Device-to-Device communication with Device Connect

About this Learning Path

Who is this for?

This is an introductory topic for developers wiring up heterogeneous edge fleets, where devices need a shared way to find each other and a shared way to be controlled by agents. Device Connect provides this communication protocol between agents and devices, and standardizes how devices from different vendors advertise themselves and exchange structured messages, so both peer devices and AI agents can discover and invoke them through the same driver model. You'll use it to stand up peer-to-peer communication between two devices, with no broker or cloud service in between.

What will you learn?

Upon completion of this Learning Path, you will be able to:

• Understand Device Connect Edge SDK primitives
• Set up a Python environment for Device Connect with no hardware required
• Build two simulated devices
• Use the Device Connect agent tools to discover both devices on the mesh and invoke their RPCs

Prerequisites

Before starting, you will need the following:

• Basic familiarity with Python and the command line