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Connector
The AWM connector configures the connection with the sensor system.
Connectors can be made available for different types of sensor systems.
• Planon managed connector: the sensor system publishes the Planon (REST) API definition.
• Custom managed connector: an AWM Platform app is used to connect and communicate with the standard API of the sensor system.
• Planon IoT measurement point connector: AWM can make use of a sensor system that is linked and managed by Planon IoT. A specific connector type is available ‘PlanonIot connector, which requires an integration with Planon IoT. In this integration, most of the settings are already preconfigured.
For most of the sensor systems a separate Platform app is available (same as for Custom managed connecter). The goal of such an app is to automate all various onboarding actions and change management. The sensor system determines the features that are available.
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It is possible to create a combination of sensors and connector types.
Connector statuses
A connector has different statuses that indicate whether it is available for Planon Software Suite. These statuses must be set manually.
The following list is an overview of the available connector statuses:
Status
Description
Active
In this status, the data engine system connects to the sensor system.
Inactive
In this status, the data engine does not connect to the sensor system. This is the default status (manually set).
Immeasurable
This status is assigned if the connector has a connection problem (system set).
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If a connection with the API fails, the Connector will retry polling a number of times. If this still fails, the status is set to immeasurable. This rules out unrelated temporary disturbances such as internet connection issues.
When this happens, the administrators (email list) can be notified about this issue.