While Mr. Zhang is at a loss, his son Xiao Zhang came up with a good idea, “Dad, now everyone is talking about the Internet of Things, can our factory’s equipment also be connected to the internet for unified management?” Mr. Zhang thought this was a great idea! But with so many industrial IoT devices, which one can meet my needs?
There are countless industrial IoT devices, and clarifying needs is key. Industrial IoT devices that seem functionally similar can be quite different! Today, Xiao Ying will discuss the most common devices: industrial gateways and industrial routers and how to choose them ～
Industrial routers and industrial gateways are quite similar; they are both used for networking machinery and equipment across various industries.
The difference is that they each have their strengths and correspond to different needs.
Industrial routers forward IP data to help machines and equipment connect to the network, achieving data transmission while providing various networking and network security functions, such as OSPF, VPN, firewalls, and hierarchical user access management, etc. Routers address the security of network data transmission, effectively protecting business data.
Industrial routers can connect to the network conveniently and quickly through 4G cellular networks, while providing link fault transfer functions for business sites. When there is a problem with the network link, they can automatically switch to another stable network link, providing double protection and peace of mind!
Now that we’ve talked about industrial routers, let’s take a look at industrial gateways. Industrial gateways are divided into two types: transparent gateways and cloud gateways。
Transparent gateways can quickly convert serial data into IP data, focusing more on convenient and rapid information transmission, compact in size, easy to install, remotely configurable, and stable and reliable.
Cloud gateways focus more on protocol parsing, capable of fully parsing the content of messages, converting them into another protocol, and sending them to the IoT cloud platform, helping on-site devices easily go to the cloud!
As we often hear, edge computing gateways belong to cloud gateways.
Edge computing gateways can process data while transmitting it, equipped with an open edge computing platform that supports secondary development by users, optimizing data at the IoT edge, effectively reducing cloud load, providing real-time responses, agile connections, and intelligent analysis.
Let me summarize for everyone ～
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