IT Bus Stops allow data to be exchanged with IT systems such as MES, MOM, ERP and PLM, via an intermediary messaging service such as ActiveMQ. The IT bus stop will listen out for messages on the IT system that correspond to the message type, operations and equipment that it's set up for. When it sees an appropriate message it passes the relevant information up to the messaging service which passes it on the IT system.
The IT Bus Stop will send data to the Bus automatically when it receives a message from the Bus or from the messaging service. For example, if the bus stop receives a message from the IT system that a particular operation needs to be started it might send a message back to the Bus stating that the operation start request should be recorded in the archive. Alternatively, if the bus stop receives a message from the IT system that a particular operation needs to start it may send separate messages to the Bus that say the operation needs to start.
The contents of the messages that the IT Bus Stop uploads to the Bus are pre-defined and cannot be altered.
To create a bus stop that will communicate with an IT system you need to carry out the following steps:
Create Message Channels
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