The JSON Toolkit provides JSON (Javascript Object Notation) encoding of Niagara data - enabling new methods of visualization, cloud and device connectivity.

Many APIs written to enable Internet of Things workflows use JSON encoded data. The JSON Toolkit extends NiagaraFramework®’s rich object model and connectivity options by encoding typical Niagara data types—point, alarm, history data and more—into JSON format. Coupled with the Niagara MQTT driver, the Niagara JSON Toolkit opens new possibilities for cloud connectivity and extracting value from the data that Niagara Framework contains.

The Niagara JSON Toolkit provides system integrators with the flexibility needed to construct bespoke messages into the formats required, with only the relevant data included. You can encode messages into JSON format for export and you can interpret or read-in incoming JSON messages. In other words, Niagara users have two-way capability when they want to program the logic for such common tasks as updating setpoint values in response to a message or acknowledging alarms when they are received.

IMPORTANT NOTE
An active SMA License feature is required for this feature. Should SMA expire this feature will stop functioning until SMA is reactivated.