Glossary¶
This page defines the product terms used in the Watchtower documentation, in alphabetical order.
- Alarm rule
- A condition on one tag, such as a value above a threshold. When it holds for a set time, Watchtower opens an incident. See Alarms and incidents.
- App
- One enrolled installation of the Privitty App on a desktop, Android or iOS device. Each App belongs to one operator.
- Approval
- The step where an owner or admin accepts or rejects a new Edge on the Approvals page. It applies when you select Require approval before the device is activated on Add Edge.
- Asset
- A plant device that an Edge reads from, such as a PLC. It has a protocol, connection settings and tags. See Assets, tags and live values.
- Config document
- The complete configuration an Edge receives. See Edge config document.
- Config layer
- Overrides and variables set at organization, site, group or Edge level. Watchtower merges a template and the layers into each Edge's configuration.
- Deactivate
- To permanently disconnect an Edge or App. A deactivated Edge stays in the list with status Deactivated.
- Device commands
- Commands an operator runs on an Edge from the Privitty App by typing
/, such as/statusand/logs. A grant must include Device commands. See Device commands. - Edge
- A Privitty gateway at your site. It reads values from plant devices and sends them to Watchtower.
- Grant
- A time-boxed permission for one App to reach one Edge, with Device commands and Remote access turned on or off. Its states are
scheduled,joining,active,join_failed,expiring,expiredandrevoked. See Grant access to an Edge. - Group
- A set of Edges in one site. Every Edge belongs to one group.
- Incident
- An occurrence of an alarm. It opens when a rule's condition holds and closes when it clears. Incidents appear on the Edge's Incidents tab.
- Invite link
- The
privitty://enrolllink that an operator opens in the Privitty App to enroll it. It works once and expires after 48 hours. - LAN Reach
- A remote-access mode that forwards a local port on the operator's device to an approved host and port on the Edge's plant network. See LAN Reach.
- Operator
- A person who uses the Privitty App to reach Edges. You create operators on the Operators page. An operator is not a portal user.
- Preview render
- A button on the Edge's Config tab that shows the configuration the Edge would receive and any problems, before you save.
- Remote access
- An encrypted tunnel from the Privitty App to a service on the Edge host or, with LAN Reach, to a device on the plant network. A grant must include Remote access. See Remote access.
- Rollout
- A staged delivery of a configuration change or agent update to many Edges, in steps. See Rollouts.
- Site
- A location such as a plant. A site contains groups.
- Sync
- The column on the Edges page that shows whether an Edge runs its latest configuration: In sync, Pending, Failed, Rolled back or Offline.
- Tag
- One value that an asset reports, such as a temperature. Your subscription sets a limit on the number of tags, shown on the Usage page.
- Template
- A reusable, versioned configuration. You publish a version and assign the template to a group or an Edge. See Templates.
- Variable
- A named value in a template, such as an IP address, that you set per group or Edge.
- Watchtower
- The Privitty control plane that you use through the portal to manage Edges and operator access.