iTraffic's Application Programming
Interface (API)
iT
RAFFIC
’s API is published as Web
Services (e.g. Windows .NET) to allow
quick and easy customization.
The API (Applications Programming
Interface) is an indispensable
component required for the seamless
integration of iT
RAFFIC
into a traffic
management solution.
Events trigger the traffic management
software to initiate a set of actions that
alert the operator. The API allows for
changing the content of the wall to
generate a visual alert and display
available information related to the
event. The API is based on Web
Services, which has become the open
cross platform standard for application
interoperability.
Some features of the API:
•
start/stop of applications
•
changing layouts (e.g. to enlarge a
video window)
•
insert information onto a video
window
•
assign video sources to windows (in
case iT
RAFFIC
can trigger the video
network)
•
SOAP based Interfaces
•
optional direct socket
communications via TCP/IP
iT
RAFFIC
enables visual integration, i.e. it allows the user
to mix and match the various data and video
components - even those controlled by sub-systems
whose software is not integrated - on one display
To avoid information overload (by extraneous windows
that are not actively being viewed), iT
RAFFIC
can pop up
alarm windows of certain applications to attract user
attention only when necessary
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