AWS SiteWise IoT¶

Characteristics - AWS IoT SiteWise¶

The AWS IoT SiteWise Channel enables you to send data directly to assets measurements via the AWS IoT SiteWise API.

Information Model Requirements

The first Node after the root node can be of type Event or Variable .
The following Node Types can be used under the Event Node or Variable Node:
- Variables with a Simple Data Type represent measurements.
- Variables with a Custom Data Type represent asset models.
The following measurement data types can be used when creating a variable of a Simple Data Type:
- String
- Int
- Double
- Boolean

Note

Make sure that the Information Model is available in the AWS IoT SiteWise service. You can use the AWS SiteWise extension in order to export an SMARTUNIFIER Information Model to AWS IoT SiteWise.

Configuration - AWS IoT SiteWise¶

The following sample configuration shows how a AWS IoT SiteWise Channel is created.

Select AWS Sitewise as Channel Type.
Click the Configure button.

Enter the SiteWise configuration:

Enter the group of the Information Model

Enter the name of the Information Model

Enter the profile from the credential file that should be used

Enter the region of the AWS Iot SiteWise service you are using

Description of configuration properties:

Property	Description	Example
Group name	Information Model group name	`demo`
Model name	Information Model name	`Analytics`
Credentials Profile	Profile from the credential file	`default`
AWS Region	Region of the AWS Iot SiteWise service	`eu-central-1`