Connector Host Online/Offline Status

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We are using a Tulip On-Premise Connector Host (OPCH) to connect Tulip Cloud to an on-premise CIMPLICITY OPC UA server in a manufacturing environment.

We would like to monitor the online/offline status of a specific Connector Host or connector directly from within a Tulip App.

Our use case is to display the connectivity status to the operator, for example:

  • Connected – OPC UA communication is available
  • Disconnected – communication with the machine/OPC UA server is unavailable

Ideally, Tulip would provide a native connector/OPCH status value or trigger that can be used in an app to:

  • Read the current status
  • Store it in a Tulip variable
  • Display the status to the operator
  • Optionally trigger an action when the connection is lost/restored

This would be particularly valuable for industrial machine monitoring and control applications, where connectivity status is important for operators before executing machine-related actions.

Regards
Ilan BENIZRI
Bow & Stern Professional Services

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Hello
We have the same need, we would like to monitor OPCH status for monitoring and alert purpose.

While waiting for the feature, we have implemented the following solution :

  • In Keepware server, setup an heartbeat: a value that ramp up from 0-10 every second
  • In Tulip platform, setup a machine on this heartbeat and running on OPCH, trigger a STOP state if no value change for 2 min.
  • In Tulip platform, an automation trigger on machine status change, if STOP, send email/alert (or any action you want).
    With this, we are able to be alert if OPCH or Kepware server have any issue.