XMII Queries

Hi All,
I've gone through WIkis, sdn ,weblogs but not able to find the information which i required.
1) plant-->xMII--
> SAP ERP( fine it can be connected)
My Qusetion-
plant-->xMII--
>non sap Application( If it can be conected, what are the technology we can can use? jdbc,web services etc. Please provide the complete list)
2) xMII can connect to shop floor systems through MES using B2MML schema. But wat is the technology interaction point? Is it FTP,JDBC,WEB SERVICES,XMl or ????
3)xMMI can connect to SAP through JCO connections.Does it supports Web SErvices with SAP erp?
4)Where UDS stands and when it shiuld be used?
5) What are the different components of XMII and one line description of it.( eg. XI has IR,ID,RWB,SLD etc)
6) Is it contain any database and what type of data it stores?
Regards,
Piyush

Hi Piyush,
Please find answers in bold ...
1) plant-->xMII--
>non sap Application( If it can be conected, what are the technology we can can use? jdbc,web services etc. Please provide the complete list) - You can connect databases to xMII - Use menu path Data Services -> Data Servers and configure accordingly
2) xMII can connect to shop floor systems through MES using B2MML schema. But wat is the technology interaction point? Is it FTP,JDBC,WEB SERVICES,XMl or ???? - The interaction point is the database. Suppose if you are having 10 MES systems, they should be connected to a common database server and then xMII can be connected to that server
3)xMMI can connect to SAP through JCO connections.Does it supports Web SErvices with SAP erp?-
*It depends on which version of SAP you are in. If you are having EP, then web services are possible.
If you are having only SAP R/3 it can be called via RFC connection type G*
4)Where UDS stands and when it shiuld be used? - UDS is Universal Data Server, this helps xMII to connect and transmit data from different data sources like OLE,OPC,SCADAs,Historians etc
5) What are the different components of XMII and one line description of it.( eg. XI has IR,ID,RWB,SLD etc)
Refer to SAP Help on xMII - http://help.sap.com/saphelp_xmii115/helpdata/en/SAP_xMII_Help.htm
6) Is it contain any database and what type of data it stores?
xMII does not have a database on its own, it uses the historian/central database

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