IOT Integration Introduction

This introductory section provides a broad overview of the methodology employed for integrating building systems and devices with Twinview, a sophisticated digital twin platform. Twinview is designed to be hardware-agnostic, offering many integration options with various building systems, thus providing a flexible and versatile solution for diverse infrastructural setups.

Twinview functions primarily as a visualisation layer capable of aggregating and presenting data from various sources. These include data from Building Management Systems (BMS), sensor networks, and various subsystems within the building infrastructure. The platform's ability to interface with these diverse data sources underscores its versatility and adaptability.

Data is ingested into Twinview through its data ingestion service. Once the data is ingested into Twinview, it is represented as an 'IoT Data Stream Device'. These data streams can be associated with specific assets or rooms, displayed on a dashboard, incorporated into reports, or utilised in heatmapping, among other applications. This flexibility in data representation and usage allows for a comprehensive understanding of the building's operational dynamics.

The data ingested by Twinview is stored in an internal data lake, a scalable and secure storage repository. This data lake enables the retention of historical data, facilitating charting, reporting, and in-depth analysis. Moreover, it ensures high-level performance by providing efficient data retrieval and processing capabilities. The subsequent sections of this document will delve into the technical specifics of these processes, detailing the protocols, interfaces, and data models used.

 

The Twinview Gateway Device

Twinview uses a gateway device to communicate with your building's systems and devices, and we support the majority of the popular communication protocols, such as BACnet, Modbus, HTTP Web Requests, and MQTT.

The gateway securely integrates into the edge network of your building and communicates with the devices and/or services via one of the supported protocols. The gateway communicates with Twinview using the Twinview Data Ingestion service.

In addition to its primary role as a Data Acquisition Device (DAD), the gateway can perform various secondary roles, some of which are below.