FLIR Bridge Plugins

The following set of plugins are available for FLIR Bridge. These plugins extend the functionality by adding new sources of data, new destinations, processing filters that can enhance or modify the data, rules for notification delivery and notification delivery mechanisms.

South Plugins

South plugins add new ways to get data into FLIR Bridge, a number of south plugins are available ready built or users may add new south plugins of their own by writing them in Python or C/C++.

FLIR Bridge South Plugins

Name	Description
abb	A south plugin to pull data from the ABB cloud
am2315	FLIR Bridge south plugin for an AM2315 temperature and humidity sensor
armfield	A plugin for the Armfield IFD7
b100-modbus-python	A south plugin to read data from a Dynamic Ratings B100 device over Modbus
beckhoff	A Beckhoff ADS data ingress plugin for FLIR Bridge, this monitors Beckhoff PLCs and returns the state of internal variables within the PLC
benchmark	A FLIR Bridge benchmark plugin to measure the ingestion rates on particular hardware
cc2650	A FLIR Bridge south plugin for the Texas Instruments SensorTag CC2650
coap	A south plugin for FLIR Bridge that pulls data from a COAP sensor
coral-enviro	A south plugin for the Google Coral Environmental Sensor Board
csv	A FLIR Bridge south plugin in C++ for reading CSV files
csv-async	A FLIR Bridge asynchronous plugin for reading CSV data
csvplayback	Plays a CSV at some configurable speed and each column of the file will become a datapoint of an asset using pandas library.
dht	A FLIR Bridge south plugin in C++ that interfaces to a DHT-11 temperature and humidity sensor
dht11	A FLIR Bridge south plugin that interfaces a DHT-11 temperature sensor
digiducer	South plugin for the Digiducer 333D01 vibration sensor
dnp3	A south plugin for FLIR Bridge that implements the DNP3 protocol
dt9837	A south plugin for the Data Translation DT9837 Series DAQ
edgeml	ML south plugin which forwards the video frames to a model running inside micro k8’s; parses the response, generates readings and shows the detection results on browser.
etherip	A south plugin to read tags data from a number of different Allen-Bradley and Rockwell PLCs.
expression	A FLIR Bridge south plugin that uses a user define expression to generate data
flir-camera	Interface to all generations of Flir cameras supporting both generations of the REST API.
FlirAX8	A FLIR Bridge hybrid south plugin that uses flir-south-modbus-c to get temperature data from a Flir Thermal camera
game	The south plugin used for the FLIR Bridge lab session game involving remote controlled cars
gw65	FLIR Bridge plugin for getting vibration data from a set of FLIR GW65 vibration sensors
http	A Python south plugin for FLIR Bridge used to connect one FLIR Bridge instance to another
ina219	A FLIR Bridge south plugin for the INA219 voltage and current sensor
J1708	A plugin that uses the SAE J1708 protocol to load data from the ECU of heavy duty vehicles.
J1939	A CANBUS J1939 plugin to collect data into FLIR Bridge.
kafka	Kafka Consumer Plugin to consume message from Kafka Broker.
lathesim	A simulation plugin used as a demonstration to show how data can be collected within FLIR Bridge. This plugin simulates various properties of a lathe.
modbus-c	A FLIR Bridge south plugin that implements modbus-tcp and modbus-rtu
modbustcp	A FLIR Bridge south plugin that implements modbus-tcp in Python
mqtt	FLIR Bridge South MQTT Subscriber Plugin
mqtt-sparkplug	A FLIR Bridge south plugin that implements the Sparkplug API over MQTT
mqtt-scripted	An MQTT south plugin that allows a Python script to be added to decode the MQTT payload
observer	A south plugin for collecting data from the SKF Observer Platform
opcua	A FLIR Bridge south service that pulls data from an OPC-UA server
openweathermap	A FLIR Bridge south plugin to pull weather data from OpenWeatherMap
person-detection	FLIR Bridge south service plugin that detects person in the live video stream
person-detector	Person detection plugin
phidget	FLIR Bridge south plugin for different phidgets
piserver	A South plugin to stream data from a local PI Server to FLIR Bridge
piwebapi	A South plugin to ingest data from a PI Server using the PI Web API.
playback	A FLIR Bridge south plugin to replay data stored in a CSV file
pt100	A FLIR Bridge south plugin for the PT100 temperature sensor
random	A south plugin for FLIR Bridge that generates random numbers
randomwalk	A FLIR Bridge south plugin that returns data that with randomly generated steps
roxtec	A FLIR Bridge south plugin for the Roxtec cable gland project
rpienviro	A FLIR Bridge south service for the Raspberry Pi Enviro pHAT sensors
rtsp	A south plugin to capture RTSP stream from a device.
s2opcua	An OPC UA south plugin based on the Systerel S2OPC OPC UA Toolkit. This plugin offers similar functionality to the flir-south-opcua plugin but also offers data encryption and authentication.
s7-python	Read Siemens S7 PLCs data over TCP
s7	A south plugin that uses the S7 Communications protocol to read data from a Siemens S7 series PLC.
samotics4	A south plugin that will gather data from Samotics 4 API used to monitor AC Motors
sarcos	A south plugin to process the Sarcos XO data files
sensehat	A FLIR Bridge south plugin for the Raspberry Pi Sensehat sensors
sensorphone	A FLIR Bridge south plugin the task to the iPhone SensorPhone app
simple-rest	A generic REST south plugin with support for a variety of common REST payloads and Python scripting to manipulate call results.
sinusoid	A FLIR Bridge south plugin that produces a simulated sine wave
spinnaker	A south plugin that uses the FLIR Spinnaker library to pull radiometric data from FLIR cameras for use within machine learning models
suez	A south plugin to extract data from the Suez Water Insight API
systeminfo	A FLIR Bridge south plugin that gathers information about the system it is running on.
usb4704	A FLIR Bridge south plugin the Advantech USB-4704 data acquisition module
video4linux	A south plugin to ingests images from various devices using the Video4Linux API. Video4Linux supports a wide variety of video capture devices on Linux platforms.
webcam-media	A FLIR Bridge south plugin that forwards image data, either directly from a webcam or from a directory of images
wind-turbine	A FLIR Bridge south plugin for a number of sensor connected to a wind turbine demo

