# Node Assistant

Node Assistant is the interface software that runs on on both the Twinview Edge Gateway Devices and our Cloud Virtual Gateway Devices providing a consistant easy to use interface for the Twinview Ingestion service.

Node Assistant provides a powerful visual interface for the following use cases:

* Visually Integrating into your building systems, using BACnet IP, Modbus, MQTT, LoRaWAN without needing to understand code or the low-level protocols or schematic of each.
* Creating advanced automations that can run in both the cloud and on the Network Edge
* Provide a Easy to use visual interface interacting with the Twinview REST API&#x20;
* A middleware data-wrangler for transforming data between systems and services.

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Node Assistant does not provide any functionality or capabilities above what the Twinview Ingestion service and API.   What it DOES do is provide a easy to use interface for existing capabilities, especially for non-programmers.
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This section of our documentation is under development.   If you would like training on Node Assistant please get in touch.
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