What is the iot Management System Platform?
 

To understand what an iot platform is, you need to first understand the complete iot system architecture.The complete iot system architecture includes:

1, hardware: such as sensors or devices that collect data from the environment (e.g. humidity sensors) or perform operations (e.g. watering crops).

2) Network connectivity: Hardware devices need a way to transmit all data to the cloud (e.g. send humidity data) or receive commands from the cloud (e.g. water a crop). Some iot systems may also have some intermediate components between the hardware and the cloud, such as gateways or routers.

3. Software: This software operates in the cloud and is responsible for analyzing the data collected from the sensors and making instructions (for example, knowing from the humidity data that it has just rained, and then ordering the irrigation system not to perform the watering task today).

User interface: In order for these features to work, there needs to be a way for users to communicate with the iot system (for example, an app that displays a humidity dashboard and allows users to manually turn on or off an irrigation system).

The Internet of Things platform is at the hub of the combination of software and hardware in the Internet of Things era. On the one hand, it shoulders the responsibility of managing the underlying hardware and assigning the upper application services; on the other hand, it aggregates static and dynamic information such as hardware attributes, perception information, user identity, and interactive instructions. The iot platform has functions such as communication, data flow, device management and application. Whether you're an IoT or a seasoned veteran, you've probably heard the term "IoT Platform" before. After all, there were over 300 iot platforms last year, and that number continues to grow rapidly (I hear there are now over 700). The iot platform market is growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 33% and is expected to reach $1.6 billion in 2021. Iot platforms are a key part of the iot ecosystem, but I've found that for many people, it's still unclear what an iot platform is or the difference between them. In this article, I will provide a simple, non-technical explanation of the IoT platform. What they are, when businesses use them, and important considerations when choosing between the many options.

So, what is an IoT management system platform? To understand what an IoT platform is, first you need to understand the components of a complete iot system. So "How do iot systems work?" . A complete IoT system requires hardware, such as sensors or devices. These sensors and devices collect data from the environment (such as moisture sensors) or perform actions in the environment (such as watering crops). A complete IoT system requires connectivity. Hardware needs a way to transmit all data to the cloud (such as sending humidity data) or needs a way to receive commands from the cloud (for example, planting a crop now). For some IoT systems, there can be an intermediate step between the hardware and connecting to the cloud, such as a gateway or router. A complete IoT system requires software. The software is hosted in the cloud (what is the cloud) and is responsible for analyzing the data collected from the sensors and making decisions (for example, knowing from the humidity data that it just rained and then telling the irrigation system not to turn on today). Finally, a complete IoT system requires a user interface. For all of this to be useful, there needs to be a way for users to interact with IoT systems (for example, a Web application with a dashboard that shows humidity trends and allows users to manually turn irrigation systems on or off). An IoT platform is the supporting software that connects everything in an IoT system. IoT platforms facilitate communication, data flow, device management, and application functions. IoT platforms exist in Part 3, usually Part 4 of the above. With all the different kinds of hardware and different connectivity options, there needs to be a way to make it all work together, and that's what IoT platforms do. IoT Management System Platform Help: Connecting hardware handles different communication protocols provide security and authentication for devices and users Collect, visualize and analyze data Integrate with other Web services When to apply iot management System platform for your business? Since IoT is a system of systems, it is rare for organizations to have expertise in all relevant areas. The presence of iot platforms helps businesses overcome technical challenges without having to blame them all internally. For example, your business might be really good at building hardware and decide that you want to make your hardware "smart." Instead of the expensive and time-consuming process of hiring software developers to build everything in-house, you can use IoT platforms to get up and running quickly and more cost-effectively. But there is a trade-off. IoT platforms can save you time, and the price may be higher in the long run, depending on their price. This is because they charge usage and/or subscription fees, which may increase over time. However, you still get the benefit of significantly reduced upfront costs (no capital expenditures). Cheap IoT platforms in the early stages may cost you time. This can go back to the same point, bold above, where you spend less work and you have to do it yourself, which takes time.
 

