About AnyNet SMARTconnect™
AnyNet SMARTconnect™ is a suite of software tools that establishes and maintains an IoT device's connection to a cellular network, and simplifies securely connecting the device to cloud services. This includes:
Persistent storage of published data until connection is established and data delivery completes
Bi-directional encryption and transportation of data
End-to-end connection monitoring and active network management between the device and the cloud
Network performance and reliability measured at the data transport layer
Simplified over-the-air (OTA) updates to customer software or firmware, the modem firmware, and AnyNet SMARTconnect™
Seamless migration if you need to change cloud providers
Configure the module with Using the AnyNet SMARTconnect™ configuration file. For software and firmware maintenance, see System lifecycle management.
Why use AnyNet SMARTconnect™?
AnyNet SMARTconnect™ works with the AnyNet Secure SIM to deliver a secure, highly available, end-to-end monitored data connection for your IoT applications.
AnyNet SMARTconnect™ sits within the cellular modem, reducing the amount of memory and resources required within the device to store and run the following typical functions for secure IoT device connectivity and ongoing management:
There are multiple advantages to using AnyNet SMARTconnect™:
Reduced time to market for your IoT devices and lower development costs (including onboarding)
Reduced complexity for customer IoT device designs
Reduced resource demands on customer hardware (CPU bandwidth, cryptography and memory)
Access to Eseye connectivity expertise and code, enabling product developers to focus on the applications and data that deliver business value
Module independence, providing modularity in design and ability to navigate supply chain issues
Future-proof IoT investment by enabling connectivity recovery and network swap owing to outages and network deprecation, and thereby avoiding costly site visits
Access to new networks and operators as the market changes
Increased manageability, including OTA updates to:
Introduce new features
Patch the device
Enhance security, applications, and artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) models
AnyNet SMARTconnect™ features
Cellular connection management
Automatic network selection
Automatic network establishment
Connection monitoring and maintenance, which includes:
Combined Session, Network and Physical Layer connection monitoring
Alternate path selection in conjunction with the AnyNet SIM
Proactive intervention to restore network connection
Network Friendly Mode operation
Cloud connection management
Automatic cloud provider configuration based on service endpoint URL
MQTT data transport publish and subscribe with up to 8 topics each
Data storage/queue for MQTT QOS 1 messages, including:
Configurable ON /OFF to allow host to queue
Data persisted over power cycle and network re-establishment
Data queued until MQTT ACK (acknowledgement) received, or persistent error
Automatically delivered or queued subscribed data
Auto-connect mode for configured single publish/subscribe topic solutions
Data encryption
Transport Layer Security (TLS) encryption offload, data is encrypted on the module
Certificate storage on the module
AnyNet Secure enabled OTA certificate installation and update
Post-build and deployment certificate provisioning
Simplified OTA updates
Customer application updates
Cellular module firmware updates
AnyNet SMARTconnect™ updates
AnyNet SMARTconnect™ configuration updates
System interface
Standard URC support (interrupt mode)
Non-Interrupt (Polled) mode data receive and status notification support
Configurable input/output for interrupt/wakeup signal
About AnyNet SMARTconnect™ formats
Eseye can provide AnyNet SMARTconnect™ in any of the following formats:
An application running on a cellular module
A library running on a microprocessor
A pre-compiled binary running on an embedded operating system, such as openWRT Linux
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