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Lowest level (entry-point) of integration into the MESS for a device serving only a software endpoint (SaaS). No physical counterpart is needed on the shop-floor.
Lowest level (entry-point) of integration into the MESS for a device serving only a software endpoint (SaaS). No physical counterpart is needed on the shop-floor.
Devices represent the endpoints of the MESS and are generally controlled by their own specific software, with its own information and service model. In order to connect to the MESS a CPS needs to adapt its arbitrary service model to the one prescribed by the MESS, which simplifies and standardizes this mechanism.