Industrial control gateway, also known as industrial gateway, industrial IoT smart gateway, wireless data acquisition gateway, communication acquisition gateway, PLC wireless gateway, etc., is a communication gateway device applied to industrial sites. Industrial control gateway is a device that carries the top and bottom, configures the cloud platform on the top, connects the industrial equipment on the bottom, realizes the uploading and downloading of information, and has the functions of data collection, protocol resolution, edge computing, etc., which is an important part of the industrial Internet of Things.
The main role of industrial control gateway is to translate and convert different protocols of field devices into languages and protocols that can be understood by the cloud platform, so as to realize the uploading and downloading of information. It is equipped with data acquisition, protocol parsing, edge computing, etc., and can utilize 4G/5G/Wifi network/WAN/Ethernet to provide users with wired and wireless long-distance big data transmission function and access to industrial cloud platform. At the same time, it also supports the acquisition of PLCs, sensors, instrumentation and various controllers, and is suitable for use as an access node for large-scale distributed equipment.
Industrial control gateway is designed to meet the industrial grade standards and industrial users' needs, with rich and diversified interfaces, local real-time data analysis and intelligent processing, as well as industrial grade standard design, wide temperature, dustproof, waterproof, oil-proof, anti-strong electromagnetic interference and other characteristics, which can adapt to different industry scenarios.
Industrial control gateway has a variety of functions, mainly including:
1. data acquisition and transmission: industrial control gateway can connect with various devices and sensors to realize data acquisition and transmission. It can communicate with devices through different communication protocols, collect real-time data, status information and fault alarms of the devices, etc., and transmit the data to the upper-level system or cloud platform for further processing and analysis.
2. Data processing and conversion: Industrial control gateway can process the collected raw data, including data parsing, format conversion, data filtering and aggregation, etc., so as to make it conform to the requirements of the upper layer system or cloud platform, and to provide usable data formats and interfaces for subsequent data analysis and application.
3. Remote monitoring of equipment status: The industrial control gateway can remotely monitor the operating status of the equipment, reduce the incidence of equipment failure, ensure the normal operation of the equipment, and improve the reliability of the equipment.
4. remote management: industrial control gateway connects with the cloud platform and can remotely manage the equipment, including remote upgrade, remote debugging and remote control.
5. Alarm Push: The industrial control gateway can formulate alarm trigger conditions and push the alarm information to relevant personnel for timely handling.
6. Data Interaction: The industrial control gateway supports dual gateway information interaction through the cloud platform to realize data transmission between gateways.
7. Failure self-diagnosis: Industrial control gateway has rich LED light indication, according to the corresponding link of the indicator light, it can quickly diagnose the gateway failure.