Essentially, Obix uses the standard NiagaraAX network architecture. Obix client components are the station interface to oBIX objects in one or more oBIX servers. See “About Network architecture” in the Drivers Guide for more details. For example, real-time data is modeled using Obix proxy points, which reside under an ObixClient “device”, which in turn resides under an ObixNetwork container in the station’s DriverContainer (Drivers).

Hierarchically, the component architecture is: network, device, points extension, points (Figure 1).

Like a few other drivers, ObixClient devices have a full range of device extensions—including Points, Alarms, Histories, and Schedules.

You use “Manager” views of Obix device extension components to add all Obix components to your station, including Obix proxy points. In these views, the Obix driver provides online “discovery” of available data items (Learn Mode), which greatly simplifies engineering.