API

Mervis DB supports open SOAP API described by this WSDL:

• mervisdb_wsdl-2017-07-12.xml

Contact technical support for other non-public APIs that can be used for your projects.

• (UTC)TimeStamp - UTC time stamp of the record
• GoodThrough - UTC time stamp of the end of validity of particular record
• Interval - period of time (in seconds) when next value should be recorded

mervisdb_getdata_example.zip
mervisdb_savedata_example.zip

MervisDB_GetData_Example.cs

using System;
using System.Linq;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using MervisDb_GetData_Example.MervisDbService;
 
namespace MervisDb_GetData_Example {
 class Program {
  static void Main(string[] args) {
   //
   // Demo of asynchronous methods.
   //
   var task = Task.Run(async() => {
    //
    // Create access to the real server.
    // Without SSL connections, you have to remove binding parameters "<security mode="Transport"/>" in the App.config.
    // The client is automatically generated from the WSDL file available here: https://kb.mervis.info/doku.php/en:mervis-db:10-api
    //
    using(HistoryDbAccessClient client = new HistoryDbAccessClient("HistoryAccess", "https://localhost:9876/RcWareDbAccess")) {
     // Authentication credetials in the database.
     Credentials credentials = new Credentials {
      Name = "XXXX", Password = "YYYY"
     };
 
     // Specification of the variables through Key-Value.
     // Here we use 2 variables.
     KeyValuePair[][] keys = new KeyValuePair[][] {
      new KeyValuePair[] {
        new KeyValuePair {
         Key = "DPGuid", Value = "338E2882-D72B-4D17-A241-73E8BC30F458"
        }, new KeyValuePair {
         Key = "StationName", Value = "AAABBB"
        }
       },
       new KeyValuePair[] {
        new KeyValuePair {
         Key = "DPGuid", Value = "CC80211D-3D29-4CC2-91A2-F69483D566B5"
        }, new KeyValuePair {
         Key = "StationName", Value = "AAABBB"
        }
       }
     };
 
     // From-To dates. The dates must be specified in the UTC time zone.
     DateTime utcTo = DateTime.UtcNow;
     DateTime utcFrom = DateTime.UtcNow.AddDays(-1);
 
     // Retrieving the data goes through cycling of values and variables. The server returns recommended values needed for the the next cycle.
     int variableOffset = 0; // the offset of the variable
     int variableCount = 10; // maximal number of variables returned in one request
     int valueOffset; // the offset of the value
     int valueCount = 1000; // maximal values in on request
 
     Console.WriteLine("Reading values...");
 
     do {
      valueOffset = 0;
      do {
       // Execute the request.
       var result = await client.GetDataAsyncAsync(credentials, keys, utcFrom, utcTo, variableOffset, variableCount, valueOffset, valueCount);
 
       // Check the return code. "0;OK" is what we want.
       if (!result.ReturnCode.StartsWith("0;")) {
        Console.WriteLine("Error on reading: {0}", result.ReturnCode);
       }
 
       // Cycle through the data and print it out.
       foreach(var valRecord in result.Data) {
        Console.WriteLine("Variable: {0}", String.Concat(valRecord.Keys.Select((i) => {
         return String.Format("{0}={1}; ", i.Key, i.Value);
        })));
 
        foreach(var value in valRecord.Vals) {
         Console.WriteLine("{0}->{1} [{2}] {3}", value.Ts, value.Gt, value.Hvt, value.Dv /* Use value type according to the Hvt (History Value Type) */ );
        }
       }
 
       valueOffset = result.NextValueOffset;
       variableOffset = result.NextVariableOffset;
      }
      while (valueOffset != -1);
     }
     while (variableOffset != -1);
    }
   });
 
   Console.WriteLine("DB communication is running in background");
 
   try {
    task.Wait();
   } catch (Exception exc) {
    Console.WriteLine("Exception: {0}", exc.ToString());
   }
 
   Console.WriteLine("DB communication finished");
 
