of applications that leverage real-time,
bi-directional connectivity to “things” as needed.
AEP includes the following:
• Thing Model: A digital entity that represents a
physical asset, person, organizational element, or
work process
• Next Generation Composer: An integrated
application modeling environment that uses
modern browser concepts to improve developer
efficiency, including an intuitive user interface and
optimized workflows
• Mashup Builder: A “drag and drop” solution that
allows developers and business users to create
interactive applications, dashboards, collaborative
workspaces, and mobile interfaces without the
need for coding
• Integration capabilities: Connection to other
systems enables developers to create more
feature-rich solutions quickly and easily
• Anomaly Detection: configuration of anomaly
alerts is accessible in Composer, simplifying the
implementation of powerful analytics capabilities
Connection Services
ThingWorx Foundation connection services,
software agents, and toolkits are available to
establish connectivity between devices or assets
and ThingWorx Foundation via the communication
method and hardware best suited for each scenario.
Connection Services include the following:
• Out-of-the-box connectivity to industrial
devices via ThingWorx Industrial Connectivity
• Connection Servers: Support connectivity to
devices via several methods, including 3rd party
device clouds, direct network connections, Open
APIs
• Device Cloud Adapters: Offer scalable, secure
connectivity and native ThingWorx modeling for
devices connected through device clouds, including
Azure, AWS, and GE Predix - enabling enterprises
to more fully maximize existing cloud investments
• Integration Framework Connectors: Enable
users to easily connect to external back-end
systems, including ERP, CRM, and SCM and
consume the data seamlessly in ThingWorx
• Advanced Capabilities: More sophisticated
tools are available, including secure, bi-directional
file transfer, application tunneling, and video
streaming.
Edge
ThingWorx AlwaysOn connectivity, via ThingWorx
SDKs and the Edge MicroServer, provides a scalable,
secure, and easily deployable communication
technology to facilitate continuous bi-directional
connectivity between sensors, devices, equipment,
and the ThingWorx server – regardless of network
architecture.
• Edge MicroServer: Prebuilt agent application
that can “drop in and run” in a Windows or Linux
environment, can run on a gateway, or be directly
embedded into a device
• Edge AlwaysOn SDK: Software libraries that allow
users to create their own custom agent, available
in several platforms and programming languages –
Java, C, .NET, iOS, Android
Connecting the ThingWorx Platform
The ThingModel is the nucleus of the entire
ThingWorx Platform, linking all the layers of the
technology stack.
The Thing Model is the digital representation of an
actual physical “thing” – made up of entities that
contain real-time data on that thing’s properties,
services, subscriptions, and events.
The Thing Model enables the rapid creation of
an infinite number of IoT solutions that leverage
bi-directional connectivity to “things.” It powers the
drag-and-drop functionality that eliminates the need
for coding and speeds the creation of high quality
applications, dashboards, workspaces, and mobile
interfaces. .
The Thing Model also automatically generates
a RESTful API, enabling it to be easily integrated
into all ThingWorx platform modules. This creates
a seamless transition between applications and
ensures consistency and reliability of “thing”-related
information across all ThingWorx-powered solutions
and integrated applications and technologies.
Picture > 01. ThingWorx Foundation Picture
Download > 01. ThingWorx Foundation Sheet
02. ThingWorx Utilities
With ThingWorx Utilities IoT application features, users can easily manage the performance of Connected Products.
Easy management for Connected Things
Innovative IoT developers are already creating Connected Things and IoT applications for our smart and connected world. Still, there is day-to-day business where analysts need to define, monitor, manage, and optimize their performance. In turn, developers need tools to customize IoT apps; only then will they live up to the ideas of their company. These tools must be easy to use so that people with no developer skills can work with them.
With ThingWorx Utilities, on the one hand, you can create so-called mashups yourself by building your own apps using ready- made functions. On the other hand, the utilities provide ready-made apps that are ready for use and can be customized.
Define: Identify the needs of IoT initiatives and learn how to build IoT apps to meet their needs.
Monitor connected devices: remote access, interaction and control
Manage: Create, edit, and run business processes associated with IoT apps.
Optimize: Integrate IoT apps and information with existing systems.
Monitor connected devices: remote access, interaction and control
Manage: Create, edit, and run business processes associated with IoT apps.
Optimize: Integrate IoT apps and information with existing systems.
