ThingWorx Azure IoT Extension Reference
ThingWorx Azure IoT Extension Reference
For an Azure IoT device or Azure IoT Edge device to register and communicate with the ThingWorx Platform, the device must be represented in ThingWorx by an entity, more specifically by a Thing that extends the AzureIotThing Thing Template. You can also create a Thing that extends the AzureStorageContainerFileRepository Thing Template to represent a blob container that stores files in Azure.
The Connector can import devices from your Azure IoT Hub. During the import process, the Connector creates the Things to represent your devices, using the AzureIotThing Thing Template. The template can be the AzureIotThing Thing Template provided with the ThingWorx Azure IoT Extension, or it can be a custom Thing Template that extends the AzureIotThing Thing Template. A Thing Template defines common properties, services, and events that define the behavior of the device Things that implement it.
Upon import to a ThingWorx Platform, the ThingWorx Azure IoT Extension adds entities to support interaction between Azure IoT Edge devices and the ThingWorx Platform via the ThingWorx Azure IoT Hub Connector. Refer to the following topics for details on the entities that this extension provides:
Thing Templates
Data Shapes