Simulator integration
The features described in this section are currently in beta testing and are subject to change.
Use simulator integrations to establish connections between first-principle simulation tools and Cognite Data Fusion (CDF). The integration service consists of:
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A simulator model library with a file management system that keeps track of simulator model versions, their purpose, context, and modification history to ensure the engineers and simulator workflows have access to up-to-date versions.
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Simulator routines, which define the configuration for running simulations, including scheduling, data preprocessing, input and output mapping, and the simulator's execution steps. You can create multiple simulator routines for each model to adapt to different simulation scenarios.
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Simulator connectors are Windows services that run on the same host machine as the simulator installation. They integrate the simulator application with CDF by reading model files and simulator routines defined and use these to run simulations. The connectors use the information in the simulator routines to determine what data to read, which objects to interact with in the simulator, and the commands to run.
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Simulators is a user interface in CDF for managing and monitoring simulations within CDF, including creating, editing and triggering simulator routines, and exploring simulation results.
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The simulators API, where you interact with the simulator integration resources programmatically. The API documentation is available here.