Abstract adapters were implemented by Fusion Connect to provide simple and easy method of connecting devices when user can control data format used for communication with these devices.
Additionally to configurable set of fields in the messages abstract adapters allow to configure message set itself too.
A device must be capable of making its data available via an IP networking protocol such as UDP datagrams, TCP sockets, MQTT or HTTP. The device itself may not be IP networking capable and in those cases there will need to be a gateway or routing device that can collect or make available the data from the device.
Fusion Connect offers four main abstract adapters: