Welcome to ThingWorx Connection Server Help Center
Welcome to ThingWorx Connection Server Help Center
This Help Center provides information on ThingWorx Connection Server, v.7.1.x through 9.2.x. For information on the other ThingWorx Connection Services, refer to the following help centers:
ThingWorx Azure IoT Hub Connector, v.4.x.x — ThingWorx Azure IoT Hub Connector 4 Help Center
ThingWorx Azure IoT Hub Connector, v.3.0.x ThingWorx Azure IoT Hub 3 Connector Help Center
ThingWorx eMessage Connector, v.2.x.x, (part of the ThingWorx Axeda Compatibility Package) — ThingWorx Axeda Compatibility Package 2 for Axeda eMessage Agents Help Center
ThingWorx eMessage Connector, v.1.3.x (part of the ThingWorx Axeda Compatibility Package) — ThingWorx Axeda Compatibility Package 1 for Axeda eMessage Agents
Important Information
When considering upgrading your ThingWorx environment or looking for compatibility information for versions of ThingWorx products, visit the PTC Release Advisor. This tool provides the single source for this information fo all PTC products. To learn how to use Release Advisor, refer to the Technical Support article, "How to plan an upgrade using PTC Release Advisor".
To read the support policy for the ThingWorx Connection Services, refer to PTC Support Policy for ThingWorx Connection Services.
The ThingWorx Connection Server, version 9.2.x is compatible with ThingWorx Platform versions 8.5.x and later.
ThingWorx Connection Server is required for ThingWorx High Availability (HA) Clustering.
The ThingWorx Protocol Adapter Toolkit is deprecated as of August 2020. All information for the product has been removed from this help center.
The standard support for the ThingWorx Azure IoT Hub Connector, v.2.x.x, has expired. All information for that version of the Connector has been removed from this help center. If you need to upgrade from v.2.x.x, refer to Upgrading the Azure IoT Hub Commector from v.2.0.x to 3.0.0 in the ThingWorx Azure IoT Hub Connector 3 Help Center. This procedure is also available in the ThingWorx Azure IoT Hub Connector 4 Help Center.
In accordance with industry-standard best practices regarding process isolation, PTC strongly recommends installing all ThingWorx Connection Services in a separate runtime environment from the ThingWorx Platform.
Find Information for the ThingWorx Connection Server
Installing a Connection ServerUpgrading a ThingWorx Connection Server to Version 9.0.0Configuring the Connection Server
Starting the Connection Server and Running a Quick TestMonitoring a Connection ServerTroubleshooting
Additional Resources
You can access ThingWorx documentation, using the following resources:
PTC ThingWorx help centers page, which provides links to all ThingWorx help centers.
ThingWorx Documentation Resources, which provides links to both ThingWorx Help Centers and to ThingWorx PDF documents, including release notes, support matrices, installation and administration guides, best practices, and developer guides.
PTC ThingWorx Reference Documentation — The Reference Documents pages provide access to the PDF documents available for all PTC ThingWorx products.
You can find additional information in the ThingWorx Community forum.
For information about supported releases, refer to the PTC Product Calendar on the PTC Support site.
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Technical Issues
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Last Updated: January 2023
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