Configuring data in Asset Manager for MindConnect Nano¶

After onboarding a MindConnect Nano, you need to configure the data in Asset Manager. You have to set up a data connection to receive data from your MindConnect Nano.

In order to use the data from your MindConnect Nano you need to map the received data to the Asset Manager data model:

Asset Manager uses the following areas:

• Assets
• Types
• Aspects

In order to configure data in Asset Manager you need to fulfill the following steps:

• Creating an aspect and variables for MindConnect Nano

  In this step you create required aspects and variables.

• Creating a type in Asset Manager for MindConnect Nano

  In this step you create an asset type to enable data mapping.

• Adding a data source for MindConnect Nano

  The data source defines the reading of the data from the MindConnect Nano.

• Mapping an aspect to a data source for MindConnect Nano

  In this final step you map the data of the MindConnect Nano to the aspects and variables.