The nano EDGE ENGINE is a software engine, which is based on a few innovative concepts:
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clear and logical structure (all elements grouped in four containers: Applications, Networks, Services, and System);
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Data Points with automatic BACnet exposition (universal components representing values in applications);
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Reference linking method (dedicated for linking Data Points with network points, transferring value along with component's status);
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favorable licensing system (Analog and Binary Data Points are the only licensed elements).
Structure of Containers and Their Functionalities
The structure tree of the nano EDGE ENGINE is based on four containers. Containers are components, which have no slots, and are designed to group other components within:
Remember - Licensing Based on Data Points
The Applications container includes the only elements subject to license in the nano EDGE ENGINE devices.
The license for the new generation of iSMA CONTROLLI controllers driven by the nano EDGE ENGINE is constructed against the number of Data Points: each device based on the nano EDGE ENGINE is granted a specified number of license points (Data Points in this case), which can be used within applications. Therefore, the licensing system is only of quantitative, not functional, character–only the real number of Data Points in applications is taken into account, regardless of how many communication protocols are used to expose them, or how many network points are controlled. With the nano EDGE ENGINE-generation devices it is possible to create as big an application (or applications) as the number of licensed Data Points. No elements in the Networks, Services, or System containers are subject to license limitations, other than Data Points in the Applications container.
Note: In order to check the number of license points, please refer to the License in the device.
These are the basic four pillars that encompass the central functionalities of the devices driven by the nano EDGE ENGINE—the space for application building, the space for enabling external communications of the device, the space for adding various services to the applications, and the space for device configuration. The nano EDGE ENGINE is a universal software engine, which provides a set of components and libraries destined for building automation sector (i.e., network points and Data Points, Math components, Logic components, Process components, etc.).