Brief Introduction
With the rapid development of Industry 4.0 and smart manufacturing, industrial IoT technology is profoundly changing the production and management models of traditional industries. As a core component of this transformation, the smart gateway is indispensable in device interconnection, data collection, and edge computing.
The Role of Smart Gateways in IoT
The smart gateway is the core hub of the Internet of Things (IoT), playing a dual role as a “translator” and “commander”:
Protocol Conversion: Connects devices with different communication protocols (such as Modbus, MQTT, etc.), breaking down “language barriers” and enabling data interoperability across brands and networks.
Data Hub: Gathers data from sensors and device terminals, filters redundant information, compresses key data, and uploads it to the cloud platform, reducing network load.
Edge Computing: Locally processes some data (such as anomaly alerts and device linkage commands), reducing dependence on the cloud, improving response speed, and ensuring real-time performance (such as second-level alerts for industrial equipment failures).
Security Protection: Isolates terminal devices from the cloud, filters malicious attacks, encrypts transmitted data, and builds a security barrier for the IoT system.
Device Management: Supports remote monitoring and configuration of downstream devices, enabling batch upgrades and status inspections, simplifying the complexity of large-scale device operations and maintenance.
It is equivalent to the “router + translator + local brain” of the IoT, allowing fragmented devices to form an organic whole, serving as a key bridge connecting the physical and digital worlds.
ANet Smart Gateway by Ankerui
The ANet smart gateway is a high-performance communication management device developed by Ankerui based on years of experience in industrial automation. With its excellent performance and flexible configuration, it is an important solution in the fields of industrial automation, energy management, and smart buildings.
Product Technical Features
Hardware Architecture Design
The ANet series adopts industrial-grade hardware design standards, with core configurations including:
High-Performance Processor: Equipped with a multi-core ARM Cortex-A series processor, with a main frequency of over 1GHz, ensuring complex data processing capabilities.
Rich Interface Configuration: Provides various interfaces such as RS-485, Ethernet, USB, DI/DO, supporting simultaneous connections to multiple industrial devices.
Industrial-Grade Protection: Wide temperature design (-40℃~70℃), supporting IP40 protection level, suitable for harsh industrial environments.
Dual Power Redundancy: Supports DC12V/24V and AC/DC220V power supply, with power redundancy design to ensure continuous system operation.
Software Functional Features
At the software level, the ANet smart gateway demonstrates powerful edge computing capabilities:
Multi-Protocol Support: Embedded with over 30 industrial protocol libraries including Modbus RTU/TCP, DL/T645, IEC 60870-5-101/104.
Data Preprocessing: Supports data filtering, compression, alarm judgment, and other edge computing functions, reducing the burden on the cloud.
Disconnection Buffer: Built-in large-capacity storage, capable of locally caching data during network interruptions, and automatically resuming transmission after reconnection.
Remote Management: Supports web configuration and remote firmware upgrades, significantly reducing operational and maintenance costs.
Security Protection Mechanism
In response to industrial network security challenges, the ANet gateway implements a multi-layer protection strategy:
Communication Encryption: Supports SSL/TLS, VPN, and other encryption transmission technologies.
Access Control: Role-based permission management to prevent unauthorized access.
Firewall Function: Built-in packet filtering firewall to block malicious attacks.
Security Audit: Completes operation logs for easy tracing of security incidents.
Typical Application Scenarios
With its flexibility and reliability, the ANet smart gateway has been successfully applied in various industrial fields, becoming a key enabling technology for digital transformation.
Smart Power Monitoring System
In the field of power automation, the ANet gateway achieves panoramic data collection for substations and distribution rooms:
Multi-Device Access: Simultaneously connects power meters, protection devices, DC screens, and other equipment, solving the information island problem.
Real-Time Monitoring: Collects parameters such as voltage, current, and power factor, with a refresh rate of up to 100ms.
Energy Efficiency Analysis: Statistics on time-of-use electricity consumption, generating load curves to identify energy efficiency optimization opportunities.
Fault Warning: Through limit judgment and trend analysis, potential equipment failures can be detected in advance.
Power Monitoring System Networking Diagram
Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) Platform
The ANet gateway acts as a data hub in smart manufacturing:
Device Networking: Connects PLCs, CNCs, robots, and other production equipment to the industrial internet platform.
Production Visualization: Real-time collection of equipment status and process parameters, supporting digital twin applications.
OEE Calculation: Online calculation of overall equipment efficiency, revealing production bottlenecks.
