Types of Federates¶
Value Federates
Direct Fixed Connections to other Federates
Physical values being sent back and forth
Associated Units
Message Federates
Packets of data
No fixed connections
For things such as Events, Communication packets, triggers
Combination Federate (Value+Message Federate)
While not a separate type Filters are supported on all federate types and could be created on a simple federate that doesn’t otherwise support value or Message interfaces.