Product Features
DeviceHub
2 min
overview the devicehub module allows you to connect devices to belden horizon data operations, as well as add register values as tags for data polling devicehub can work with devices by most major manufacturers, such as siemens, allen bradley, hitachi, and so on it includes device specific drivers (serial, ethernet, socketcan, and file based) for complete information about the supported devices/drivers, see the docid\ dwzbxd8qukasr1egr2c3r devicehub high level architecture drivers collect register information from plc devices (and other industrial assets) the specific register of each unique plc is recognized as belden horizon data operations tags register information is stored in tags, and these tags are published as topics to the internal message broker you have the option of saving data in the internal datastore by selecting the enable data store option with a specific retention time once you have added a tag to a connected device, belden horizon data operations polls that tag for data with the frequency you selected the system normalizes the polled data and posts it to the internal message broker you can then subscribe to the data available from the message broker for processing, visualization, and analysis you can access the devicehub module by selecting devicehub from the navigation panel the module’s ui is divided into four panes docid ofjxftmvqupfnssowvcm add/connect devices to belden horizon data operations manage the connected devices with actions such as edit, refresh, and stop/start optionally, add custom metadata to devices in the form of key/value pairs docid\ fny1mbiviutqabhug5zsv add tags individually, in bulk, or by browsing a connected device manage tags with actions such as modify, view, and copy docid\ ooc5orc5slxukpezkjaff enable/disable the discovery mode when discovery mode is enabled, belden horizon data operations allows you to view devices on the network it is connected to docid\ uw fon6 pq2unopy 5wea test connectivity of ip addresses and accessibility of specific ports docid 7s xjctjgoib6rmbyfzwi review use cases to leverage different functionalities within devicehub docid\ z gyrgjhl0xgugjnxliyb