Interoperability
- Jeff Slavin (Unlicensed)
Exceptional interoperability is essential for IoT.
ClearBlade interoperates in several ways:
Adapters
An adapter is a piece of software that converts one protocol to another. There are two types:
Hardware-focused: Adapters that interact with hardware systems
Software-focused: Adapters that interact with software systems
Hardware-focused
Name | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|
BACnet | Connect to building automation and control systems | |
Modbus (Lite) | Modbus communication on constrained devices | GitHub: Modbus-Adapter/python at master · ClearBlade/Modbus-Adapter |
Modbus (Full) | Highly performant Modbus communication | GitHub: Modbus-Adapter/go at master · ClearBlade/Modbus-Adapter |
CAN bus | Interact with CAN bus systems | |
BLE (Lite) | Connect to Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) devices from constrained devices | |
BLE (Full) | Connect to Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) devices and send large-scale messages | GitHub: ClearBlade/ble-adapter-go: GoLang BLE Adapter utilizing DBUS |
OPC | Send and receive OPC messages from the Platform or Edge | |
LoRa | Send and receive LoRa messages | |
GPSd | Interact with a gateway’s GPS sensors | GitHub: ClearBlade/gpsd-adapter: ClearBlade Adapter for ingesting data from gpsd daemon |
Monnit | Stream sensor data from Monnit | |
MultiTech GPIO | Operate IO on MultiTech LoRa gateways | |
MultiTech GPIO/Serial | Operate IO and read serial data |
Software-focused
Name | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|
MQTT | Bridge | Bridge ClearBlade’s MQTT broker to another MQTT broker, such as HiveMQ |
ZeroMQ | Connect to ZeroMQ distributed messaging systems | |
Webhooks | Process inbound webhook messages in the ClearBlade Platform | |
CoAP | Send and receive messages using the Constrained Application Protocol | |
AMQP | Connect from MQTT to AMQP | |
AS400 | Enables ClearBlade to communicate directly with RPG and data queues running on the System i (iSeries, AS400) |
Webhooks
A webhook is a mechanism that allows third-party servers to send data to a code service. A public API endpoint that supports multiple HTTP methods is available.
DB connectors
These DB connectors are supported:
Database | Deployment availability |
|---|---|
PostgreSQL | Cloud and on-prem |
MySQL | Cloud and on-prem |
MongoDB | Cloud and on-prem |
MongoDB_SRV | Cloud and on-prem |
Oracle | Cloud and on-prem |
Microsoft SQL Server | Cloud and on-prem |
Cassandra | Cloud and on-prem |
CouchDB | Cloud and on-prem |
DB2_Linux | On-prem |
DB2_zOS | On-prem |
DB2_System_i | On-prem |
Northbound service integrations
ClearBlade offers complete software packages for software service integrations. These are implemented using the IoT Package Manager’s re-usable libraries.
Package | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|
Power BI | Access Microsoft’s Business Intelligence Toolsets | |
GCloud BigQuery | Access GCloud’s Big Data Tool, BigQuery | |
Salesforce | Interact with Salesforce Services | |
Splunk | Access Splunk’s monitoring services | |
Google Voice and Vision | Send voice and vision data for interpretation by Google Voice and Vision | |
Google Maps | Access Google Maps Geocoding services | |
IDP Satellite Link | Send and receive messages from satellite-connected assets | |
Twilio SMS | Send and receive SMS messages from ClearBlade |
Inbound API integrations
We offer an OpenAPI spec, which the Linux Foundation supports. This enables inbound integrations from many software services.