AggreGate is a complex multi-tier system. It includes four key components:
| • | AggreGate LinkServer - the core component that is responsible for data routing and aggregation, business-rules processing, etc. This is the server-side of the system. |
| • | AggreGate Client - a GUI front-end application to control and monitor all other components. |
| • | Device Server - a communication coprocessor allowing to connect one or more devices to the LinkServer using a single network interface. |
| • | Data Terminal - this is a general designation for any of a wide ranges of Intelligent Devices that provide configurable settings and operations and can generate events. These are the machines you control with AggreGate. |
A programmable hardware module running the AggreGate Agent application may represent a single Device Server and, optionally, one or more Data Terminals. It the last case, the Data Terminal is not a separate hardware device. You might say it is "virtual" - just code incorporated in an application that is running in AggreGate Agent. This code may optionally communicate with several simple devices, like sensors, that are connected to AggreGate Agent.
AggreGate Integration Layers