Asset Management
Once you have created an asset , monitor and manage it with Asset Management. So you can access machines and devices from a safe distance and transfer files from your PC and support the operation.
- Create, edit, activate and deactivate assets
- Dashboard and details of the assets
- Configurable search of assets
- Secure remote connection
- Bidirectional data transfer
Once you have created an asset , monitor and manage it with Asset Management. So you can access machines and devices from a safe distance and transfer files from your PC and support the operation.
- Create, edit, activate and deactivate assets
- Dashboard and details of the assets
- Configurable search of assets
- Secure remote connection
- Bidirectional data transfer
Alert Management
Alert Management allows you to view and interact with any alerts you have added to your assets. This allows you to easily embed alerts in your IoT solutions and manage them scalably.
- Real-time and Timeline Alert Dashboard
- Individual details of all alerts
- Sort and filter
- Feedback of all alerts
- Integrated in asset management
workflow
With Workflow Builder and Management, you can quickly and easily create automated and reusable workflows that can be triggered by an alert, for example. Once initiated, the workflow follows the route you have specified.
- Drag-and-drop interface
- Create, edit, activate and deactivate workflows
- Decision support through logical branches
- Validation of your workflows
- Dashboard and metrics
Specification
What is the difference between the IoT functions of ThingWorx Utilities?
Define, monitor, manage and ultimately optimize performance for Connected Products. With ThingWorx Utilities you get all necessary functions.
IoT device management features:
- Predefined, ready-to-use features to streamline and manage the performance of your Connected Products and applications
- Monitor connected products and applications and always keep them up to date
Workflow in the IoT process:
- An environment for non-developers who need to create, edit, and manage enterprise processes related to connected devices
- Processes can be run across systems using alerts and triggers
IoT integration:
- Connects business processes and people with systems to maintain a common and consistent level of information throughout the enterprise
- Standardized framework to implement ready to use reusable connectors and integrate with existing systems
Picture > 02. ThingWorx Utilities Picture
03. ThingWorx Analytics
DELIVERING POWERFUL, OPERATIONALIZED ANALYTICS TO SOLUTIONS BUILT ON THE THINGWORX PLATFORM.
The Internet of Things is driving a massive increase in the data
available for analysis. Smart, connected things, by definition,
generate data – and within that data lays a wealth of previously
unattainable, invaluable insights. As the number of connected
devices grows into the billions, the demand for more insight
from IoT data is outpaced only by the growth of the data itself.
In the Internet of Things (IoT), data is growing at an unprecedented rate. Each device or sensor – each
“thing” – can generate up to millions of data points each day. With the number of connected devices expected
to reach 30 billion by 20201
, managing and extracting value from this data is growing increasingly difficult.
To deliver reliable, actionable intelligence in real time, the
approach to analyzing data must easily and effectively
mitigate the challenges posed by the volume, velocity, and
variety of IoT data.
• Volume: By 2020, IoT data will comprise up to 10% of the
world’s data.2
• Velocity: With 3 billion new devices connected every year
on average, data is growing at a uniquely fast pace.3
• Variety: IoT data is found in varying formats for various
objects, in both structured and unstructured formats.
Traditional reporting and visualization approaches are not well-suited for IoT data analysis. They can be
complex, typically require some manual intervention, and yield limited visibility and insights. These tools will become
too difficult and time-consuming to use when working with potentially billions upon billions of data points in varying
formats. And for IoT users, time is critical – analytics must be contained within their solutions in a way that is both
real-time and proactive to keep IoT operations running optimally. Moving betweenapplications wastes too much
valuable time for IoT decision makers who need analytics to better understand their ecosystems and make critical,
informed decisions.
Specification
Meet ThingWorx Analytics
ThingWorx Analytics is designed to specifically tackle
the volume, velocity, and variety challenges of IoT
data analysis within ThingWorx-powered solutions.
Solutions are enhanced with sophisticated analytics
made available to users via simple, intuitive user
interfaces, easy-to-understand information and
visualizations.
