Choosing a Collector
The following table provides a list of collectors supported by Proficy Historian for AWS,
along with their purpose and features.
Collector Type | Purpose | Supported Data Collection | Time Resolution | Supported Data Types |
---|---|---|---|---|
The iFIX collector | Collects data from iFIX. | Only polled | milliseconds or seconds | Boolean, floating point, integer, and string |
The MQTT collector | Collects data published to a topic using an MQTT broker. The data should be in Predix time series data format. | Only unsolicited | Seconds, milliseconds, and microsecond | Boolean, floating point, integer, and string |
The OPC Classic DA collector | Collects data from any OPC 1.0 or OPC 2.0-compliant OPC Classic DA server. | Both polled and unsolicited (unsolicited for OPC 2.0 only) | 1 millisecond | Floating point, integer, binary, and string |
The OPC Classic HDA collector | Collects historical data from any OPC HDA 1.2 - compliant OPC server. | Only unsolicited | 1 millisecond | Floating point, integer, binary, and string |
The OPC UA DA collector | Collects data from any OPC UA 1.0 or OPC 2.0-compliant OPC UA DA server. | Both polled and unsolicited | 1 millisecond | Floating point, integer, binary, and string |
The OSI PI collector | Collects data from an OSI PI data server. | Only unsolicited | milliseconds and seconds | Floating point, integer, and string |
The OSI PI Distributor | Collects data from a Historian server and sends it to an OSI PI server. | Only unsolicited | milliseconds and seconds | Floating point, integer, and string |
The Server-to-Server collector | Collects data from an on-premises Historian server and sends it to Proficy Historian for AWS, deployed on a VPC. | Only unsolicited | 100 milliseconds | Floating point, integer, and string |
The Simulation collector | Generates random numbers and string patterns for demonstration/testing purposes. You can configure the number of tags that you want to generate. | Only polled | 1 millisecond | Floating point, integer, and string |