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Running Custom Applications with Docker

Deploy Custom and Third Party Applications Directly on FullMAX Radios

Ondas Networks FullMAX™ radios incorporate Docker technology to enable railroads and third parties to develop and run custom applications directly on the radio. This powerful edge computing capability allows data from assets such as railroad crossing recorders and hot box detectors to be parsed and analyzed for specific trends and issues on-site. Data can be stored with a local historian, while alarms and compiled reports can be compiled and sent to the back office network over any available narrowband network.

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By running software applications directly on the radio, data from connected devices can be analyzed at the "edge" without the need to send to the back office for computing. Not only does this provide a better utilization of RF resources (as only actionable data and trends are sent over the network), but also eliminates the need for a separate edge computing device in a wayside or mobile location. This is especially useful for applications such as Connected Waysides.

Example of applications running on Docker containers with FullMAX radios

Docker container stack in Ondas Networks FullMAX radios

Docker containers on FullMAX Venus radios

Enable Actionable Intelligence from Any Field Location

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Our customers utilize the edge computing capabilities of FullMAX™ radios to integrate a broad range of value-added capabilities to their operations. Each radio supports multiple Docker containers allowing several applications to run simultaneously in the field. Some recent examples of customer-developed applications running on FullMAX™ radios include: 

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  • A Field Gateway application, which enabled legacy CTC messages to be transported over the Interoperable Train Control Messaging System (ITCM) deployed for PTC. 

  • Systems Management Agent Client (SMA-C) enabled local devices to communicate with the PTC systems management architecture by running a conversion tool on the radio which converted SNMP to ITCSM-compatible message formats

  • Automated Log Tool, a software tool which periodically downloaded system logs from locally connected programmable controllers and parsed for trending data which in turn was sent to the back office for further analysis

  • Legacy Protocol Converter enabled the radio to convert between several legacy protocols to a modern, standardized protocol

  • Local MQTT allowed a rail operator to deploy MQTT directly on the radio, enabling communication with COTS sensors deployed in a wayside bungalow

To learn more about running your own software on Ondas Networks FullMAX™ radios, please contact us. 

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