The Axeda Platform is designed for universal connectivity - Internet, wireless cellular and satellite - using an appropriate protocol for each case. Several videos also discuss the connectivity options and architecture of the platform.
Understanding the platform data model is an important part of designing your application. The Data Model Overview introduces the objects in the model and how they relate to each other.
Wireless has its unique challenges. The cost of wireless data plans has dropped dramatically, but it still matters. So Axeda has downloadable Threshold Rules that are managed at the server, and run at the wireless asset, to optimize the conditions under which data is sent.
The Axeda Wireless Protocol (AWP) is a efficient binary protocol designed for wireless use. The protocol definition can be used to generate code in many languages and embed in anything from microcontrollers to linux computers.
To make it easy to embed AWP, Axeda has an AWP Toolkit that is written in portable C and J2ME CDC compatible Java and runs on a variety of targets. When multiple channels can be used (such as satellite, cellular, and wifi) the AWP Toolkit supports Least Cost Routing, where information is sent over a channel based on the information's value and the channel's cost. This lets you tune the application's wireless costs while remaining flexible to business demands.
