DMS Drivers

DMS Drivers are designed in an open, easy accessible XML based format, such that any party can design or modify drivers. In other words, after deploying a DataMiner platform, you can take any proprietary device and integrate it yourself in a matter of days. The result of such integration is a complete SNMP compliant device, with in addition an advanced web interface.

Advantages of the DMS Drivers:

• Designed in an open, easy accessible XML based format. This way anybody can modify existing drivers or build new drivers from scratch.

• Extensive features, so powerful it can be used to describe any proprietary protocol, without the need of any programming languages.

• In addition, one can use the DMS driver to design and create a custom web interface, which meets the personal requirements of individual users.

• Features, which allow you to add intelligence, such that new functionality can be developed on top of the functionality offered by the device itself.

• Features to set up advanced, conditional polling routines, such that you can assure that essential data is retrieved at high speed, while less relevant data is retrieved less frequent, or maybe only when users demand it.

• DMS Drivers are the first to use an advanced overlay feature, which enables you to make driver changes in separate XML files, so-called templates. Hence, you protect the integrity of your original drivers and you can maintain a complete library of different driver versions.

• Embedded SNMP functionality, such that drivers for SNMP compatible devices can be created in no time, without worrying about the actual SNMP protocol, but still with a maximum degree of flexibility.

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Today, Skyline already has available a vast amount of drivers for various third party devices. However, we do not really distinguish between devices for which we have already a driver, and the devices for which we have not. After all, integrating a new third party device into our DataMiner System is an everyday task. The Skyline DataMiner Application Engineering team is currently working at a rate of about 200 new drivers/year. Our current library includes devices from over 300 vendors, such as Acterna, Advantech, Alcatel, Alpha Technologies, Andrew, ASE, Avantron, BarcoNet, Broadcast Technology, Cheetah Technologies, C-COR, CCS, CE+T, Codan, Comstream, CPI, DGH, EF Data, Electrospace, ETL, Hughes, J&S Electronics, Maximum, Maxtech, MCL, Mirad, Miteq, Motorola, M-Tec Broadband, NEC, Newtec, Nextream, Paradise, Philips Broadband, Powerguard, Quartz, Radiall, RCI, Riello, Rohde & Schwarz, Scientific Atlanta, SEE, Skystream, SSC, Tadiran, Tandberg, Thomson Nextream,Tiernam, Vertex RSI, Wegener, WISI, etc. Click here, to see a list of integrated DataMiner vendors.