Architecture
Architecture overview
The roles and communication boundaries of the Nodectra platform.
Nodectra separates engineering, cloud coordination and site-local execution.
Nodectra Cloud
├─ organizations, users, projects and revisions
├─ Development Studio web application
├─ agent and MCP proposal review
└─ deployment control plane
│ signed versioned bundle
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Nodectra Site Runtime on a Site Server
├─ protocols and physical Points
├─ programs, schedules and alarms
├─ historian and operational audit
└─ Web Station / Client View
│ site LAN
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Edge Controllers, Field Controllers and field devicesDesign principles
- Site autonomy: active control continues locally without a cloud round trip.
- One project model: Studio, bundle validation and Runtime use a shared project contract.
- Typed bindings: signals connect through declared ports, engineering types and units.
- Explicit deployment: editing a cloud project does not silently change a running building.
- Human approval: agents and MCP create reviewable proposals; they do not apply or deploy changes.
- Separated interfaces: engineering tools, Runtime management and operator applications have different capabilities.
Product family
| Product | Role |
|---|---|
| Nodectra Cloud | SaaS control plane and browser-hosted Studio |
| Development Studio | Complete engineering workspace in web or Connected Desktop |
| Site Runtime | Site-local execution service for a signed project bundle |
| Site Server | Windows or Linux host running Site Runtime |
| Edge Controller | Main autonomous building controller with field interfaces |
| Field Controller | Smaller autonomous room, zone or plant controller |
| Web Station / Client View | Site-local operator interfaces |