An equipment manufacturer want to commuicate directly with devices located on a third party production site. Currently maintenence staff visit the site each month providing triage and software updates.
Extensible Edge is a ruggedised , DIN Rail powered(or standard 220 Volt) , physical device with LTE, Wifi and Ethernet backhaul.
It supporters Docker Containers orchestrated from the Cloud.
Each Edge, is configured with the appropriate protocol engine for the target device.
A secure overlay across the 3rd party LAN is established terminating in the manufactures operating centre, enabling real time triage and maintenence.