Southbound providers

The southbound API of Eclipse sensiNact gateway refers to the parts of the gateway which interface with the external devices. This may be through a generic protocol (e.g. MQTT/HTTP) or through something custom (e.g. a native serial interface). A single southbound provider may create and manage multiple providers in the digital twin, with those providers being of the same type, or of different types.

The gateway currently includes the following southbound providers:

• Device factory

• HTTP

  • HTTP device factory

  • HTTP callback

• MQTT

  • MQTT client

  • MQTT device factory

The history of resource values is considered to be southbound provider linked to a time-series database:

• sensiNact History

  • Timescale history provider

Writing your own custom southbound connector is very easy, and can allow you to optimise your updates.