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Platform Standards

4min

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