Overview
With the TwinCAT Analytics Storage Provider, Beckhoff offers a way to continuously store high-resolution data in a binary format or in plain text. The decisive factor is that the user does not have to worry about data storage. The storage provider takes care of this automatically. The configuration is done with a few clicks in engineering. Complex SQL commands are not necessary. Classic databases can be used, but also binary blob stores.
Components
- TwinCAT Analytics Storage Provider service: A Windows service that manages the communication.
- TwinCAT Analytics Storage Provider PLC Library: A TwinCAT 3 PLC library with functions for controlling the storage provider from a PLC application.
- TwinCAT Analytics Storage Provider Client: A console application with functions for controlling the Storage Provider via the command line.
- TwinCAT Analytics Storage Provider Configurator: An engineering application for configuring the various data sinks and data sources.
- TwinCAT Analytics Storage Provider Manager: An engineering application for managing the recorded data and controlling the Storage Provider.
Principle of operation
The Analytics Storage Provider receives and sends data via MQTT communication protocol. For this purpose, it is connected to a native MQTT message broker in the network and on the other side to the corresponding data sink.
