Architecture

Local and Remote Control: Bring Local & Cloud Into Balance

The Cortet IoT Control Platform emphasizes a seamless connection between wireless mesh networks of devices, local and remote user interface (UI) applications, and cloud-connected services. Using a single, straightforward Application Programmable Interface (API), Cortet brings the wireless mesh network, UI applications, and the cloud together in a unified and dynamic platform.

• When a UI application is on-premises and co-located with the mesh network, it leverages local gateways to directly control & monitor devices without use of the cloud.
• When a UI application is off-site and not co-located with the mesh network, it controls & monitors by using the cloud to reach through the Internet to local gateways.

The cloud is able to communicate directly with the mesh network through local gateways, allowing remote UI applications and other cloud-connected services to communicate seamlessly with wireless devices.

All of this is done using a single, unified RESTful API.

Edge, Fog, and Cloud Computing: The Right Tool for the Right Job

The Cortet philosophy is to bring computing, intelligence, and control as close to the device as efficiently and securely possible.

Well-designed wireless devices are able to control their own behavior. For example, a light will "know" how a light should work. The light will receive commands telling it to turn on, turn off, or dim to a particular level, and that light “knows” how to translate those commands into actions in order to provide ideal and desired lighting conditions to the end user. The work done at the light is the work done at the "edge." Some industry experts call this “edge computing.” Edge computing can add advanced functions such as localized analytics such as energy monitoring, but it is often as simple as converting digital commands into physical action.