Predictive Maintenance: Establishes equipment health models based on parameters such as vibration and temperature.
Application Effect: After adopting the ANet gateway, a certain automotive parts factory improved equipment utilization by 22% and reduced unplanned downtime by 60%.
IoT/Operation and Maintenance Platform Networking Diagram
Building Energy Consumption Management System
In the field of smart buildings, the ANet gateway achieves cross-system integration:
Multi-Energy Monitoring: Unified collection of data from various energy sources such as electricity, water, gas, and heat.
Subsystem Integration: Interfaces with HVAC, lighting, elevator, and other BA systems for coordinated control.
Energy Optimization: Smart control strategies based on occupancy to reduce building energy consumption.
Carbon Emission Accounting: Automatically generates carbon emission reports based on energy consumption.
Data Statistics: Commercial buildings using the ANet gateway can achieve an average energy savings of 15%-25%.
Energy Consumption System Networking Diagram
New Energy Generation Monitoring
For photovoltaic, wind power, and other new energy stations, the ANet gateway provides remote operation and maintenance support:
Inverter Monitoring: Real-time collection of key parameters such as power generation, efficiency, and temperature.
Environmental Monitoring: Integrates data from meteorological stations such as irradiance, wind speed, and temperature.
Fault Location: Quickly locates abnormal power generation units through string-level monitoring.
AGC/AVC Control: Supports the issuance and execution of power dispatch commands.
Project Scale: A certain 200MW photovoltaic power station adopted the ANet series gateway, achieving a configuration of less than 5 personnel for the entire operation and maintenance team.
Microgrid Energy Management Networking Diagram
Hardware Parameters
ANet-1E2S1 Series Communication Management Device
ANet-2E8S1 Series Communication Management Device
ANet-2E4SM Modular Communication Management Device
Main Module
Submodule
ANet-1E2SM Communication Management Device
Case Sharing
Shanghai Technology Industrial Park Project
This project invested in the construction of a comprehensive energy project integrating photovoltaic power generation, distributed energy storage devices, and charging piles in the industrial park. Through analysis of the load distribution and electricity consumption characteristics of the park’s enterprises, a small microgrid transformation of the park’s electricity was carried out.
On-site use of our PZ series + prepaid DTSY series instruments was implemented. Since the data collected needed to be uploaded to our energy consumption cloud platform and prepaid cloud platform in two paths, the project plan adopted the ANet gateway for data collection and forwarding. This project realized a prepaid model where enterprises pay for electricity before use, greatly improving the difficulties in charging for the park and the inconvenience of payment for enterprise users. The owner customer optimized the electricity usage plan in a timely manner based on the analysis of electricity consumption data, adjusting the electricity load reasonably, reducing energy loss, and continuously improving system line loss, achieving a reduction of nearly 20% in the park’s power grid loss.
Beijing Winter Olympics Project
Real-time monitoring of electricity consumption at the Winter Olympics venues was conducted, covering parameters such as voltage, current, power, and energy of low-voltage switches at the venue’s end, AC input voltage and current of UPS, output voltage and current, rectifier and inverter working status, battery working status, remaining power percentage, and generator working and operating status and related parameters. Environmental temperature, humidity, hydrogen concentration, and smoke alarm status in indoor and outdoor areas, as well as the operation status of heating/cooling systems and door switch status in constant temperature boxes were monitored.
After data collection, it was forwarded to the touch screen via ModbusTcp protocol for local intelligent monitoring, while the data was transmitted to the Winter Olympics venue’s distribution master station system via a 4G APN private network using the 104 protocol, achieving real-time collection, storage, online detection, and proactive warning of the above equipment’s operating parameters and status. Based on these requirements, the ANet-2E4SM model gateway was recommended.
Conclusion
In the wave of industrial transformation, the ANet smart network has become a trusted partner in the digital transformation journey of enterprises. It breaks down communication barriers between devices, allowing data to flow rapidly, injecting intelligent “blood” into industrial production. From smart power monitoring to new energy generation monitoring, from smart manufacturing to building energy consumption management, wherever the ANet gateway goes, efficiency and innovation thrive.
Looking to the future, with the continuous evolution of industrial IoT technology, Ankerui will uphold the spirit of innovation and continuously refine the ANet series products. We firmly believe that the ANet smart gateway will shine in broader application scenarios, helping more enterprises unlock their digital potential and steadily advance towards a new journey of intelligence on the global industrial competition stage.
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