   Console.ReadLine();
  }
 }
}

MervisDB_SaveData_Example.cs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using MervisDb_SaveData_Example.MervisDbService;
 
namespace MervisDb_SaveData_Example
{
	class Program
	{
		static void Main(string[] args)
		{
			//
			// Demo of asynchronous methods.
			//
			var task = Task.Run(async () =>
			{
				//
				// Create access to the real server.
				// Without SSL connections, you have to remove binding parameters "<security mode="Transport"/>" in the App.config.
				// The client is automatically generated from the WSDL file available here: https://kb.mervis.info/doku.php/en:mervis-db:10-api
				//
				using (HistoryDbAccessClient client = new HistoryDbAccessClient("HistoryAccess", "https://localhost:9876/RcWareDbAccess"))
				{
					// Authentication credetials in the database.
					Credentials credentials = new Credentials { Name = "XXXX", Password = "YYYY" };
 
					// Adding records...
					List<ValueRecord> records = new List<ValueRecord>();
 
					DateTime utcTimeStamp = new DateTime(2018, 1, 1, 12, 0, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc);
 
					// Each value is stored in a ValueRecord structure
					ValueRecord rec = new ValueRecord();
 
					rec.UtcTimeStamp = utcTimeStamp;                // time stamp of the value, UTC date time must be used
					rec.HistoryValueType = HistoryValueType.Double; // type of the value
					rec.DoubleValue = 23.4;                         // value itself
					rec.Interval = 60.0;                            // sampling period in seconds. When the difference of timestamps of subsequent values if greater than 1.1 multiple of the interval, the data should be considered incomplete.
					rec.Keys = new KeyValuePair[]										// identification of the variable. At least one key-value pair must be "IsKey" to identify a variable.
					{
						new KeyValuePair { IsKey = true, Key = "Root", Value = "Building A"},
                                                new KeyValuePair { IsKey = true, Key = "Guid", Value = "T26549821654"},
						new KeyValuePair { IsKey = false, Key = "Level1", Value = "Floor 1"},
						new KeyValuePair { IsKey = false, Key = "Level2", Value = "Room 7"},
						new KeyValuePair { IsKey = false, Key = "Name", Value = "Temperature"},
						new KeyValuePair { IsKey = false, Key = "Description", Value = "Temperature in the room 7"},
						new KeyValuePair { IsKey = false, Key = "Unit", Value = "°C"},
					};
 
					records.Add(rec);
 
					// Save data method returns the number of stored records					
					int recordsSaved = await client.SaveDataAsync(credentials, records.ToArray());
 
					Console.WriteLine("Records saved: {0}", recordsSaved);
				}
			});
 
			Console.WriteLine("DB communication is running in background");
 
			try
			{
				task.Wait();
			}
			catch (Exception exc)
			{
				Console.WriteLine("Exception: {0}", exc.ToString());
			}
 
			Console.WriteLine("DB communication finished");
 
			Console.ReadLine();
		}
	}
}

You need to import specialized toolbox to communicate with Mervis DB from Matlab:

• mervisdb_matlabtoolbox.zip.
• There is a help available for all toolbox functions. To display the help use:

help MervisDatabase.supported_function_name

MervisDB_GetData_example.m

% Instance of Mervis DB
mervisDB = MervisDatabase('username', 'password', 'dbUrl');
 
% Time interval definition
from = localMatlab2utcMatlab(datenum(2017, 1, 1)); %1.1.2017 in utc
to = localMatlab2utcMatlab(datenum(2017, 31, 1)); %31.1.2017 in utc
samplePeriod = 5*60; % 5 minutes
outputTimeZone = 'Local'; % possible 'Local' or  'Utc' parameter;
 
