Kafka requires a specific protocol and it is unlikely that GPS devices will support this protocol out of the box.
The usual solution is to create a service that accepts GPS packets using the protocol that GPS devices support, converts it to Kafka records and produce them to a Kafka broker. Gwen On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 12:31 AM, Prakash M N <prakas...@trinitymobility.com> wrote: > Hi, > > > > Please let us know whether KAFKA will support socket based communication > with external GPS device. GPS Device will send GPS packet to the KAFKA IP > and Port. > > > > Thanks in Advance > > > > Thanks & Regards, > > Prakash MN > > > >