With ThingWorx Analytics, enterprises easily:
• Monitor edge devices and provide real-time pattern
and anomaly detection on real-time data streams
• Provide automated predictive modeling and
operationalization of results directly into IoT
solutions built with ThingWorx
• Deliver prescriptive and simulative analytics that
identify contributing factors to an outcome and
explain how to change a predicted outcome
• Automatically maintain predictive and simulative
intelligence that is delivered to end-users
Key Benefits
• Automation of complex analytical processes
simplifies the development of smart, connected
products, operations, and solutions
• User-friendly interfaces, tools, and applications
enable complex analytical capabilities for those
who are not data experts
• Deep, real-time insights, predictions, and
recommendations derived from “thing” data
enhance operational planning and decision-making
• Replay functionality enables analysis of historical
data and supports forensic investigation of data
after an incident
• Production-ready deployment enables enterprises
to get up and running quickly - at the edge, on
premise, or in the cloud
How It Works
ThingWorx Analytics delivers powerful, automated
analytics capabilities to ThingWorx-powered solutions
– including real-time pattern and anomaly detection,
automated predictive analytics and contextualized
recommendations.
Utilizing simple user-friendly interfaces, visualizations,
and easy-to-use tools, ThingWorx Analytics eliminates
the need for developer or user expertise in data
modeling, complex mathematics, statistical analysis,
artificial intelligence, or machine learning.
ThingWorx Analytics offers robust functionality
through each of its core components:
• ThingWorx Analytics Server: Automates
complex calculations and generates predictions,
simulations, and prescriptions. Uses
historic data to automatically build, validate,
and maintain models that can be used by
ThingPredictor and recommend instructions that
can be used by ThingOptimizer.
• ThingWatcher: Finds anomalies from edge devices
in real-time. Automatically observes and learns the
normal state pattern for every device or sensor,
without the need for setting rules or applying
pre-calculations, then monitors each for anomalies
and delivers real-time alerts to end users.
• ThingPredictor: Automatically predicts future
outcomes. Subscribes “things” to relevant
outcome-based predictions (time to failure,
errors per hour, etc.) and displays results in
context through any ThingWorx-powered solution
or experience.*
• ThingOptimizer: Improves future performance
and results with automated prescriptions and
simulations. Automatically identifies the key factors
causing a given outcome.*
Features
ThingWorx Platform Integration
The ThingWorx Technology Platform enables
innovators to rapidly develop and deploy smart,
connected solutions for industrial IoT. The platform
contains the industry’s most complete set of integrated
IoT-specific development tools and capabilities
- simplifying solution development, accelerating
time-to-market, and making end-user solutions more
compelling.
ThingWorx Analytics is tightly integrated into the
ThingWorx Platform, enabling organizations to build
smart, connected solutions faster, at a lower
cost, and using fewer resources. ThingWorx
Analytics monitors data streams from connected
devices directly via connectivity to the underlying
ThingModel. Each piece of ThingWorx Analytics
then works in conjunction with other modules of
the ThingWorx Platform to automate the creation
and delivery of proactive intelligence to ThingWorxpowered
solutions.
Picture > 03. ThingWorx Analytics Picture
Download > 03. ThingWorx Analytics Sheet
04. ThingWorx Studio
POWERFUL, TURNKEY AUGMENTED REALITY SOLUTION FOR THE ENTERPRISE
Augmented Reality (AR) presents both opportunities and
challenges for developers deploying applications with AR
at scale. The creation of compelling experiences for the
enterprise has been historically difficult, limiting the reach of
how much and what can be developed.
Despite these challenges, enterprises continue to explore the new possibilities and value that AR can provide - to
improve service, operation, engineering, and manufacturing. However, to be successful, they need a scalable
solution that can be connected with real-time contextualized information and be delivered it in a way that is
immersive, easy to understand, and actionable.
Meet ThingWorx Studio
ThingWorx Studio is a powerful solution for creating, deploying, and consuming game-changing AR experiences in
the enterprise. The easy-to-use, “drag and drop” interface enables industrial stakeholders quickly create and share
scalabe AR experiences without requiring programming skills.
With ThingWorx Studio, content creators can:
• Author and publish compelling experiences in
minutes without the need to write code
• Develop production-ready AR experiences for
Microsoft Hololens
• Easily create highly-immerse, markerless
interactions with support for Apple ARKit and
Google ARCore
• Leverage existing 3D content to reduce the
cost and complexity of content creation
• Simplify enterprise sharing of experiences
using a single, universal viewer application
• Quickly import visual step-by-step
instructions created in Creo Illustrate
• Enhance experiences with IoT and business
system data via the ThingWorx platform
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Specification
ThingWorx Studio Components
ThingWorx Studio
ThingWorx Studio is fast and cost-effective authoring
environment that makes it simple to create gamechanging
AR experiences without writing any code.
