PTC Sigma Tile, Quick Start Manual

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3. Wait for the green status indicator on the LED display. Your Sigma Tile is now ready to be
connected to the ThingWorx Manufacturing Apps:
Step 3 – Connecting to the ThingWorx Manufacturing Apps
1. Register to the ThingWorx Manufacturing Apps Early Access Program to get an account giving
you access to the free trial of the ThingWorx Manufacturing Apps:
http://www.ptc.com/manufacturing-software/kinex-is-coming-to-manufacturing/
2. Download and install the free trial of Kepware from http://mykepware.com (currently only
version 6.0 of Kepware is supported with the ThingWorx Manufacturing Apps)
3. Download and install the ThingWorx Manufacturing Apps available from the Early Access
Program download page:
http://www.ptc.com/manufacturing-software/kinex-manufacturing-evaluation/downloaddwl
We recommend that you use the installer to install all the necessary components on a clean
machine (or VM): ThingWorx 7.3.1, PostGres and the ThingWorx Manufacturing Apps extension.
If you have a previous installation of ThingWorx on your machine and want to use it, you can
simply import the extension but note that only ThingWorx 7.3.1 is currently supported.
4. From the Sigma Tile webpage: http://www.ptc.com/manufacturing-software/sigma-tile
a. Download the Kepware configuration file for the Sigma Tile (SigmaTile_SenseHat.opf)
b. Download the Sigma Tile Workshop Guide (.pdf)
5. Import the provided OPF file into your instance of KEPServerEX following instructions in Chapter
3 of the Sigma Tile Workshop Guide. Change the IP address of the device to the IP Address of
your Sigma Tile that you noted when setting up the Raspberry Pi. Open the Kepware Quick
Client to verify you’re getting data from the Sigma Tile.
6. Connect KEPServerEX to your instance of ThingWorx Manufacturing Apps following instructions
in Chapter 4 of the Sigma Tile Workshop Guide.
Step 4: Experience the ThingWorx Manufacturing Apps
1. Follow Chapter 5 of the Sigma Tile Workshop guide to experience the ThingWorx Manufacturing
Apps
2. Follow Chapter 6 of the Sigma Tile Workshop Guide to learn how to extend the ThingWorx
Manufacturing Apps software by installing a pre-built Extension. This extension contains services
and logic to communicate with the Sigma Tile from ThingWorx and update the Screen Control
values in Kepware based on an alert being triggered in ThingWorx Manufacturing Apps.
Sigma Tile LED Display Status Icons
Icon Status Description KepServerEX
“Screen_Control” tag
value
Searching for network NA
Running 0
Warning 1
Planned Downtime 2
Unplanned Downtime 3
Device Error in the Last 24 hours 4
Unavailable 5