Revolutionizing Industrial IoT Integration

Harnessing Node-RED’s Power from Edge-to-Cloud

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1. Revolutionizing Industrial IoT Integration Harnessing Node-RED’s Power from Edge-to-Cloud Tobias Sommer / Senior Solution Architect / Nov. 10th 2023 © 2022 Software AG. All rights reserved. 1
2. Introduction More than 10 years in IoT My first IoT project: Remote door opening for real estate agent company My biggest IoT project: Global management of elevators (~1M connected devices) My latest IoT project: AI cameras © 2022 Software AG. All rights reserved. 2 Tobias Sommer Senior Solution Architect @Cumulocity M.Sc. Computer Science We help enterprises create software-driven Connected Customer Experiences by enabling domain experts to deliver business outcomes fast using our customizable platform and integrated self- service tools.
3. Remote assets Remote Connectivity Monitor & Manage Outbound Connectivity Employees Customers Field service partners Systems of record FSM CRM ERP SCM Difficulty managing & collecting data sources ▪ Brownfield products require a large variety of sensors ▪ Sensor/device updates are manual and time consuming ▪ Connecting to apps requires IT staff Restrictive data usage ▪ Creating new condition-based rules requires IT assistance & technicians are unable to tailor complex rules for individual pieces of equipment ▪ Deployment of predictive models is arduous and time consuming Go to market complexity ▪ Limited, complex real time data sharing with partners ▪ Restrictive architecture does not allow distributed analytics ▪ Creating & deploying MVP offerings does not keep up with market speeds Managed equipment Unmanaged equipment Complex Environment Challenges in the IIoT World © 2023 Software AG. All rights reserved. 3
4. The speed Node-RED brings to the table © 2022 Software AG. All rights reserved. 4 5 years ago... Japanese/German CNC machine maker On the factory floor Node-RED + Cumulocity 15min setup Convinced board of directors within hours
5. The speed Node-RED brings to the table © 2022 Software AG. All rights reserved. 5 Today More than 10000 connected machines Full Device Management Deploy latest software & firmware But... no Node-RED
6. Doing IIoT with scale © 2022 Software AG. All rights reserved. 6
7. Applications IoT Edge IoT Platform Things Data Data Data Distributed IoT Platform Suite Act Sense Analyse Comm- unicate On-site/ on-prem Act Sense Communicate Analyze Act Sense Analyse Comm- unicate Cloud/ data center Act Sense Communicate Analyze Connect Physical “Things" To Your Digital Business IoT platforms are distributed © 2023 Software AG. All rights reserved. 7
8. Open-source, cloud-agnostic IoT framework for thin edge devices Transform any device into a deployment option for IoT workloads without ecosystem lock-in. IoT Device: Hardware (ARM v7/v8, x86, ..) with 32 MB+ RAM, Operating System (Linux, …) Your existing or new components (open source - Apache 2.0 license) MQTT Broker (for IPC) Command Line Interface Certificate Mgmt MQTT Bridge Data Mapper Device Management Agent, incl. Firm- & Software Mgmt PLC Protocol Drivers (OPC/UA, Profibus, modbus, IO-Link, …) Existing edge applications (e.g. OEE) 3rd Party Modules (open source or commercial) Streaming Analytics ML Engine <your sw here> Thin Edge (PLC / Protocol Gateways) OT Protocols OS on resource limited HW Device Management Agent Cloud Communication Machine Learning Streaming Analytics Plug-Ins and Applications Thin Edge Introducing thin-edge.io The open edge framework for lightweight IoT devices © 2023 Software AG. All rights reserved. 8
9. Partner Productized Open Source Software AG Productized & Supported ü Open source & Commercialized Plug-Ins Streaming Analytics Device Security OT Protocol Adapters … Enterprise Solutions & Partner Offerings Open Source & Community Focus Partner Solutions thin-edge.io community Thin Edge Thin Edge Variants – Open Source & Enterprise Offerings The best of both worlds: Build on open-core and enriched by enterprise-grade offerings and services © 2023 Software AG. All rights reserved. 9
10. Node-RED + thin-edge.io © 2022 Software AG. All rights reserved. 10 IoT Device: Hardware (ARM v7/v8, x86, ..) with 32 MB+ RAM, Operating System (Linux, …) Your existing or new components (open source - Apache 2.0 license) MQTT Broker (for IPC) Command Line Interface Certificate Mgmt MQTT Bridge Data Mapper Device Management Agent, incl. Firm- & Software Mgmt PLC Protocol Drivers (OPC/UA, Profibus, modbus, IO-Link, …) Existing edge applications (e.g. OEE) 3rd Party Modules (open source or commercial) Streaming Analytics ML Engine <your sw here>
11. DEPLOY MANAGE DEVELOP NodeRED + thin-edge.io + Cumulocity IoT © 2022 Software AG. All rights reserved. 11 sync project Create software entry Deploy & activate Pull project local
12. Resources thin-edge: https://thin-edge.io/ thin-edge code: https://github.com/thin-edge/thin-edge.io Node-RED plugin for thin-edge: https://github.com/thin-edge/tedge-nodered-plugin Example project: https://github.com/TyrManuZ/node-red-con-2023-thin-edge-project Cumulocity IoT: https://www.softwareag.com/en_corporate/platform/iot/iot-analytics-platform.html © 2022 Software AG. All rights reserved. 12
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