Kepware Fundamentals

Fundamentals Overview

• Apply the ThingWorx Development Process
• Navigate the ThingWorx Composer and Mashup Builder
• Create and modify entities in ThingWorx Composer
• Connect ThingWorx to another application to bring in live data
• Build a subscription code that runs when an event occurs
• Build a Web-based application to visualize simulated streaming data

Fundamentals of Connecting with Devices

• Explain when to configure one device per channel versus multiple devices in one channel
• Configure serial devices in a Kepware Server project
• Use Automatic Tag Generation (ATG) with Siemens and Allen-Bradley devices
• Demonstrate the effects of changing the Protocol Mode for the Allen-Bradley ControlLogix Driver

Fundamentals of OPC Connectivity

• Identify the key features of data in OPC connectivity
• Differentiate OPC DA from OPC UA
• Identify the value that OPC connectivity provides
• Build an OPC UA tunneling application
• Explain the security features provided in OPC UA

Fundamentals of the Kepware Server Application

• List the processes that comprise the Kepware Server application
• Employ the Event Log for quick troubleshooting and practice reading the event messages
• Explain the interactions between the different processes
• Distinguish the Runtime from the Configuration
• Design user-profiles and add in security features using the Administration settings
• Utilize other tools that are available to answer connectivity questions

Fundamentals of Advanced Tags and Database Connectivity

• List the two most popular types of Advanced Tags and what they do
• Explain why one might use a Link Tag
• Create equations that are calculated using Derived Tags
• Use logic to create a simple if/then/else calculation with Derived Tags
• Design log groups to write data to a relational spreadsheet in the format you require using DataLogger
• Define different trigger rules for DataLogger
• Read data from and execute stored procedures in databases using the ODBC Client driver

Fundamentals of IIoT Connectivity

• Define the elements that constitute an IIoT solution
• Summarize a case study involving IIoT
• Create a REST endpoint in Kepware Server
• Translate REST server commands into actions
• List REST security features
• Demonstrate the use of MQTT brokers and topics to transmit information to the correct endpoint
• Explain how Kepware Server uses MQTT to publish and subscribe to topics
• Differentiate the ways to use Kepware Server with MQTT based on whether you are publishing or subscribing
• Categorize the features that make ThingWorx a valuable client application to use in IIoT