# What exactly losant does?

**URL:** <https://forums.losant.com/t/what-exactly-losant-does/4203>\
**Category:** Bug Report\
**Tags:** mqtt\
**Created:** [November 17, 2021, 1:02am UTC](https://forums.losant.com/t/what-exactly-losant-does/4203 "2021-11-17T01:02:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![krishnaveni\_vempati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c67d28/32.png) [@krishnaveni\_vempati](https://forums.losant.com/u/krishnaveni_vempati)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2021, 1:02am UTC](https://forums.losant.com/t/what-exactly-losant-does/4203/1 "2021-11-17T01:02:20Z")

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Does losant just connect the device and not install anything on that device?  
How does losant talk to device? Via Agent? What does Agent do? What are the responsibility of that agent?

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**Author:** ![Dylan\_Schuster](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.losant.com/dylan_schuster/32/2850_2.png) [@Dylan\_Schuster](https://forums.losant.com/u/Dylan_Schuster)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2021, 3:03pm UTC](https://forums.losant.com/t/what-exactly-losant-does/4203/2 "2021-11-17T15:03:55Z")

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Hi @krishnaveni_vempati , and welcome to the Losant Forums.

For such a broad question, I recommend starting with our documentation:

- [What is Losant](https://docs.losant.com/getting-started/what-is-losant/)
- [Gateway Edge Agent Overview](https://docs.losant.com/edge-compute/gateway-edge-agent/overview/)
- [Losant MQTT Overview](https://docs.losant.com/mqtt/overview/)

We also have a number of walkthroughs to help you get started:

- [Losant Walkthrough](https://docs.losant.com/getting-started/walkthrough/)
- [Gateway Edge Agent Walkthrough](https://docs.losant.com/edge-compute/gateway-edge-agent/walkthrough/)

Finally, we have a number of [Deeper Dives](https://www.losant.com/deeper-dive-webinar-series) on a number of topics; some of these will surely be helpful in teaching you more about Losant.

If you have any specific questions after reviewing these, please let us know!

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**Author:** ![krishnaveni\_vempati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c67d28/32.png) [@krishnaveni\_vempati](https://forums.losant.com/u/krishnaveni_vempati)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2021, 9:37pm UTC](https://forums.losant.com/t/what-exactly-losant-does/4203/3 "2021-11-17T21:37:46Z")

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I test using the Losant but there are certain areas which is failing and so wondered about it.

Anyway Thanks for the quick answer.

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**Author:** ![Gambit\_Support](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.losant.com/gambit_support/32/826_2.png) [@Gambit\_Support](https://forums.losant.com/u/Gambit_Support)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2021, 3:15pm UTC](https://forums.losant.com/t/what-exactly-losant-does/4203/4 "2021-11-18T15:15:46Z")

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If you are looking for the 1-minute elevator pitch, maybe this 1-minute video helps

https://www.youtube.com/embed/fSbM8uin6Gg?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=PLS47QG_BdOlR-Rpl48ChOxPZk8FM7RumQ

Losant is monitoring a simulated electric generator. More videos in our playlist.