Choosing a Transport

TagoTiP is transport-agnostic - the same protocol frames work over any transport. Pick the one that fits your hardware and use case.

UDP

Battery-powered sensors that wake up, send a reading, and sleep. Zero connection overhead - one datagram in, one datagram out. Every milliamp counts.

No connectionServer push via PING pollTagoTiP(s) on port 5684

TCP

Always-on gateways that stream data and need commands instantly - reboots, config updates, OTA triggers. Guaranteed, ordered delivery over a persistent connection.

Persistent connectionInstant CMD pushTLS on port 5694

HTTP

Cloud integrations, serverless functions, or any device behind firewalls and proxies. Standard POST/GET/HEAD with a single Authorization header. No special libraries needed.

Per-requestServer push via HEAD pollHTTPS on port 443

MQTT

Large device fleets on unreliable networks. Publish/subscribe with QoS levels 0, 1, and 2. Topic-based routing with native keepalive and reconnection handling.

Persistent connectionInstant via ack topicTLS on port 8883