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    Kevin Olotu
    @kolotu

    @JulianFeinauer if I understand your question correctly you are asking, how platform-specific information (i.e. which address the gateway needs to use) can be added to a functionblock?
    That's something that could be done with Functionblock mappings, I think. They can be used to add additional platform-specific information to a functionblock.
    Here is an example how that currently looks in Vorto:
    A Functionblock: https://vorto-dev.eclipse.org/#/details/com.kevin.official.test:VehicleGearFb:1.0.0
    and the corresponding mapping that adds platform-specific information: https://vorto-dev.eclipse.org/#/details/com.kevin.official.test:VehicleGearCANMapping:1.0.0

    To see the result you can use this API: GET https://vorto-dev.eclipse.org/api/v1/models/com.kevin.official.test.VehicleGearFb:1.0.0/content/CAN

    Does this fulfil that requirement or did I misread your question?

    Julian
    @JulianFeinauer
    Thanks @kolotu this looks exactly what I was missing... Let me play around with it... Why didnt I find it somewhere.. This is a killer feature
    Kevin Olotu
    @kolotu
    @JulianFeinauer you didn’t find it, because it’s almost not documented yet - unfortunately! We have an open task for that...
    Julian
    @JulianFeinauer
    Okay, then its not only me
    good
    Julian
    @JulianFeinauer
    https://github.com/eclipse/vorto/blob/master/docs/vortolang-1.0.md
    hier ist das ja noch nicht ausreichend Dokumentiert, oder?
    Kevin Olotu
    @kolotu
    Yes exactly. On the development branch of that file is a short paragraph on Functionblock Mapping, but I think there should be a more thorough explanation and an example use case.
    Julian
    @JulianFeinauer
    yep
    In my PLC4X Use Case… this file should be totally sufficient, right?
    as it references the DB
    FB
    Kevin Olotu
    @kolotu
    I think it could be sufficient - we should just try and see whether it covers your use case entirely
    Julian
    @JulianFeinauer
    Basically the Worflow I see for IIoT / Automation is… One Party creates the „Vortofile“ (comes out of Construction usually). Then second party (PLC Programmers) does the mapping to sensors / PLC Adresses -> Mapping file. This file we then take to spin up the Monitoring
    Kevin Olotu
    @kolotu
    Yes that sounds like it fits the requirement.
    Julian
    @JulianFeinauer
    Do you have a Blog Post or something which describes the exact use case you have in mind with the VehicleGear Example files?
    Kevin Olotu
    @kolotu
    no that was just an example to show that feature. The idea behind the VehicleGear example was to add platform-specific hex values to each gear, without "hardcoding" them in the functionblock, to keep it platform-independent and reusable.
    Julian
    @JulianFeinauer
    I see
    in our case this could also be machine specific (as each machine can be programmed slightly different… for whatever reasons)
    Kevin Olotu
    @kolotu
    in that case you would need one mapping file per machine / implementation of the machine
    Julian
    @JulianFeinauer
    yep
    But one more question
    the mapping in theorie describes the value of the respectice property or just som „addidional“ information?
    Kevin Olotu
    @kolotu
    the mapping feature is generic, so you can do both with - it is up to you
    Julian
    @JulianFeinauer
    great
    has vorto already an API to work with?
    Kevin Olotu
    @kolotu
    an API to create those Mapping files programmatically?
    Julian
    @JulianFeinauer
    or to read em
    Kevin Olotu
    @kolotu
    mapping files are treated as models, so you can use the /api/v1/models APIs as you would for Functionblocks, InformationModels, ..
    Julian
    @JulianFeinauer
    ah, neat
    Kevin Olotu
    @kolotu
    btw here is the issue about documenting the functionblock mapping feature: eclipse/vorto#1535
    if you have any thoughts or ideas, you can leave a comment on the issue
    Julian
    @JulianFeinauer
    Yes.. if i find time soon I will tackle that during the process and send a PR
    Kevin Olotu
    @kolotu
    that would be awesome :)
    Julian
    @JulianFeinauer

    Hi folks,

    this evening I will give a talk at the Stuttgart Industry 4.0 Meetup which is currently Online only about Open Source and IoT.
    And the talk will be in english. So everybody who is interested can freely join : )

    Find all details here: https://www.meetup.com/de-DE/Stuttgart-Industrie-4-0-und-IoT-Meetup/events/mxsmnqybcgbcc/

    A short summary is:
    "In the recent years a large ecosystem of projects around (I)IoT is grown in the Open Source Communities. Ranging from projects that help to connect devices like Apache PLC4X or Eclipse Californium over projects that help building digital twins like Eclipse Ditto, store massive amounts of device data like Apache IoTDB up to projects that help to scale the solutions to millions of devices and still keep operations simple like Eclipse Hawkbit or Eclipse IoFog. I will try to give an overview over many of these projects, how they relate and how they can be combined to build up a really full stack to easily start your own (I)IoT solution."

    Sandeep Ravindranath
    @smy4kor
    Hi,
    Is there a way to enforce unit of measurement from an enum. For example, I wish to enforce that the duration is always in Unit.seconds in below snippet.
    mandatory duration as int "In Unit.second"
    Thank you for your time and consideration to help.
    Kevin Olotu
    @kolotu
    @smy4kor Hi Sandeep,
    You can do this with this syntax: duration as int with {measurementUnit: org.eclipse.vorto.Unit.second }
    Note: you have to import the Enum for the unit and you have to use the fully qualified name (i.e. org.eclipse.vorto.Unit instead of just Unit)
    Sandeep Ravindranath
    @smy4kor
    @kolotu ,thank you very much. I would like to see some more units like bytes, kilobytes, megabytes etc. Does it makes sense to introduce them to org.eclipse.vorto.Unit or should I just use my own enum?
    Kevin Olotu
    @kolotu
    @smy4kor I think those units would be a great addition to the org.eclipse.vorto.Unit enum - I have added them in the version 1.0.1 of that enum.
    Sandeep Ravindranath
    @smy4kor
    @kolotu that was super quick. Thank you once again. Any idea when 1.0.1 will be released?
    Kevin Olotu
    @kolotu
    @smy4kor you're welcome. it is released already - you should be able to use it immediately.
    https://vorto.eclipse.org/#/details/org.eclipse.vorto:Unit:1.0.1
    Sandeep Ravindranath
    @smy4kor
    Ah yes I see it now. It was my mistake that I was using the search which always goes to 1.0.0.
    Kevin Olotu
    @kolotu
    the search will find both from now on. It maybe took a couple of seconds until the search index was updated
    Sandeep Ravindranath
    @smy4kor
    Yes you are right. Now I see both 1.0.0 and 1.0.1.
    Garrett LoVerde
    @loverdeg-ep
    Are there any known plugins to export a vorto model as a 'diagram'?
    Kevin Olotu
    @kolotu

    hi @loverdeg-ep no, to my knowledge there is no such plugin yet.
    You can find the list of official plugins here: https://vorto.eclipse.org/#/generators
    Experimental plugins can be found here: https://github.com/eclipse/vorto-examples/tree/master/vorto-generators

    What kind of diagram would you like to export?

    Garrett LoVerde
    @loverdeg-ep
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