A Look at the Digital Broker

  • This module acts as the platform's Bus or Broker. The Digital Broker simplifies communication with the Platform by isolating itself from the underlying communication protocol.

Out-of-the-box offers the following protocols:

  • REST

  • Websocket

  • MQTT

  • Kafka

  • Video RTSP

It also supports other protocols through the plugin concept.

More information about protocols at: Digital Broker Protocols

 

Some of its features are:

  • It integrates with the DataFlow through the input and output connectors:

  • It allows to configure, from the Platform Control Panel, the communication of a client of the platform with it, managing what protocols each client can use, the security in the communication, on which entities can work, etc.

  • It also allows simulating the communication of a client with a platform, allowing to define rules for sending this information from the client, in order to make the flow of information arrival independent of that of the processing:

    • List of simulations:

    • Definition of a Simulation:

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