What is an Industrial Gateway? Do you know?

With the development of the Internet of Things and industrial automation control equipment, industrial gateways, as an important foundation of the industrial Internet of Things, have received more attention and application. The equipment terminals of various industries are connected to the Internet through gateways, which meets the needs of enterprise informatization, intelligence, digitalization, scientific production and management, and provides a solid foundation for the development of industrial intelligence. So, what is a gateway? What is an industrial gateway? Have you ever learned about it?
A gateway is a complex network interconnection device, which is mainly used for two network connections with different high-level protocols. It can be used for both wide area network and local area network interconnection. The industrial gateway is an industrial-grade gateway designed to meet industrial standards and industrial customer needs. It connects to the cloud platform and industrial equipment, converts different protocols of the equipment into protocols and data that the cloud platform can understand, and uploads and issues information. It has functions such as data collection, data interaction, protocol conversion, wireless/wired large data transmission, communication management and edge computing.
What are the functions of an industrial gateway? Simply put, an industrial gateway is an intelligent transmission terminal device that allows industrial equipment to access the network, remotely obtains equipment operation data, and realizes remote monitoring, debugging, upgrading, maintenance, and control. The following is a detailed introduction by Muwo Xiaobian.

Features of industrial gateways:
1. Data collection and data upload: The industrial gateway connects to the industrial equipment control system, collects data, and uploads the read equipment information;
2. Remote monitoring of equipment status: Remotely monitor the equipment operation status, reduce equipment failures, ensure the normal operation of the equipment, and improve equipment reliability;
3. Remote management: The industrial gateway is connected to the cloud platform and can remotely manage the equipment, including remote upgrades, remote debugging, and remote control.
4. Alarm push: formulate alarm trigger conditions and push alarms to relevant personnel;
5. Data interaction: Support dual gateway information to interact through the cloud platform to achieve data transmission between gateways;
6. Fault self-diagnosis: With rich LED light indications, gateway faults can be quickly diagnosed according to the corresponding links of the indicator lights;
7. Strong environmental adaptability: Supports multiple communication methods such as WIFI, Ethernet, 4G, 5G, Bluetooth, LORA, etc., and can adapt to various industrial environments;
8. Flexible access methods: It can be connected to the cloud platform through various methods such as MQTT protocol and MODBUS protocol.
Industrial gateways are currently widely used in industrial automation, smart cities, manufacturing, smart agriculture, mechanical equipment, PLC control, intelligent robots, water supply equipment, intelligent transportation, smart factories, remote monitoring, environmental monitoring and other fields. They do not require wiring, reduce maintenance costs, and are very easy to use.

With the continuous development of technologies such as the Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, big data, and cloud computing, industrial gateways have gradually become the key to the new smart industry. Muwo Technology provides customers with remote equipment management solutions through safe and reliable automatic data collection and transmission, builds a complete production management system, breaks through manufacturing bottlenecks, and creates a new generation of intelligent manufacturing production lines.