North Plugins

North plugins add new destinations to which data may be sent by FLIR Bridge. A number of north plugins are available ready built or users may add new north plugins of their own by writing them in Python or C/C++.

FLIR Bridge North Plugins

Name	Description
aws-iot	A north plugin to create things and publish readings to AWS IoT Core
aws-redshift	North plugin to send data to AWS Redshift
azure	A north plugin that sends data to Microsoft Azure IoT Hub device
azure-blob	FLIR Bridge Azure Blob Storage North Plugin
edna	A north plugin for sending data to the AVEVA eDNA historian
gcp-ps	FLIR Bridge North Python based gcp plugin for sending an image data to Google Cloud for training machine learning models.
graphite	A north plugin for FLIR Bridge that sends data to the Graphite Carbon storage system.
harperdb	A north plugin that sends data to the HarperDB SQL/NoSQL data management platform
http	A Python implementation of a north plugin to send data between FLIR Bridge instances using HTTP
http-c	A FLIR Bridge north plugin that sends data between FLIR Bridge instances using HTTP/HTTPS. The plugin support use of an optional Python script to format the data into the required format for there destination.
influxdb	A north plugin for sending data to InfluxDB
influxdbcloud	A north plugin to send data from FLIR Bridge to the InfuxDBCloud
kafka	A FLIR Bridge plugin for sending data north to Apache Kafka
kafka-python	A Python implementation of a north plugin that can send data to Apache Kafka
mqtt	MQTT publisher plugin
mqtt-scripted	A bi-directional MQTT publisher with scriptable payloads. This provides a way to forward data from FLIR Bridge to an MQTT broker using a Python script to control the format of the payload. Control messages can also be send back via MQTT into FLIR Bridge.
mqtt-sparkplug	MQTT Sparkplug B publisher
omf	Send data to OSIsoft PI Server, Edge Data Store or OSIsoft Cloud Services
opcua	A north plugin for FLIR Bridge that makes it act as an OPC-UA server for the data it reads from sensors
opcuaclient	A north plugin for FLIR Bridge that sends data with OPC UA Client to an OPC UA Server
png	A plugin to write an image type data points to PNG files in the local filesystem
s7-python	flir-north-s7-python repository
splunk	A north plugin for sending data to Splunk
thingspeak	A FLIR Bridge north plugin to send data to Matlab’s ThingSpeak cloud

Filter Plugins

Filter plugins add new ways in which data may be modified, enhanced or cleaned as part of the ingress via a south service or egress to a destination system. A number of north plugins are available ready built or users may add new north plugins of their own by writing them in Python or C/C++.

