A comparison of ThingsPro Edge v2.2.0 with ThingsPro Gateway v2.6.0 is provided in the following tables:
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ThingsPro Edge v2.2.0
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ThingsPro Gateway v2.6.0
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Message Grouping
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Custom Payload
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Store & Forward
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Profile
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Device Mgmt.
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Single Message (transparent transmission to the cloud)
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Store & Forward
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Azure IoT Edge*
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√*
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√*
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√*
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–
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√*
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–
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√
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Azure IoT Device SDK
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√
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√
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√
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–
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√
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√
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√
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AWS IoT Core
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√
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√
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√
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–
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√
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√
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√
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Alibaba IoT Platform
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–
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–
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–
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–
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–
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√
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√
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Sparkplug B
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√
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–
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√
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–
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√**
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√
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√
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MQTT
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√
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√
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√
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√
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√***
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√
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√
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AVEVA Insight
(Wonderware Online)
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–
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–
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–
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–
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–
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√
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√
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HTTP(s) Uploader
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–
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–
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–
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–
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–
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√
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√
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* Supported only in AIG series devices
** Only supports reboot and basic system properties
*** Only supports input/output topics for RESTful API invocation
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ThingsPro Edge v2.2.0
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ThingsPro Gateway v2.6.0
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Fieldbus Protocols
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Modbus TCP, Modbus RTU
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√
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√
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OPC UA Server
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√
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–
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Routing
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NAT
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Available with TPE v2.2.1
(Release date: Jan 2022)
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√
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OpenVPN
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–
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√
(Open source)
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Port Forwarding
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Available with TPE v2.2.1
(Release date: Jan 2022)
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√
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Operation and Maintenance
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Over-the-air (OTA) Software Upgrade
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- Resumes file transmission
- Software backup before upgrade (AIG only)
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Generic
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Programmability
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Remote Invocation of device’s RESTful APIs
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Supported by cloud applications
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–
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Readiness for Application Development
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- Debian-based open platform
- Azure IoT Edge module
- ThingsPro Edge programming guide
- RESTful APIs
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- Debian-based open platform
- User Programs
- ThingsPro Gateway programming guide
- RESTful API
- Data Acquisition API
- Tutorial with samples
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Provisioning
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Device Configuration/ Cloud enrollment
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√
(Via ThingsPro Proxy)
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N/A
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Product Models That Currently Support ThingsPro Gateway:
https://www.moxa.com/en/products/industrial-computing/system-software/thingspro-gateway-series#specifications
Product Models That Currently Support ThingsPro Edge:
https://www.moxa.com/en/products/industrial-computing/system-software/thingspro-edge-series#specifications