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VSCP
Very Simple Control Protocol
An open and free framework/protocol for IoT/m2m automation tasks.
About VSCP
VSCP stands for Very Simple Control Protocol. The word "Protocol" may be misleading. VSCP is much more and should probably be called a framework instead. VSCP is a highly scalable, a very low footprint, a free and open solution for
- Device discovery and identification.
- Device configuration.
- Autonomous device functionality.
- Secure update of device firmware
- A solution from sensor to UI
Just as HTML is for browsing the Internet, VSCP is an application level protocol making things interact. It uses CAN, RS-232, Ethernet, TCP/IP, MQTT, 6LowPan or whatever as it's transport mechanism and work over cable and over the air.
Documentation
There is plenty of documentation available for VSCP & friends.
The VSCP Specification describe and define all parts of VSCP, use it as your main reference.
The VSCP daemon document describes the daemon (server) which can be used on pc's running Windows or Linux and on smaller devices like the Raspberry Pi, Beaglebone Black, Carambola etc.
The VSCP Firmware document describes the official VSCP firmware and how to use it to build a hardware device. The VSCP L1 framework is a variant.
The VSCP helper library describes the C library available on Windows/Linux which export functionality that makes it easier to build higher level VSCP communication code.
VSCP Works is a general and diagnostic graphic tool that can be used to discover nodes, configure nodes, update firmware of nodes and a lot more.
Hardware
VSCP hardware is intelligent devices that implement the VSCP mechanism for discovery, device configuration and firmware update. As VSCP is an application level protocol this can be CAN-based, RS-232 based, Ethernet-based, Wifi-based or whatever based devices.
There is a lot of devices developed by the community and for most schema and firmware source is available. Grodans Paradis AB and Rusoku Technologies is currently the two sources for commercial modules.