The IOT (Internet of Things) platform essentially belongs to IoT PaaS, that is, a tool platform with open access and application for secondary development of iot devices. Focusing on private deployment is also usually called the Internet of Things center, Internet of Things operating system platform, Internet of Things middleware platform, etc. Instrumentalization is reflected in the creation, addition, and management of connected device systems through the IOT platform, and provides a range of other configurable functions that do not require customized platform development to deal with a number of issues involved in iot device management, including alarm thresholds, event linkage, driver configuration, and so on. Openness is reflected in the provision of external SDKS or apis on the device access side and data application side, enabling secondary development and expansion of device drivers or service applications to achieve expanded support for access device types and business support for iot data applications. (See the company's original article 1 in the Internet of Things Media: "Internet of Things platform is surging to system integration") In recent years, the Internet of Things operating system (IoT OS) as a new concept has been frequently mentioned, relative to the platform is more concrete, not so broad, but also touch the essence of the Internet of Things, that is, the operating system. Window is a series of hardware integration of PC built-in or peripheral (such as video card, sound card, keyboard, mouse, hard disk, processor, camera, etc.), downward support device driver development, upward support for third-party application development, intermediate file storage, application process scheduling, network communication processing. Android is similar, but the phone hardware added a unique gyroscope, NFC, fingerprint, mobile network module and so on. IoT OS is similar to the device (including systems, sensors, etc., such as fire control, access control, parking, lighting, fresh air, elevator, temperature sensor, liquid level meter, etc.) that is wired or wirelessly distributed to a smart project scene through the network. Downward support device driver development, interface protocol conversion; Support third-party application development and provide API data interface; The intermediate provides data storage, distribution, instruction scheduling, communication processing, etc. Iot demand is fragmented. The broad category of scenarios can be divided into smart home (consumer Internet of Things), smart manufacturing (Industrial Internet) and smart city. When it comes to smart cities, we have to mention system integration. Information system integration projects have high customer unit price, big B and big G attributes, such as building smart buildings, smart parks, smart communities, etc. Building scene equipment includes elevator, fire, access control, BA, moving ring, parking, lighting, broadcasting, patrol, etc., which mainly belongs to the type of subsystems that are integrated downward and upward. The access of subsystems is quite different from that of intelligent hardware or industrial equipment. In terms of process, subsystems are usually stock equipment, providing ready-made interfaces, mostly in the form of SDK/API, waiting to be dominated by third-party platforms to complete integration, and equipment industry protocols, data message formats, and the way that manufacturers take the initiative to connect to the platform are very different. In terms of technology, most of the platform architecture is only designed for incremental intelligent hardware, such as choosing MQTT asynchronous communication, not considering multi-language development, etc., when docking the stock subsystem equipment will be obviously cumbersome, affecting the efficiency of project delivery and acceptance. In the IOT platform, although "access" is only one of the links, important does not represent all, but the standardization and versatility of the platform is first reflected in the access capability, such as sensors, intelligent hardware, subsystems, algorithms, databases, platform services, streaming media and so on. The IOT platform is in the future. With the advancement of industrial digital upgrading, IOT platforms are increasingly playing a role in system integration scenarios such as buildings, parks, and communities.

IOTOS iot middleware platform, the front-end uses antd, typescript, back-end uses python django, rpc communication uses zeroc-ice, sdk driver two open support python, java, c++,.NET multiple mainstream languages, will be released soon community open source edition! Compared with most C-end consumer intelligent hardware iot platforms, it is more suitable for B-end industrial digital system integration related scenarios, and has stronger integrated access capabilities for the stock equipment subsystems in smart projects (such as access control, BA, elevator, parking lot, lighting, broadcast, WMS, AGV, robot arm, etc.). At the same time, it can provide warehouse support to drive and application ecosystem community sharing and reuse. Platform functions support iot multi-protocol interface adaptation, data visualization, application modular development, and provide driver and application development community ecological support. Meet the requirements of SaaS cloud platform operation and ODM customization for single and group projects, support LAN, public cloud, private cloud, and hybrid cloud deployment, and apply to system integration scenarios such as buildings, parks, communities, and industries.