IoT Modelling Environment

Available for admin and normal users.

Initial page

Empty model's restrictions

The model, when is empty, cannot be

• Saved.
• Exported.
• Bound.

Create a digital twin

• The list of details for each device and component is synchronized in real-time with the database.

1. Drag the components/devices onto the box in the middle.

Create connections between components and devices

1. Drag the subsystem element onto the system element.

Load a model

1. Click the button Load on the navigation bar.
   • Only the models which have been added by the logged user appear in the window that pops up.

Save a created model

1. Click the button Save As on the navigation bar.

Save a loaded model

1. Click the button Save on the navigation bar.

Delete a model

1. With the model loaded on the digital twin

2. Click the button Clear.
3. Click the button Save.
4. Confirm the option by clicking Yes.

Editable Properties

Type: owl:Restriction.

Devices

IP

Format: abc.def.ghi.jkl, being a - l integers from 0 to 10.

MAC Address

Format: abcdefghijkl, being a - l integers from 0 to 10.

• The backend formats the MAC Address to the ab-cd-ef-gh-ij-kl format.

Components

Value (Only for sensors)

Type: Number.

Bind models

Requirements

• Be in the VPN asa1.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de. Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client may be used in the operating system Windows to achieve the connection.

How to bind a model

1. Create or load a model onto the digital twin.
2. Click the button Bind from the navigation bar.
3. The model will be then bound with the MBP platform.

Help menu

1. Click Help.
2. The following image depicts the menu which pops up.