“Bearbeitungszentrum BAZ” - Agent Mode

This example shows an entire BAZ setup expressed within a single commissioning file, using explicit topics and involving an agent for providing the connection and endpoint resources.

The name of the agent must be specified in the agentName parameter, for example connectware-agent or whatever other name has been given to the agent instance.

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bazAgentMode.yml

The example below uses an additional Docker image provided by Cybus that requires a suitable license. You can check the current capabilities and permissions of your Connectware license in the Cybus Portal (https://portal.cybus.io). If your license is not eligible to use the example Docker image, please contact Cybus Sales ([e-mail]).

bazAgentMode.yml

description: >
    Entire simulated machining involving a protocol-mapper agent

metadata:
    name: Simulated Machining Center
    icon: https://www.cybus.io/wp-content/themes/cybus/img/product-slide-img.png
    provider: cybus
    homepage: https://www.cybus.io
    version: 2.0.0

parameters:
    agentName:
        type: string
        description: Agent Name
        default: connectware-agent

    modbusPort:
        type: integer
        default: 10502
    dockerBridgeNetworkIp:
        type: string
        default: 172.17.0.1
        description: The IP address of the docker bridge network gateway, see "docker network inspect bridge"

definitions:
    CYBUS_MQTT_ROOT: cybus/baz-simulator

    defaultModbusAddress:
        fc: 3
        length: 2
        interval: 1000
        dataType: uint16BE

resources:
    machineSimulator:
        type: Cybus::Container
        properties:
            image: registry.cybus.io/cybus-services/baz-machine-simulator:0.0.1
            ports:
                - !sub '${modbusPort}:10502/tcp'

    modbusConnection:
        type: Cybus::Connection
        properties:
            agentName: !ref agentName
            protocol: Modbus
            targetState: connected
            connection:
                host: !ref dockerBridgeNetworkIp
                port: !ref modbusPort

    currentState:
        type: Cybus::Endpoint
        properties:
            protocol: Modbus
            connection: !ref modbusConnection
            topic: current-state
            subscribe: !merge
                defaultModbusAddress:
                address: 0

    currentTool:
        type: Cybus::Endpoint
        properties:
            protocol: Modbus
            connection: !ref modbusConnection
            topic: current-tool
            subscribe: !merge
                defaultModbusAddress:
                address: 2

    coolantLevel:
        type: Cybus::Endpoint
        properties:
            protocol: Modbus
            connection: !ref modbusConnection
            topic: coolant-level
            subscribe: !merge
                defaultModbusAddress:
                address: 4

    spindleSpeed:
        type: Cybus::Endpoint
        properties:
            protocol: Modbus
            connection: !ref modbusConnection
            topic: spindle-speed
            subscribe: !merge
                defaultModbusAddress:
                address: 6

    dashboard:
        type: Cybus::Container
        properties:
            image: registry.cybus.io/cybus-services/baz-dashboard:0.2.3
            volumes:
                - !sub '${dashboardData}:/root/.node-red'
            environment:
                MQTT_HOST: !ref Cybus::MqttHost
                MQTT_USER: !ref Cybus::MqttUser
                MQTT_PASS: !ref Cybus::MqttPassword
                MQTT_PORT: !ref Cybus::MqttPort
                HTTP_ROOT: /

    dashboardData:
        type: Cybus::Volume

    dashboardRoute:
        type: Cybus::IngressRoute
        properties:
            container: !ref dashboard
            type: http
            slug: dashboard
            target:
                path: /
                port: 1880

    dashboardLink:
        type: Cybus::Link
        properties:
            ingressRoute: !ref dashboardRoute
            href: ui/
            name: Dashboard

How to deploy the agent

To run the above example, you must also deploy and run an agent, which is a container using the Connectware’s image protocol-mapper with some special environment variables (see also Agent Installation).

The first thing you need to set is the image and image tag (i.e. version) you are going to use. The agent’s container must use the protocol-mapper image of the exact same version as the Connectware, otherwise the system may run into unspecified behaviour. For the subsequent command the image tag (version) is stored as IMAGE_TAG= 1.6.2

Using the IMAGE_TAG environment variable, the following command will run the agent directly (but with the comment lines removed):

# The docker run command
docker run --rm \
    # Attach a volume so the agent can store data across restarts
  -v /tmp/cybus:/data \
    # Set the name of the agent. This must match the agentName used in the commissioning file.
  -e CYBUS_AGENT_NAME=connectware-agent \
    # The IP address where the Connectware is running.
  -e CYBUS_MQTT_HOST=10.11.12.13 \
    # Make it run as an agent
  -e CYBUS_AGENT_MODE=distributed \
    # Some suitable hostname of the container.
  --hostname=${HOSTNAME} \
    # Run it in host mode networking
  --net=host \
    # The image to use
  registry.cybus.io/cybus/protocol-mapper:${IMAGE_TAG}

Then, complete the set up by registering the new agent’s user in the Connectware using the “Client Registry” process, see Agent Registration and Client Registry

Alternative ways to run the agent can be found on Agent Installation.