It is also possible, using particular filters, to supply expressions or script snippets that can operate on the data as well. This provides a simple way to process the data in FLIR Bridge as it is read from devices or written to destination systems.

FLIR Bridge Filter Plugins

Name	Description
ADM-LD-prediction	Filter to detect whether a large discharge is required for a centrifuge
anomaly-injection	Anomaly injection filter can be used to inject an anomaly into the data pipeline, as an aid to development and testing.
asset	A FLIR Bridge processing filter that is used to block or allow certain assets to pass onwards in the data stream
asset-join	Filter to join two assets together to create a single asset
asset-split	A filter to split an asset with multiple data points into several assets, each with a single data point.
aws-redshift-hints	FLIR Bridge Hints Filter for AWS Redshift plugins
blocktest	A filter designed to aid testing. It combines incoming readings into bigger blocks before sending onwards
bounds	A filter to add status datapoint for numeric value datapoints based on upper and lower bounds.
breakover	Filter to forecast the possibility of a breakover.
change	A FLIR Bridge processing filter plugin that only forwards data that changes by more than a configurable amount
changedetection	A filter to process data and create time interval information while a particular tag/datapoint remains set to a given value
conditional-labeling	Attach labels the reading data based on a set of expressions matched against the data stream.
contrast	A filter that implements automatic and manual contrast adjustment of images.
csv-writer	FLIR Bridge filter which writes selected readings passing through it out as a rotating sequence of .csv files.
delta	A FLIR Bridge processing filter plugin that removes duplicates from the stream of data and only forwards new values that differ from previous values by more than a given tolerance
downsample	A data downsampling filter which may be used to reduce the data rate using sampling or averaging techniques.
edgeml	Filter which takes image data, calls out to ML process, and forwards the inference from ML as asset contents.
ednahint	A hint filter for controlling how data is written using the eDNA north plugin to AVEVA’s eDNA historian
ema	Generate exponential moving average datapoint: include a rate of current value and a rate of history values
enumeration	A filter to map between symbolic names and numeric values in a datapoint.
eventrate	A filter designed for use in the north to trigger sending rates based on event notification assets
expression	A FLIR Bridge processing filter plugin that applies a user define formula to the data as it passes through the filter
fft	A FLIR Bridge processing filter plugin that calculates a Fast Fourier Transform across sensor data
fft2	Filter for FFT signal processing, finding peak frequencies, etc.
Flir-Validity	A FLIR Bridge processing filter used for processing temperature data from a Flir thermal camera
greyscale	Convert 24bit RGB images to greyscale images
image-bounding-box	Uses the output of an ML model to crop out or draw bounding boxes on an image.
image-resize	Python based plugin to resize images by scaling or cropping.
inventory	A plugin that can inventory the data that flow through a FLIR Bridge pipeline.
log	A FLIR Bridge filter that converts the readings data to a logarithmic scale. This is the example filter used in the plugin developers guide.
metadata	A FLIR Bridge processing filter plugin that adds metadata to the readings in the data stream
mirror	A filter plugin to mirror image type data points
moving-measure	Calculate measure on moving window with weightage. Some techniques in this includes SMA, LWMA, EMA.
normalise	Normalise the timestamps of all readings that pass through the filter. This allows data collected at different rate or with skewed timestamps to be directly compared.
omfhint	A filter plugin that allows data to be added to assets that will provide extra information to the OMF north plugin.
python27	A FLIR Bridge processing filter that allows Python 2 code to be run on each sensor value.
python35	A FLIR Bridge processing filter that allows Python 3 code to be run on each sensor value.
rate	A FLIR Bridge processing filter plugin that sends reduced rate data until an expression triggers sending full rate data
regex	Regular expression filter to match & replace the string datapoint values
rename	A FLIR Bridge processing filter that is used to modify the name of an asset, datapoint or both.
replace	Filter to replace characters in the names of assets and data points in readings object.
rms	A FLIR Bridge processing filter plugin that calculates RMS value for sensor data
rms-trigger	An RMS filter that uses a trigger asset rather than a fixed set of readings for each calculation
rotate	Rotate all images found in datapoints within a reading
sam	A single Asset Model filter for creating a semantic model of an asset from one or more data sources
scale	A FLIR Bridge processing filter plugin that applies an offset and scale factor to the data
scale-set	A FLIR Bridge processing filter plugin that applies a set of sale factors to the data
sigfns	Signal processing functions
sigmacleanse	A data cleansing plugin that removes data that differs from the mean value by more than x sigma
simple-python	The simple Python filter plugin is analogous to the expression filter but accept Python code rather than the expression syntax
specgram	FLIR Bridge filter to generate spectrogram images for vibration data
statistics	Generic statistics filter for FLIR Bridge data that supports the generation of mean, mode, median, minimum, maximum, standard deviation and variance.
threshold	A FLIR Bridge processing filter that only forwards data when a threshold is crossed
velocity	Filter to process acceleration data to generate velocity and acceleration envelope
vibration-features	A filter plugin that takes a stream of vibration data and generates a set of features that characterise that data

