Architecture
The main key concept in INDI is that devices have the ability to describe themselves. This is accomplished by using XML to describe a generic hierarchy that can represent both canonical and non-canonical devices. In INDI, all devices may contain one or more properties. Any property may contain one or more elements. A property in the INDI paradigm describes a specific function of the device. There are five types of INDI properties:
- Text property.
- Number property.
- Switch property (Represented in GUI by buttons or check boxes).
- Light property (Represented in GUI by colored LEDs).
- Blob property (Binary data).
INDI provides powerful scripting facilities that enables complete device automation.
Read more about this topic: Instrument Neutral Distributed Interface
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