Say Hello to Ozeki 10

Let’s take a look at the best Layer 2 operating system you can find: Ozeki 10. This operating system might look like any other OS, until you realise it’s a full-blown communication system, that improves communication capabilities of people and devices by an order of a magnitude. It is an amazing tool you will enjoy to use if you wish to communicate with people or control smart devices in a simple and efficient way.

Ozeki 10 was designed and built in Debrecen, Hungary. It was created to make it easy for everybody to take advantage of the Industry 4 revolution. This revolution targets communication between people, devices and Robotics. With traditional operating systems, tasks related to distributed messaging, smart device control, and robotics are too difficult or nearly impossible to solve. With Ozeki 10 they are very easy and simple. Now you can build a messaging network for people, you can make buildings smarter, you can communicate with a network of devices, you can create and control robots and smart equipment.

Ozeki 10 is better than legacy operating systems in many ways. One significant advantage is that the graphical user interface (GUI) of this OS runs inside a webbrowser. You don't need a monitor or display hooked up to the equipment where Ozeki 10 is installed. You can access the full user interface from any device remotely. Laptops, tablets, mobile phones, large screen TV-s and other devices can be used to access the GUI by simply opening a web browser and typing in the URL. This is a huge advantage if you wish to create a smart building control system, and the control unit will be placed at a location that is hard to access. It is also a must for an embedded system, such as a robot vacuum cleaner. It is also great if you wish to keep the costs low of a network of devices you wish to operate remotely.

Setting up Ozeki 10 is pretty simple, and throughout this guide we'll take you step-by-step from downloading to setting it up and getting started.

In terms of hardware requirements Ozeki 10 runs on Intel and ARM CPU systems. You can also run it on virtual machines. It is great (but not neccessary) to have free USB/serial ports and possibly GPIO pins available in your hardware.

Ozeki 10 has native support for SMS messaging. If you wish to take advantage of sending text messages to mobiles, you will need a GSM modem connected to your system with a phone-to-PC data cable. You may also use a bluetooth or Infrared connection but you must take into consideration that wireless GSM modem connections are not very reliable. If you wish to use a smartphone for SMS messging, you can use any Android device with Android OS 5 and up.

Regarding software you can use Windows 10, Linux, Rasbperry Pi, Asus Tinker OS or Android on a smartphone. If this is the first time you use Ozeki, Windows 10 is a good choice. If you would like to use Linux, we recommend you to use the latest version of Ubuntu.

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