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title: Platform Standards
slug: manufacturing-connect-edge-v2/platform-standards
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createdAt: 2022-10-05T17:14:19.000Z
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The protocols and standards used by Manufacturing Connect Edge software comprise these categories.

### Southbound (PLC to Manufacturing Connect Edge)

- ORiN device interface
- DOSA (Distributed-power Open Standards Alliance)
- OPC UA
- MTConnect open standard

### Northbound (device to cloud/database)

- MQTT (IETF)
- REST/HTTP

### Security

- Authentication (follow northbound)
- Transport Layer (SSL, TLS 1.3/1.2)
- Certificate Management (EPID)

### Data

- OPC UA