Notification Rule Plugins

Notification rule plugins provide the logic that is used by the notification service to determine if a condition has been met that should trigger or clear that condition and hence send a notification. A number of notification plugins are available as standard, however as with any plugin the user is able to write new plugins in Python or C/C++ to extend the set of notification rules.

FLIR Bridge Notification Rule Plugins

Name	Description
average	A FLIR Bridge notification rule plugin that evaluates an expression based sensor data notification rule plugin that triggers when sensors values depart from the moving average by more than a configured limit.
data-availability	Triggers every time when it receives data that matches an asset code or audit code those given in the configuration
delta	A notification rule plugin that triggers if the value of a datapoint is more than a prescribed percentage different from the currently observed delta for that data point
match	Notification rule plugin for matching string values of an asset data-points or audit log attributes
ML-bad-bearing	Notification rule plugin to detect bad bearing
outofbound	A FLIR Bridge notification rule plugin that triggers when sensors values exceed limits set in the configuration of the plugin.
periodic	A rule that periodically fires based on a timer when data is observed.
simple-expression	A FLIR Bridge notification rule plugin that evaluates an expression based sensor data
simple-sigma	A FLIR Bridge notification rule that will send a notification if the values being monitored differ from the mean for the value by more than a multiple of the current standard deviation.
threshold	Detect the value of a data point within an asset going above or below a set threshold
watchdog	Notification rule designed to be triggered if data for a given asset is not ingested for a period of time.

Notification Delivery Plugins

Notification delivery plugins provide the mechanisms to deliver the notification messages to the systems that will receive them. A number of notification delivery plugins are available as standard, however as with any plugin the user is able to write new plugins in Python or C/C++ to extend the set of notification rules.

FLIR Bridge Notification Delivery Plugins

Name	Description
alert	A notification delivery plugin that creates alerts within the FLIR Bridge GUI
alexa-notifyme	A FLIR Bridge notification delivery plugin that sends notifications to the Amazon Alexa platform
asset	A FLIR Bridge notification delivery plugin that creates an asset in FLIR Bridge when a notification occurs
blynk	A FLIR Bridge notification delivery plugin that sends notifications to the Blynk service
config	A notification delivery plugin that allows a configuration item within the local FLIR Bridge instance to be changed when the notification triggers or is cleared.
control	Allows a notification to call a control operations via the dispatcher service.
customasset	A FLIR Bridge notification delivery plugin that creates an event asset in readings.
email	A FLIR Bridge notification delivery plugin that sends notifications via email
google-hangouts	A FLIR Bridge notification delivery plugin that sends alerts on the Google hangout platform
ifttt	A FLIR Bridge notification delivery plugin that triggers an action of IFTTT
jira	A notification plugin that creates tickets in Jira
jsonconfig	A delivery mechanism that updates one element within a JSON configuration type configuration category item.
management	A notification delivery plugin the triggers the FLIR Bridge management service to check for updates to the configuration of FLIR Bridge
microsoft-teams	A notification delivery plugin that sends notification messages to a Microsoft Teams channel.
mqtt	A notification delivery plugin that sends messages via MQTT when a notification is triggered or cleared. This is the example used in the notification delivery plugin writers guide.
north	Deliver notification data via a FLIR Bridge north task
operation	A notification delivery plugin that will cause an operation to be trigger via the set point control operation API of a south service.
python35	A FLIR Bridge notification delivery plugin that runs an arbitrary Python 3 script
rest	REST notification delivery plugin
schedule	A notification plugin that enables/disables the schedule of FLIR Bridge service(s)
setpoint	A flir notification plugin that invokes a set point operation on a south service.
slack	A FLIR Bridge notification delivery plugin that sends notifications via the slack instant messaging platform
telegram	A FLIR Bridge notification delivery plugin that sends notifications via the telegram service
zendesk	A notification delivery plugin that will create tickets within Zendesk ticketing application