AggreGate directy supports many communication and control protocols. Device drivers bundled with AggreGate LinkServer allow connecting different devices produced by thousands of manufacturers.
However, in several cases that may be necessary to connect new device that uses custom unsupported protocol. If device is network-enabled or can be connected to a PC via serial interface, and no device-side protocol conversion is necessary, it is possible to implement a new device driver for LinkServer. Otherwise, it's better to use hardware protocol converter called
AggreGate Agent.
AggreGate Device Drivers are written in Java and thus are platform-independent. Device drivers are implemented in the form of server plugins, so installing new driver is as easy as copying a single file and restarting the server.
Tibbo provides a driver
development service for customers who do not wish to develop their own drivers in-house. Creating a driver takes a week or two in most cases.
For the other methods of connecting devices, see
AggreGating Your Devices.
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