nc-link-adapter is an MTConnect adapter process to collect data from NC-Link servers and provide the stream updates for MTConnect Agent according to the requirements of MTConnect specification.
Usage:
nc-link-adapter [config file - default is nc-link-adapter.cfg]
# devices
devices:
#
# - name: <device name>
# uuid: <NC-Link device id>
- name: NL_Demo
uuid: 189FFDD66F369F1
# NC-Link MQTT Agent information
NC-Link_Server:
mqtt: 27.17.57.163
port: 1883
#
# Additional optional connection info
# user: <user's id>
# password: <user's password>
# cacert: <location of cacert file>
#
# default useWebSocket is false
# useWebSocket: <true or false>
#
server:
port: 7878
# licenseKey: <your license key - default is demo mode if not provided>
logging:
# serverity can be debug, info, warn, error or off, default is info
severity: info
devices : a list of name and uuid pairs. uuid is the NC-Link device ID and it is used to identify and capture the device's data in the MQTT stream data.NC-Link_server
mqtt : MQTT server's hostname or IP addressport : MQTT server's port #user / password : MQTT login credential if requiredcacert : The location of CA certificate file.useWebSocket : Use web socket, default is false.server
port : The adapter's listening port
C:\Program Files\MetaAgent\examples\nc-link-adapter>nc-link-adapter
Metalogi MetaAgent - NC-Link/MTConnect Adapter 2.2.0.600 - built on Wed Oct 11 22:28:27 2023
[2023-10-29T05:59:03] info Settings are loaded from nc-link-adapter.cfg
[2023-10-29T05:59:03] info listening on port 7878
[2023-10-29T05:59:03] info Product NC-Link <=> MTConnect is licensed
[2023-10-29T05:59:03] info Waiting for connection to MQTT Server...
[2023-10-29T05:59:03] info Connecting adapter to MQTT/TCP Broker on 27.17.57.163:1883
[2023-10-29T05:59:03] info device [NL_Demo] 189FFDD66F369F1 - stale data update interval -1
[2023-10-29T05:59:04] info MQTT Server is connected. Start accepting connections.
[2023-10-29T05:59:04] info Server started, waiting on port 7878