Universal Driver Interface
The Universal Driver Interface opens up endless possibilities for connecting the OAS Platform with any data source, device, or external API, as well as operating on Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iOS platforms.
Develop Custom Protocol Drivers
The OAS Universal Driver Interface SDK (UDI) allows you to create communication drivers for the Open Automation Software IIoT Framework. This enables virtually endless possibilities for connectivity between devices, data, and APIs currently unsupported by drivers included with the OAS Platform.
The SDK is FREE to use and you can develop as many IIoT drivers for OAS as you like from the sample projects included.
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Flexible Networking Options
The UDI benefits from the OAS Platform’s ability to be configured and deployed in any way required, accessing data on local or remote networks.
Remote Connectivity
In typical deployments, an instance of the OAS Service is installed wherever a device or endpoint needs to be connected. The UDI can be deployed in a lightweight, stand-alone container, either local to the OAS Service or on remote hardware, communicating with a defined OAS Platform.
Multiple OS Support
The UDI SDK components are built upon .NET Standard, which can run on Windows, Mac OS, Linux, Android, and iOS. You can create a single Universal Driver that can be deployed and run on any of these platforms. See below for detailed OS/version support.
OAS Configuration App Integration
Once installed and connected, your UDI implementation can be configured in the OAS tools alongside other native, built-in drivers. No additional coding necessary.
Automatic Tag Configuration
The UDI SDK includes features for automatically creating and configuring tags in the local or remote OAS Platform upon starting up, greatly simplifying deployment and configuration for each instance.
Custom Protocol Integration
Using the Universal Data Interface, you can develop direct, configurable connectors to any system or API, which allows you to extend the capabilities of the OAS Platform. You can also create connectors that tap into your own custom applications or internal system APIs.
Store and Forward Support
By deploying a lightweight UDI implementation on the data source, you immediately gain the benefit of store and forward functionality. If the data source cannot be reached by a central OAS server, the UDI instance buffers data at the source and forwards it when connectivity is reestablished.
Works Virtually Everywhere
Your custom UDI implementations can be run on Windows, Linux, and other platforms.
Common Use Cases
Application Interface
Add interface support to integrate application data into the OAS platform. OAS driver and tag properties can be included in the UDI to make configuration property changes without revising the UDI code.
Custom Device Interface
Create a driver for OAS to communicate with devices using custom protocols. It is common to make the parameters for device connections adjustable through driver interface properties.
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The OAS Platform supports multiple operating systems and deployment options including Windows, Linux, Docker Containers, and can even run on low footprint devices such as a Raspberry PI 4.
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Getting Started - Download, Setup & Support
Step-by-step introduction to using the Open Automation Software platform
Technical overview of the Universal Driver Interface.
Familiarize yourself with the steps to create a driver interface for OAS.
Create a hosting application to instance the UDI. Hosting applications can run remotely or locally to the OAS Engine.
List of operating systems that a Universal Driver Interface supports.
How to deploy a UDI on Linux/Raspberry Pi.
UDI for Raspberry Pi GPIO Example
Example walkthrough of creating a UDI for Raspberry Pi GPIO.
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