FEP XML Receiver SDK 1.0

FEP XML Receiver SDK by Bold Technologies

The FEP XML Receiver SDK is a developer toolkit that makes it easy to feed event and alarm data from your applications or devices directly into Bold Technologies’ monitoring platform. Instead of relying on physical receivers, you send structured XML messages over IP, and the platform treats them like signals from a traditional front-end processor (FEP). This approach speeds up integrations, reduces hardware dependencies, and enables modern, software-based signal delivery.

Key capabilities

• XML-based event transport: Send alarms, restores, troubles, tests, and other events as structured XML that maps to accounts, zones/points, and event codes.
• Receiver emulation: Present your data to the monitoring system as if it originated from a standard receiver, preserving established workflows and automation rules.
• Real-time delivery: Support for acknowledgments, retries, and heartbeat/keep-alive mechanisms to help ensure reliable signal transmission.
• Flexible integration: Connect nontraditional sources—IoT platforms, mobile apps, video analytics, and cloud services—without custom receiver hardware.
• Scalable and maintainable: Software-only approach simplifies deployment, scaling, and updates across environments.

What’s included

• Developer documentation explaining the XML message structure, connection model, and mapping guidelines.
• XML samples and schemas to validate message format.
• Reference implementations and/or code snippets to accelerate development.
• Test tools and guidance for end-to-end validation and troubleshooting.

Typical use cases

• Delivering events from cloud applications or IoT devices into a central monitoring center.
• Integrating third-party analytics (e.g., video, access control, sensors) that need to generate actionable alarms.
• Replacing or augmenting legacy receiver connections with a software-driven alternative.

Requirements and notes

• Requires the XML Receiver feature to be licensed and enabled in your Bold monitoring environment.
• Network connectivity from your application or service to the monitoring system is required.
• Familiarity with XML and standard networking is recommended; security options depend on your deployment and platform configuration.

Benefits

• Faster time to integrate new signal sources.
• Lower operational complexity by reducing or eliminating dedicated receiver hardware.
• Maintains compatibility with existing monitoring workflows while opening the door to modern, IP-based event sources.

FEP XML Receiver SDK is developed by Bold Technologies. The most popular version of this product among our users is 1.0.