Purpose
- Quick overview of HighByte Intelligence Hub
- Walkthrough deploying on Siemens Industrial Edge
- Reference for getting started with configuring the Intelligence Hub
Prerequisites
Before beginning, confirm the following:
- Access to a Siemens Industrial Edge Management (IEM) instance
- An Edge Device provisioned and visible in your IEM
- Network connectivity between IEM and the target Edge Device
- HighByte Intelligence Hub available in your IE Hub Library (see below)
Overview of HighByte
HighByte Intelligence Hub is a DataOps software solution purpose-built for industrial data. The Intelligence Hub enables manufacturers to securely collect, model, and stream industrial datasets to and from IT systems without writing or maintaining code. Deployed at the Edge, the Intelligence Hub merges real-time, transactional, and time-series data into a single payload for consuming applications — no code required.
Overview of Siemens Industrial Edge
From Siemens documentation:
The Siemens Industrial Edge platform is the central infrastructure for the integration and expansion of the connectivity for data exchange between automation and IT systems. It combines local and high-performance data processing directly in the automation system with the advantages of a cloud. Industrial Edge platform provides app-based data analysis, data processing and Infrastructure-as-a-Service concepts with central update functionality.
Learn more: Siemens Industrial Edge Documentation
Together
HighByte Intelligence Hub runs as an application on the Siemens Industrial Edge platform. Siemens Industrial Edge provides the device management, compute, and connectivity infrastructure at the plant floor — the Intelligence Hub is deployed to those devices as a managed application, where it executes the DataOps integration logic: collecting data from OT sources, contextualizing it into modeled datasets, and streaming it to IT and Cloud targets.
Configuration of the Intelligence Hub is centrally managed and pushed across the fleet, meaning integration logic is defined once and deployed consistently to every edge device — without writing or maintaining code.
IE Hub
There are two versions of the Intelligence Hub app:
| App | Title in IE Hub Library | How it's obtained | EULA |
|---|---|---|---|
| System App | HighByte Intelligence Hub - evaluation | Included as a System App, so it should already show up in your Library. | Must be accepted through the App Config when installing. |
| Marketplace App | HighByte Intelligence Hub | Purchased through the Siemens Marketplace, if available in your geographic marketplace. | Accepted as part of the Marketplace purchase. |
If you purchased the Marketplace App, you will see it in your Library separately from the System App. The System App will still be listed as well — make sure to select HighByte Intelligence Hub (without "- evaluation") when deploying your purchased version.
You may have already navigated here from Product details > Documentation > Manual.
As with other apps, click "Copy latest version to Industrial Edge Management" to add it to your target IEM's app catalog.
IE Management
The app should then appear in your IEM catalog.
As with other apps, select the desired target Edge Device to install to.
App Configuration
Marketplace App (HighByte Intelligence Hub)
There is no App Config for the Marketplace App. The EULA was already accepted when purchasing through the Marketplace, so the app can be installed directly.
System App (HighByte Intelligence Hub - evaluation)
When installing to the selected device(s), there is a Configuration specific to Intelligence Hub.
ACCEPT_EULA
This required field confirms that you have read and accepted the HighByte Intelligence Hub End User License Agreement. Review the license at the following URL before proceeding: HighByte Intelligence Hub EULA
After reviewing the license terms, click the toggle button and check the box to accept.
IE Device
The app should then appear on your Edge Device.
Intelligence Hub
Login
The default password is blank. Click the login button to proceed.
Security note: Set a password after your first login to secure access to the Intelligence Hub.
For getting started with the Intelligence Hub, see Welcome to HighByte guide: Link
Troubleshooting
The app won't run on the Edge Device
Logs
Download and review the app logs from the Edge Device for diagnostic detail.
EULA Not Accepted
WARNING: EULA file not found at /appconfig/accept-eula.json
This applies to the System App (HighByte Intelligence Hub - evaluation) only. The ACCEPT_EULA config may not have had its toggle enabled or its box checked when installing the app. Reinstall the app with the EULA accepted.
Broken Link / Network Error
If the page isn't loading, or you see an error like the following, check that the URL in the address bar is what is expected.
Check if the address bar is showing the expected device URL. If you are accessing the Edge Device through a reverse proxy, confirm the proxy forwards the original host and path to the device.