% Specifying varibles to download
varKeys1 = {'DPGuid', '338E2882-D72B-4D17-A241-73E8BC30F458';...
            'StationName', 'XXXXXXX'}; % Keys definition of first variable
varKeys2 = {'DPGuid', 'CC80211D-3D29-4CC2-91A2-F69483D566B5';...
            'StationName', 'YYYYYYY'}; % Keys definition of second variable
 
variable1 = MervisDbVariable(varKeys1); % Create MervisDbVariable object from defined keys
variable2 = MervisDbVariable(varKeys2);
 
arrayOfVarKeys = [variable1; variable2]; % array of MervisDbVariables objects
 
% help for function getData
help MervisDatabase.getData
 
% Download required data
[data, time] = db.getData(arrayOfVarKeys, from, to, samplePeriod, outputTimeZone);
 
% Get all variables with defined keys
allVaribales = db.getAllVars(varKeys1);

MervisDB_GetData_example.php

<?php
/*
Mervis DB PHP example - getdata
*/
try {
 
  $soapClient = new SoapClient('./wsdl/singlewsdl.xml', array(
    'compression' => SOAP_COMPRESSION_ACCEPT | SOAP_COMPRESSION_GZIP,
    'trace' => 0,
    'features' => SOAP_SINGLE_ELEMENT_ARRAYS
  ));
  $soapClient->__setLocation('http://localhost:9876/RcWareDbAccess');
 
  $credentials = array(
    'Name' => 'XXXXXXX',
    'Password' => 'YYYYYYY'
  );
 
  $utcTZ   = new DateTimezone('UTC'); //all time realted values are expected in UTC
  $utcFrom = new DateTime('-120minutes', $utcTZ); //
  $utcTo   = new DateTime('now', $utcTZ); //
 
  $valOffset = 0;
  $valCount  = 20; //how many values should be returned in one request at most. Recommended value: 5000
  $varOffset = 0;
  $varCount  = 4; //how many variable should be returned in on request at most
 
  $variablesKey = array(
    array(
      array(
        'IsKey' => true,
        'Key' => 'DPGuid',
        'Value' => '338E2882-D72B-4D17-A241-73E8BC30F458'
      ),
      array(
        'IsKey' => true,
        'Key' => 'StationName',
        'Value' => 'AAAAAAAAAA'
      )
    ),
    array(
      array(
        'IsKey' => true,
        'Key' => 'DPGuid',
        'Value' => 'CC80211D-3D29-4CC2-91A2-F69483D566B5'
      ),
      array(
        'IsKey' => true,
        'Key' => 'StationName',
        'Value' => 'BBBBBBB'
      )
    )
  );
 
  echo "Reading values from: {$utcFrom->format('c')} to: {$utcTo->format('c')}\n\n";
 
  $counter = 0;
 
  do {
    $response  = null;
    $valOffset = 0;
    do {
      $response  = $soapClient->GetData(array(
        'credentials' => $credentials,
        'variablesKey' => $variablesKey,
        'utcFrom' => $utcFrom->format('Y-m-d\TH:i:s\Z'),
        'utcTo' => $utcTo->format('Y-m-d\TH:i:s\Z'),
        'valueOffset' => $valOffset,
        'valueCount' => $valCount,
        'variableCount' => $varCount,
        'variableOffset' => $varOffset
      ));
      $valOffset = $response->nextValueOffset;
      $varOffset = $response->nextVariableOffset;
 
      foreach ($response->GetDataResult->Mvr as $varArray) {
        foreach ($varArray->Keys->KeyValuePair as $kvp) //the set of keys depends on the source of the data
          {
          if ($kvp->Key == 'DPName') {
            echo "\n{$kvp->Value}\n";
            $counter++;
          }
        }
 
        if (isset($varArray->Vals->I)) {
          foreach ($varArray->Vals->I as $val) {
            echo "  t: {$val->Ts}   Interval: {$val->Ivl}  {$valOffset} {$varOffset}\n";
          }
        } else {
          echo "empty\n";
        }
 
      }
 
    } while ($response->nextValueOffset != -1); //-1 - no more data available
  } while ($response->nextVariableOffset != -1); //-1 - no more data available
}
catch (Exception $e) {
  print_r($e);
}
?>