Extensible industrial internet of things platform

A method for generating a new device integration definition to be used for configuring a device type for interoperability with an industrial internet of things platform, the method comprising:

• providing, by processing circuitry for presentation to a user at a remote computing device, first presentation data for presenting a first user interface for creating the new device integration definition, wherein
• the first presentation data comprises a plurality of controls, each control configured to accept user input for a different device parameter of a plurality of device parameters;
• receiving, by the processing circuitry from the remote computing device, respective first user input from each of at least a portion of the plurality of controls, wherein the first user input comprises at least one input corresponding to a communication parameter for communicating with the device type of the new device integration definition;
• adding, by the processing circuitry, the communication parameter to the new device integration definition, wherein
• the new device integration definition is stored in a programming language syntax, and
• the new device integration definition is arranged in a standardized format including a plurality of configurable parameters, wherein
• the plurality of configurable parameters comprises the plurality of device parameters;
• providing, by the processing circuitry for presentation to the user at the remote computing device, second presentation data for presenting a second user interface for creating the new device integration definition, wherein the second presentation data comprises
• a plurality of code hook templates, each code hook template supplying a program language syntax stub for a different code hook for communicating with the device type, and
• a user interface region for editing the program language syntax stub of a selected code hook template;
• receiving, by the processing circuitry from the remote computing device, second user input comprising code hook syntax corresponding to at least one code hook template, the code hook syntax for each code hook template representing an edited version of a respective code hook template;
• saving, by the processing circuitry, the code hook syntax to the new device integration definition;
• receiving, by the processing circuitry from the remote computing device, third user input comprising identification of a communication link between an aggregator device configured to communicate with the IIOT platform and a test device of the device type;
• downloading, by the processing circuitry to the aggregator device via the communication link, a device configuration file, wherein
• the device configuration file is based on the new device integration definition, and
• the device configuration file comprises the code hook syntax;
• and
• enabling, by the processing circuitry for the user at the remote computing device, testing of the code hook syntax on the test device via the second user interface, wherein enabling testing comprises enabling communication between the aggregator device and the test device using the communication parameter.