| HMS’s OEM Toolbox provides device and machine manufacturers with a toolkit for tailoring the functionality of HMS industrial communication gateways. Users benefit from industrially pre-qualified communication gateways and existing certifications and approvals when developing a customized communication solution.
HMS’s OEM Toolbox is an open development platform that offers OEM customers the possibility to develop their own application to run within the Linux environment of HMS industrial gateways. A software development kit (SDK) for the Open Gateway Platform contains development tools for software engineers and enables the creation of customized applications for the gateways included in the OEM Toolbox offer.
Using the SDK, it is possible to quickly develop new connectivity solutions to fulfill traditional automation tasks as well as realizing emerging IIoT applications. The functionality of the gateway can be tailormade for a specific application. Proprietary communication protocols, tailored control applications, IT/OT bridges, edge computing, etc.. can all be directly loaded into the gateways provided by HMS.
The toolkit also enables connectivity to IoT software platforms such as ThingWorks, SAP, Microsoft Azure, Oracle since standard SDK agents have been pre-verified with the gateways.
Hardware
A range of high quality and high performing industrial communication gateways with different communication ports (industrial Ethernet, cellular 2G/3G, WLAN or Bluetooth, CAN, Serial RS232/RS485 and digital/analog I/O) making it possible to select the gateway that is most efficient for a specific project.
Software
The included Software Development Kit (SDK) contains development tools for software engineers enabling the creation of customized applications for the gateways. The SDK contains:
• C-based SDK toolchain for application development
• Power-up and access linux kernel and web interface
• Sandboxed development area for custom application
IP stacks
• Modbus RTU / TCP, J1939, EtherNet/IP
• Binaries with JSON / ZeroMQ API
Brand Labelling
The OEM Toolbox gateway are prepared for customer branding. By default, all gateways are "white labelled hardware" which means they are without product brand definitions allowing you to customize the look and feel to meet your requirements.
• Create your specific solution based on certified hardware and software from HMS
• Choice of readily available industrially certified hardware
• Software development tools pre-prepared for an easy application development
• Substantial reduction in ROI and time-to-market
• A common development environment and Linux base which is maintained and updated
• Pre-qualified and maintained implementations of industrial communication protocols
• Cost efficient manufacturing with high product quality and preloaded firmware (optional)
• HMS expertise and guidance through the development phase and the product life cycle |
