RTI Connext and Intelligent Distributed Systems

RTI is the best in the world at connecting intelligent, distributed systems. These systems improve medical care, make our roads safer, improve energy use, and protect our freedom. Based on the Connext databus, RTI’s software allows applications to exchange data in real time and provides the non-stop availability and security essential for mission-critical systems. The Connext databus enables applications to work together as one, integrated system, significantly reducing development, integration and maintenance costs.

Connext has proven successes in thousands of safety- and mission-critical systems including autonomous vehicles, connected medical devices and next-generation defense systems.

 

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Connext Highlights

Connext is the first connectivity software for highly distributed autonomous systems. It delivers the low-latency, high-reliability, scalability and security essential to complex data distribution across platforms and systems.
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Data Centricity

The Connext databus uses a powerful data-centric connectivity paradigm for distributing and managing real-time data.
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Market Leadership

With 70% market share and leadership positions at key industry consortia, RTI is dedicated to advancing open standards for real-time applications.
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Performance

Connext delivers industry-best performance – on every supported platform – compared to other connectivity solutions.

The Connext Product Suite

The Connext Product Suite simplifies application and integration logic with a powerful data-centric model. Based on the DDS standard, all products in the suite manage data in motion and allow applications and devices to work together as one, integrated system.

Performance

Exceeds stringent real-time requirements and distributes high volumes of data with low latency.

Security

Provides fine-grained security through standardized authentication, encryption and access control.

Scalability

Integrates software modules and teams. Discovers data and devices automatically allowing for ease of system scalability.

Reliability

Delivers nonstop availability with no single point of failure. Ideal for mission-critical systems.
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Connext Anywhere

For widely-distributed systems

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Connext Secure

For systems requiring robust, fine-grained security

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Connext Professional

For time- and mission-critical distributed systems

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Connext Drive

Connext Drive

For software-defined vehicles

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Connext TSS

Connext TSS

For FACE-compliant avionics systems

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Connext Cert

For ISO 26262 and DO-178C requirements

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Connext Micro

Connext Micro

For resource-constrained systems

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Tools and Infrastructure Services

Connext includes unique Tools and Infrastructure Services to provide deep visibility into running intelligent systems, help troubleshoot application connectivity, solve complex data integration problems and speed time to market.
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Admin Console

An essential tool for troubleshooting and monitoring all Connext infrastructure services as well as visualizing data.

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Recording Services

An off-the-shelf solution to capture and replay DDS data into and from permanent storage with different patterns.

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Routing Service

An out-of-the-box solution that allows developers to rapidly scale and integrate real-time systems.

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Web Integration Service

A standards-based interface, transparently bridging between web-based services and unmodified DDS applications.

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Monitor

Critical for performance optimization, helps troubleshoot DDS-enabled applications throughout integration and testing.

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Connext: Data-Centric Framework for Performance, Scalability, Autonomy and Reliability

With the Connext data-centric approach, applications and devices automatically discover each other and talk peer-to-peer, over reliable multicast, across platforms and large-scale and geographically distributed systems. No message brokers or servers are required. The result:

  • Latency in the microseconds, even with many subscribers
  • Throughput of millions of messages per second
  • Non-stop availability with no single point of failure
  • Autonomous operation in highly distributed systems

Third-Party Integrations
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LabVIEW

RTI DDS Toolkit provides a secure and interoperable data communications infrastructure for NI LabVIEW.
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MATLAB and Simulink

Connext integrates with MATLAB and Simulink to model, simulate and generate code that enables DDS connectivity in embedded systems.
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UML & SysML

Connext integrates with leading UML & SysML modeling platforms to develop DDS applications.
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Case + Code Examples

Case + Code helps developers build distributed systems using Connext and includes real-world distributed system use cases, essential design, code and configuration, and working code examples.

Next Generation E/E

Building a Future-Proof Architecture using RTI Connext Drive

 

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Simulate Immersive Environment with Unreal Engine

Do you need to feed real-time data into your Unreal Engine simulation environment? RTI Connext Professional makes distributed simulation and real-time data work as one.

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Accelerate Autonomous Car Development

Do you need to manage data flows in a high-performance, safety-critical environment? This Case + Code example details how Connext can be used by Autonomous Vehicle developers to leverage RTI’s extensive experience with autonomous robotics, safety-critical systems and state-of-the-art architectures to simplify development, design and integration.

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Automate Manufacturing Flows and Systems

Do you need to monitor the state of lots or batches in manufacturing flows? This Connext solution explains how to track, report on and process items in high-speed, accuracy-critical manufacturing flows.

 

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Gaming Visualizations with Connext/Unity Integration

Combine Connext and Unity to rapidly create a visualization of real-time data and more.

 

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Track and Monitor Vehicles and Assets

Do you want to know where your assets are, in real-time? This Connext solution explains how to track vehicles across a network, whether UAVs in the arena or a fleet of emergency vehicles responding to a crisis.

 

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Monitor Remote Devices in the Internet of Things

Do you need to send and receive data between multiple real-time LANs, even over a WAN? Whether they're geographically disparate with bandwidth constraints or in the same building, this Connext solution explains how to connect two real-time networks over a WAN.

 

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Integrating RTI Connext with ENSCO IData

Learn how RTI Connext Professional can be used in conjunction with ENSCO IData.

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Customer Snapshots

RTI Connext is proven in real-world applications across industries to connect and secure mission-critical, intelligent systems.

European Space Agency (ESA)

Read how ESA is using Connext to manage real-time communications between the International Space Station and a robot on a planet’s surface.

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GE Transportation

Learn how GE Transportation’s connected rail enterprise is using Connext, leveraging advanced software and powerful analytics to enhance visibility into the control architecture.

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Komatsu

Read how managing and analyzing equipment data in real-time delivers intelligent capabilities and predictive maintenance.

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Lockheed Martin

Learn how standards-based, next generation naval systems break vendor lock-in, drive interoperability and future-proofs architectural designs.

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Pricing

We offer simple and fair pricing. Depending on the nature of your project, pricing options include Commercial, Research, Academic and Open Source licenses. We also offer a free 30-day trial.

Commercial Licenses

Pricing is based on the number of developers using Connext on your project. Distribution of applications that use RTI core products is royalty-free.

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Free

Try a fully-functional version of the leading software connectivity framework for distributed systems, Connext, for 30 days.

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Research and University Program

RTI is committed to supporting universities in their research labs and classroom projects. We offer a free, one-year, renewable license to Connext® Secure for academic, noncommercial use.

Research and Non-Commercial

RTI offers special license programs for qualified research and non-commercial use. Download a free trial to apply.

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