Edge solutions overview

Overview for using FairCom Edge as an IoT system integrator, manufacturing engineer, or IT developer

IoT system integrators

FairCom Edge provides system integrators with the following features that can be licensed individually or as a bundle with a product.

Manufacturing engineers

IT developers using FairCom Edge

IT developers can integrate with FairCom products using JSON APIs, SQL, and MQTT messages:

Developers write applications, web services, and scripts to query data using FairCom's JSON APIs. They also use MQTT to subscribe to topics and receive messages published to those topics.
Cloud engineers use MQTT cloud services, such as AWS IoT Core and Azure IoT Hub, to subscribe to topics and receive messages published to those topics.
Data engineers query data and create ETL jobs using standard SQL, ODBC, and JDBC drivers.

Tip

MQTT messages are a great way to push information to another system. MQTT messages can include telemetry data, critical alerts, status updates, notifications, and commands.

Table 1. Integration capabilities of FairCom Edge

FairCom Edge provides IoT system integrators, manufacturing engineers, and IT developers with powerful tools for data management, integration, and transformation. IoT System Integrators: JSON APIs & Database – High-performance data management. Browser-Based Tools – MQTT management, data exploration, and system monitoring. Integration Engine – Protocol bridging and automatic transformations. MQTT Broker – Mission-critical messaging using MQTT 3 & 5. IoT & Cloud Connectors – Supports Modbus, OPC UA, ThingWorx, AWS IoT Core. Data Transformations – JSON conversion, table transformations. Manufacturing Engineers: Industrial IoT Connectors – Allen-Bradley, Siemens S7, Modbus, MQTT, OPC UA. Cloud Connectors – AWS IoT Core, REST. Data Transformation Methods – JSON restructuring, table integration. IT Developers Using FairCom Edge: APIs & Connectors – Integration via JSON APIs, SQL, MQTT messaging. Cloud Services – AWS IoT Core, Azure IoT Hub. Data Engineers – ETL jobs using SQL connectors, ODBC, JDBC. MQTT Messaging – Supports telemetry data, alerts, status updates, notifications. Integration Capabilities of FairCom Edge: IT Connectors – SQL, REST, MQTT, JSON API, Node-RED. Cloud Connectors – AWS IoT Core, REST, Azure IoT Hub, HiveMQ on Google. Data Transformations – JSON shaping, table mapping, data enrichment.

IoT System Integrators: JSON APIs, MQTT broker, Modbus, OPC UA, ThingWorx Manufacturing Engineers: Allen-Bradley EtherNet/IP, Siemens S7, MQTT, AWS IoT Core IT Developers: JSON API connectors, SQL connectors, MQTT message handling Cloud Connectors: AWS IoT Core, Azure IoT Hub, HiveMQ, REST API integration Data Transformation: JSON reshaping, table integration, enrichment methods Integration Engine: Protocol bridging, automated workflows, data synchronization