Edge

What is Edge?

AggreGate Edge is a fully functional version of the AggreGate IoT Platform optimized for controllers and embedded devices. It allows you to build and run reliable, low-latency IoT solutions without the need to send all IoT data to the cloud for processing and analysis. AggreGate Edge also helps ensure compliance with local data protection and regulatory requirements.

New business opportunities

System integrators, engineering firms, and managed service providers

New revenue streams through the development of innovative value-added services for customers

Rapid creation and deployment of IoT solutions with low latency and on-premises data protection requirements

Design of cost-effective solutions with manageable balance of Edge / Cloud Computing

IoT device manufacturers (OEMs) and independent software vendors (ISVs)

Rapid development of IoT applications for controllers

Vertical integrated applications with advanced data processing and analysis capabilities

Ready-to-use "cloud-ready" connectivity modules for controllers

Use Cases

PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE

Collect sensor data industrial machines such as turbines or motors. Route all data to a cloud-based AggreGate instance for additional pattern analysis and anomaly detection.

SMART HOME

Build a smart home around a controller with AggreGate Edge installed, connecting all appliances via multiple wired and wireless channels. Develop and test the web-based and mobile-friendly HMIs built into the box.

INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION

Control and monitor processes using PLC logic standards: Functional Block Diagram (FBD), Structured Text (ST), Ladder Diagram (LD), and Sequential Function Plot (SFC).

PREDIAL AUTOMATION

Oversee smart building systems, including HVAC, lighting, energy, fire protection, physical security, and more.

CNC MONITORING

Track Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) and perform an in-depth analysis of your machines using the controller as a data acquisition gateway.

TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOWER MONITORING

Enable centralized monitoring and control of fuel, power, weather, perimeter security, and BTS equipment.

SMART METERING

Connect all non-IP meters and sensors to a cloud-based automatic meter reading system. Ensure that data is buffered while centralized storage is not available due to network issues.

GENERATOR SET MONITORING

Connect generator sets that have nothing but dry contacts. Monitor fuel levels, oil pressure, water/oil temperature, power, active alarms, maintenance status.

BATTERY MONITORING

Check the health of non-IP UPS units and battery packs by tracking bypass mode status, voltages, currents, frequencies, remaining battery, charge percentages, temperature, and other metrics.

PHYSICAL SECURITY

Combine your IIoT controller or gateway with a physical access controller or custom security device by connecting multiple readers, locks, and sensors. The access control logic is already there.

SENSOR NETWORK GATEWAY

Connect your wired or wireless field sensors and connect the data to the cloud. Design the local maps, add some weather information and more.

MOBILE ASSET TRACKING

Collect telemetry data any mobile assets, such as vehicles or containers. Centralize processing and analysis in the cloud.

Deployment options

Hybrid (Edge / On-premise, Cloud)

Balanced for compliance and performance between edge and cloud

Working as part of a large installation

Seamless logical transfer between AggreGate Server and AggreGate Edge

Filtering and processing of on-premises data, no need to send everything to the cloud

Solutions with low latency, data protection, and regulatory requirements

Full-featured standalone IoT solution on the Edge controller

Connectivity to IoT sensors and external data sources

Local CEP, advanced analytics, and running machine learning models

Independent orchestration of multiple devices by one controller

Interaction with Azure/AWS/Google cloud services

Advantages of AggreGate Edge

AggreGate Edge "glues" the physical layer of existing industrial automation and building management systems with on-premises or cloud components of an IoT solution architecture.

Connect

With out-of-the-box support for more than 20 IoT and IT communication protocols, your controller with AggreGate Edge will be a universal "plug-and-play" component for many use cases. AggreGate Edge can use controller-specific fieldbuses such as DALI, KNX.

Shop

Your controller with AggreGate Edge can store IoT events, historical values, and enriched data for periods when the connection to the cloud is lost. In a standalone operation scenario, your controller with AggreGate Edge can store months of historical values between scheduled data exchange sessions with a central AggreGate server.

Manage

An IoT gateway with AggreGate Edge can monitor and control hundreds of devices. AggreGate Edge device management capabilities include automatic discovery and provisioning, offline device management, group and batch operations, flexible event management, advanced alerting, job scheduling. In case of poor or unstable connection to the cloud, a controller with AggreGate Edge can act as a standalone control unit.

Parse

AggreGate Edge brings all advanced analytical capabilities close to devices and sensors. Object and process models, domain-specific languages, visual workflows, and machine learning algorithms – all of these tools create business value your data and simplify local decision-making on a controller with AggreGate Edge.

Visualize

AggreGate Edge uses the full power of the AggreGate IoT platform's visualization tools directly on the controllers. You are able to create UI interfaces locally or deploy the cloud and run them on any device, smartphones to industrial panels.

Enlarge

Want to extend the capabilities of AggreGate Edge? You can use programmatic extension points and APIs to develop a new device driver or data processing plug-in, UI component, or even a full-scale integrated IoT application. A new flexible driver module allows you to build drivers for proprietary protocols without programming.

Integrate

AggreGate Edge provides APIs for direct integration with third-party software or cloud platforms. AggreGate Edge can interact with the controller vendor's software via MQTT, REST protocols, and gain access to vendor-specific or proprietary drivers. All external control operations fully comply with the platform's security model.

AggreGate Edge Architecture

AggreGate Edge's flexible modular architecture allows you to disable unused plug-ins to fine-tune the hardware capabilities of your controllers.

Edge embedding scenarios

Drivers with integrated software

Smooth integration with integrated OEM software

Leveraging certified fieldbus protocol drivers included with controllers

High-performance interaction with integrated software via MQTT, REST API, or other open interfaces

Controllers without integrated software

One solution for all connectivity, visualization and analysis functions for controllers

Control of peripheral equipment via serial ports, UDP and TCP connections

Non-standard peripheral management via AggreGate Agent

System Requirements:

CPU: 1.8 GHz dual core processor

RAM: 2 GB

HDD/SSD: 50 GB of free space on main drive

Operating system: Microsoft Windows 8 32-bit, Microsoft Windows 7 32-bit, and Microsoft Windows Vista 32-bit

Resolution: 1024×768

Supported Operating Systems

Mac OS X 10.5x (Leopard), Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard), Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion), Mac OS X 10.7 (Mountain Lion), OS X 10.9 (Mavericks), and Mac OS X 10.10 (Yosemite)

Hardware requirements

Memory - 1 GB RAM and more

Free disk space - 50 MB

System type - 32-bit and 64-bit OS