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Operator - Applications

Operator - Applications

The Applications module lists all apps that are already installed or that are available for the Operator’s Assets.

The app tiles show a short description of the application. A click on a tile takes you to the respective application detail page.

The following steps are exemplarily shown for the OPC UA Adapter Application. The required information within the installation wizard may differ for other applications.

Detail View / Installations

  • Click on the respective app panel to view the app specifics or install the app.

The app detail view opens:

If different versions of an application are available,

  • click on the hyperlink behind Version to display the specific version and its details

Depending on the version, the System Requirements panel shows the system requirements necessary to install the app on the Edge Device.

The Compatible Machine Models panel lists all Machine Models of an Operator's assets that have been marked as compatible with the respective version of the application by the Service Provider.

  • Click on to install the selected app on the Edge Device for the respective asset.

 

  • Select the Asset where you want to install the application from the Asset dropdown menu.

In this menu, it is only possible to select Connected Assets (with a paired Edge Device) as an Edge Device and a connection are mandatory. 

  • Proceed by clicking

    .

 

A summary of your input is displayed.

  • Return to your input by clicking 

    if you want to correct the entries.

  • Click on 

    to install the selected app on the Edge Device for the respective asset.

You may have to accept the respective Terms of Use and the Privacy Agreement before installing, depending on the application company's policies.

  • Mark the respective checkboxes.

A new entry appears in the Installations tab, with a new Installation Status: Installing. A green box at the bottom shows that the installation process was triggered successfully.

The installation is finished as soon as the Installation Status says Installed. The Application is now ready to use

  • Click on the

    button at the end of the row to edit the installation settings.

Edit an existing Installation

  • Click on the respective app to choose an application.

  • Click on the 

    button on the right hand side of the app installation to edit the application configuration entries.

You can now edit the entries you previously configured.

  • Edit the entry you want to change (here Buffer time KPI data (seconds) from 300 to 500.

  • Confirm your input by clicking

    .

Upgrade / Downgrade

  • Click on the hyperlink behind Version to check if an upgrade / older version for the application (here: OPC UA Adapter Version 0.0.8) is available.

  • Click on the  button on the right hand side of the app installation to upgrade / downgrade the application in this example: upgrade).

You can now edit the entries you previously configured before upgrading the application.

  • Click on

    to upgrade the application.

The application was now successfully upgraded (here from version 0.0.7 to version 0.0.8).