Hi Team,. Was able to successfully push data from OPC UA server using poll mechanism by fallowing example hello-kafka connectivity. Now I started testing with mod bus plc then logstash and elastic search. Will update and post if I have any questions here. On Tuesday, May 19, 2020, venki hadoop <hadoopons...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, > I was able to use prosys OPC UA simulator and able to read simulated data > using plc4x. Fallowed plc4x documentation with couple of changes. > Now want to extend this by pushing this data to > Kafka using kafka connector. So I went through the example provided in > GitHub , have couple of questions:. 1 . Is that example > general to any protocal or only for any specific protocal? > 2. If it is general, I > don't understand memeory block field in plc configuration pojo? Bcz in OPC > UA example o just used filed name to retrieve simulated value. > Regards,. > Venkatesh > On Monday, May 18, 2020, venki hadoop <hadoopons...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Thanks Lukas, Let me go through the video and will post updated about my >> POC status in this thread. >> >> On Monday, May 18, 2020, Lukas Ott <ott.lukas...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi Venki welcome to the PLC4X community, >>> >>> First direction we can point you to is the webinar from Julian: >>> https://youtu.be/MIp_0OcDTr4 There he shows in detail how to connect >>> Siemens PLCs to PLC4X. >>> Additionally he shows you how to connect to a simulated PLC server which >>> is >>> maybe what you are looking for to test and develop your application with >>> the Kafka connector. >>> >>> Best regards, >>> Lukas >>> >>> Am Mo., 18. Mai 2020 um 16:04 Uhr schrieb venki hadoop < >>> hadoopons...@gmail.com>: >>> >>> > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>> > From: *venki hadoop* <hadoopons...@gmail.com> >>> > Date: Saturday, May 16, 2020 >>> > Subject: Exploring Plc4x >>> > To: dev-subscr...@plc4x.apache.org >>> > Cc: chtistofer.d...@c-ware.de >>> > >>> > >>> > Hello Everyone, >>> > Am a big data/cloud architect working on analytics >>> from >>> > India. Was working in IOT industry since 2 years with different >>> clients but >>> > mostly on analytics side than machine side. Recently when exploring >>> about >>> > IIOT got to know about plc4x tool. Since then trying to explore and >>> present >>> > to larger audience in my company if it suits our requirements. >>> > So what >>> am >>> > planning right now is : Read >>> > streaming data from siemens device and push it Kafka from there >>> dashboard. >>> > From examples provided in documentation was able to easily correlate >>> > pushing data into Kafka and afterwards. But as I don't have any >>> experience >>> > it's hard to understand for me about the device configuration and >>> > integrating with plc4x( I know this are basic plc questions, please >>> bear me >>> > with me for some time). Now in order to start my poc, I need fallowing >>> > information. Can someone help me on this. 1. Any siemens plc >>> > device simulator for poc? 2. What configuration >>> we >>> > need and we have to check from plc side( assuming I have some >>> temperature >>> > kind of sensor). >>> > 3. How to point to plc output data from Kafka >>> > connect?( Was confused with memory blocks, fields, etc in the code). >>> > >>> > I know this are very basic questions from plc side, but my no >>> > experience with plc side make me hard to understand using Google. >>> > Last but not least, >>> thanks >>> > Christofer for introducing me for this platform and plc4x tool. >>> > Best Regards, >>> > >>> >>