EdgeBroker is field deployed software and hardware built using the latest standards and open source technologies. EdgeBroker is designed to be modular, collecting and storing data from many sources including traditional SCADA technologies. EdgeBroker is designed to be efficient, ensuring data availability on spotty, slow or expensive transmission methods and communication networks.
EdgeBroker connects locally with any number of RTUs or devices. The collected data is then stored locally for up to 3 years.
The plugin software that allows device-level communications is called EdgeBroker Processors. They are unique to the protocol with which the EdgeBroker is communicate. EdgeBroker Processors can be written by Sequoyah Technologies or a third party vendor to provide compatibility with many different data collection and control methods. Modbus is a standard connection method.
Each device can be pre-configured and easily reused across a field of EdgeBrokers using prototypes. The prototypes for existing equipment, like pump off controllers, can be defined by and shared by field technicians. Prototypes are a powerful tool that can be used when a field of devices all have the same basic configuration. Protoypes are extensible so that if every location is the same, except for a small set of custom registers, they can be extended to handle the per device customizations.
EdgeBroker periodically pushes data to a cluster of EdgeServers within the EdgeStack cloud or customer deployment. Aggregated report data includes information that describes each report period. If any information within the reported data seems anomalous, the scanned data that made up the report data can be requested from the field.
Traditionally, remote device integrations were custom, almost bit-level integration projects. Not only was the use of the data a software exercise but a communications one as well. Our EdgeBroker technology allows organizations to focus on how to use the data, not how to collect it.