Gateway

A gateway is a device that mediates between the platform and other, non-directly-connected devices. It holds a southbound connection to its managed devices and a single northbound link to NereidLink.

• A gateway owns its managed sub-devices and runs the connectors that talk to them.
• It appears in the device list like any device and has a Connectors and a Managed devices tab on its detail page.
• The platform is protocol agnostic about what runs on a gateway; any edge implementation speaking the wire contract may register devices and connectors.

Contrast with a direct device, which connects to the platform itself.