Experience Service
Experience Service manages the AR experiences and
delivers relevant, contextualized information and
analysis for each uniquely identifiable object.
ThingWorx View
ThingWorx View is a single viewer application that
delivers rich 3D user experience for smart phones,
tablets and wearable devices across the enterprise.
It solves the challenge of creating an application for
each experience.
ThingMark
A ThingMark is a unique image, placed on a physical
object, that identifies and triggers the relevant
experience in ThingWorx View.
Key Features
• Visual “drag and drop” authoring tools
• Out-of-the box support for Microsoft HoloLens,
ARKit, and ARCore
• Support for multiple 3D geometry formats
including Creo View, STEP, IGES, STL, FBX, Collada,
OBJ & VRML
• Automatic optimization and reduction of 3D data
• Intuitive 3D navigation and 3D touch interaction
• CSS styling and state-based formatting of 3D
labels and gauges
• Connected devices, operations and systems data
via ThingWorx platform
• Flexible deployment via cloud or on-premise
How It Works
1. Objects are connected with enterprise system and
external data inside of Experience Service.
2. AR experiences are created using ThingWorx
Studio.
3. The experiences are stored in Experience Service,
then recalled and shared through ThingWorx View
Explore the Possibilities
Check-out the ThingWorx Studio Experience Gallery
and see for yourself how augmented reality can
transform your business.
• Use your mobile device to download, the free
ThingWorx View App available in the App Store
• Scan this ThingMark and enjoy your experience
Picture > 04. ThingWorx Studio Picture
Download > 04. ThingWorx Studio Sheet
05. ThingWorx Industrial Connectivity
PROVIDING A SINGLE SOURCE FOR ALL INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION DATA IN IOT SOLUTIONS
ThingWorx Indusrial Connectivity connects disparate
automation devices and software applications, enabling them
to derive the benefits of the Industrial Internet of Things.
ThingWorx Industrial Connectivity powered by Kepware is the industry’s leading connectivity platform,
providing a single source of industrial automation data across applications. Its platform design enables users
to connect, manage, monitor, and control diverse automation devices and software applications through one
intuitive user interface.
ThingWorx Industrial Connectivity leverages OPC and IT-centric communication protocols to provide a single
source of industrial automation data to enterprise applications. With a library of 150+ device drivers, client
drivers, and advanced plug-ins, ThingWorx Industrial Connectivity enables connectivity to thousands of devices
and other data sources, providing visiibility across the enterprise for improved decision making from the shop
floor to the top floor.
Key Benefits
ThingWorx Industrial Connectivity provides the global
connectivity, usability, and performance required by
the enterprise—offering competitive benefits that
can be experienced from the plant floor to IT to the
boardroom.
• IoT-ready, interfacing with on-premise web servers
an off-premise Cloud applications for real-time
insight into industrial operations
• Compatible with leading hypervisors like VMware
and Hyper-V for deployment on public and private
clouds
• Integrates with IT applications for visibility into
assets on the plant floor at any time and from any
location
• Enhanced messaging security via SSL and
TLS for secure, authenticated, and encrypted
communications across various network topologies
• Advanced application security features to meet site
security requirements
• Sophisticated access control to the server, data
source, and data values
• Multiple redundancy options to ensure resiliency,
highreliability, and uptime in critical applications
• Scalable unified architecture, providing the flexibility
to combine drivers and consume multiple protocols
in a single server
• Streamlined interface for simple installation,
configuration, maintenance, and troubleshooting
Specification
Performance
• Supports a variety of wired and wireless network
mediums for Ethernet, serial, and proprietary
networks
• Supports telemetry configurations with modem
support, scheduling, and other advanced features
• Rapid project deployment via automatic tag
generation and device discovery
• Configuration API for third-party server
management
• Simulation options for testing prior to deployment
• Data conditioning and reduction, minimizing
bandwidth and resource utilization
• Multiple redundancy options, ensuring maximum
uptime in critical environments
• Load-balancing for throttling demand across the
network
• Machine-to-Machine (M2M) linking between
homogenous and heterogeneous systems
• Streamlined UI that enables users to manage device
connectivity with minimal effort
• Robust security features for restricting access to the
server, data source, and data values
• Rich event logging and diagnostics for easy
troubleshooting
Picture > 05. ThingWorx Industrial Connectivity Picture
Download > 05. ThingWorx Industrial Connectivity Sheet