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title: "Sequence diagrams of device connections via Tulip drivers"
slug: "sequence-diagrams-of-device-connections-via-tulip-drivers"
updated: 2026-02-11T15:24:21Z
published: 2026-02-11T15:24:21Z
canonical: "support.tulip.co/sequence-diagrams-of-device-connections-via-tulip-drivers"
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# Sequence diagrams of device connections via Tulip drivers

## Overview of this article

- The **scope** of this article consists of infrastructure sequence diagrams between the Tulip platform components and physical devices connected via Tulip drivers.
- **Audience:**
  - Tulip solution developers
  - I.T. engineers
- The **purpose** of this article is to inform the audience of their Tulip solution's dependencies on:
  - reliable connectivity to Tulip cloud infrastructure
  - performant and reliable local network infrastructure
  - reliability and performance of connected systems
- **Tulip-Internal Latency** - As a back-of-the-napkin approximation, assume each instance of 'Tulip-Internal Latency' is approximately 100 milliseconds.

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### Atlas Copco Open Protocol Torque Controller connected via Tulip Edge Device device

![Tulip Sequence Diagram - Scenario - Tulip Torque Open Protocol Edge Device Driver (Not Player-Based Driver).png](https://cdn.document360.io/7c6ff534-cad3-4fc8-9583-912c4016362f/Images/Documentation/Tulip%20Sequence%20Diagram%20-%20Scenario%20-%20Tulip%20Torque%20Open%20Protocol%20Edge%20Device%20Driver%20(Not%20Player-Based%20Driver).png)

### Atlas Copco Open Protocol Torque Controller connected via Tulip Player driver

![Tulip Sequence Diagram - Scenario - Tulip Torque Open Protocol Player Driver (No Edge Device).png](https://cdn.document360.io/7c6ff534-cad3-4fc8-9583-912c4016362f/Images/Documentation/Tulip%20Sequence%20Diagram%20-%20Scenario%20-%20Tulip%20Torque%20Open%20Protocol%20Player%20Driver%20(No%20Edge%20Device).png)

**Edge Device**

**Edge Devices** are any hardware intended to connect physical things to the cloud. This can include entirely mechanical devices, older machines without network functionality, PLCs, and more.

Tulip sells the **Edge IO** and **Edge MC** that interface directly into **Triggers** in a breeze, but Tulip can also support other Edge Devices.