Connector
The Sensor integration connector configures the connection with the sensoring system.
Connectors can be made available for different types of sensoring systems.
• Planon managed connector: the sensoring system publishes the Planon (REST) API.
• Custom managed connector: an AWM Platform app is used to links sensors. (Most of the AWM Platform apps will add this connector type automatically).
• Planon IoT measurement point connector: Sensor integration can make use of a sensor system that is linked and managed by Planon IoT. A specific connector type is available ‘PlanonIot connector, which requires an integration with Planon IoT. In this integration, most of the settings are already preconfigured.
For most of the sensor systems a separate Platform app is available (same as for Custom managed connecter). The goal of such an app is to automate all various onboarding actions and change management. The sensoring system determines the features that are available.
It is possible to create a combination of sensors and connector types.Connector statuses
A connector has different statuses that indicate whether it is available for Planon Software Suite. These statuses must be set manually.
The following list is an overview of the available connector statuses:
Status | Description |
|---|---|
Active | In this status, the data engine system connects to the sensoring system. |
Inactive | In this status, the data engine does not connect to the sensoring system. This is the default status (manually set). |
Immeasurable | This status is assigned if the connector has a connection problem (system set). If a connection with the API fails, the Connector will retry polling twice. If this still fails, the status is set to immeasurable. This rules out unrelated temporary disturbances such as internet connection issues.When this happens, the administrators (email list) are notified about this issue. |