A connection in HighByte Intelligence Hub represents a path to a source system that contains inputs and outputs. An input represents a path to a data point or complex object contained in a connection that can be read. An output represents a path to a container in a connection that can be written to.
Device data is sourced from PLCs, machine controllers, RTUs, and sensors as well as SCADA systems and HMIs. This data is typically communicated over the OPC UA protocol, Modbus protocol, or more recently over the Sparkplug protocol on an MQTT transport. HighByte Intelligence Hub can connect to systems and devices supporting OPC UA and browse the data tags to create input items and output groups. OPC inputs can be grouped into collections and handled throughout the Intelligence Hub as a single structure of data. The Intelligence Hub can connect to industrial sensors and protocol gateways over the Modbus TCP protocol and support reading input coils, output coils, input registers, and holding registers. HighByte Intelligence Hub can also connect to an MQTT broker and subscribe to a JSON payload, a Sparkplug metric, or specific values and publish to the topic namespace.
The device data from the automation equipment must be combined with business and enterprise systems data for context and complete information models. Modern business systems integrate through RESTful APIs. However, older business systems and many bespoke information systems store their data in SQL databases and use the database as the integration point. HighByte Intelligence Hub can connect to REST servers and SQL servers. The Intelligence Hub can also subscribe and publish to PI System and InfluxDB.
The Cloud has become an increasingly popular environment for storing and analyzing industrial information. The Cloud is being used to host dashboards, compute analytics, host data lakes, provide cross-plant information consolidation, and integrate with the supply chain. HighByte Intelligence Hub includes direct API integrations with AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud, providing fast, secure connections to these cloud platforms. HighByte Intelligence Hub can also connect bi-directionally to AWS IoT Core and AWS IoT Greengrass through the MQTT connection to consume data from the Cloud and publish modeled information back to on-premises systems. In addition to streaming data to and from cloud platforms, HighByte can also create and transport files to both Amazon S3 and Microsoft Azure Blob Storage, optimizing the delivery of structured and unstructured data.
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