Data Pumps

Data pumps enable you to specify asset data to send to the Predix cloud for use with cloud applications and analytics. Data pumps simplify deployment to a single edge device. Data pumps are comprised of multiple edge applications to ingest and publish data.

Note: Currently, only the OPC-UA protocol (ingress) and the Predix Time Series service (egress) are supported.

You can use the data pump graphical designer in Predix Edge Manager to configure data flow between a protocol adapter (ingresss) and gateway service (egress). The most basic example is configuring a device to collect data from an OPC-UA server and sending it to the Time Series service.

The data pump flow design is saved in the Predix Edge Manager database and can then be deployed. Data pumps are deployed as two packages—application and configuration.