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Collectors and OT Bridge

Use collectors and OT Bridge to browse sources, validate signal quality, and move approved industrial data into DataOps context.

Controls engineers, data engineers, and implementation teams connecting operational sources.

Before you start

What to have ready

A source list with protocol, host, namespace, and access owner.

Read access to the first approved source.

A naming convention for tags, assets, units, and quality states.

A target module or data product that will consume the mapped context.

Usage workflow

How to use Collectors

01

Inventory the source

Identify the protocol, server, topic, table, historian path, file drop, or API endpoint that will become the first source in DataOps.

02

Browse and sample values

Use source browsing or protocol tools to inspect nodes, tags, values, units, timestamps, and quality indicators before mapping.

03

Register the source

Create the source record in DataOps, assign ownership, capture source health expectations, and keep credentials inside approved customer access paths.

04

Map tags to assets

Bind tags and topics to assets, systems, namespaces, and standard profiles so modules can reuse the same context.

05

Monitor and iterate

Use source and pipeline monitoring to catch stale signals, missing values, unit mismatches, and mapping gaps before operational use.

Need help?

Get implementation guidance

Ask for help when source ownership, network access, or protocol setup is not clear.

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