IIoT Edge Devices & Gateways
Cirrus Link partners with industry-leading and proven hardware vendors for the Chariot SCADA solutions. We continually research and add new IIoT edge device and gateways as they become available to the market to address our customer needs. Please see our hardware solutions below.
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B+B SmartWorx – Founded in 1981, B+B SmartWorx provides intelligent M2M and IoT connectivity solutions for wireless and wired networks. Specializing in edge device connectivity in remote and demanding environments, B+B Smartworx developed the Wzzard Intelligent Sensing Platform to facilitate the coming world of connected intelligence, where machines and systems will collaborate, inform and make decisions based upon sensors data. Wzzard is an easy to use, complete wireless sensor connectivity platform for the rapid deployment of scalable, intelligent, reliable IoT networking in remote and demanding environments and applications.
Products
Applications
- Energy Consumption
- Condition Based Monitoring
- Water Level, including irrigation systems, tank level, and flood control
- Structural Systems Monitoring
- Perimeter Access Control
- Agricultural, including silo monitoring
- Smart Parking Systems
- Temperature and Environmental Monitoring
Features
- Ultra low power 802.15.4e SmartMesh IP technology
- Communicates with Spectre Network Gateway via highly scalable and reliable wireless mesh networks
- Internal Battery for Power for Easy deployment
- Connects to industry standard analog or digital sensors
- Configurable wireless with Bluetooth using Android tablets and smart phones
- Rugged, IP66-rated, fiber reinforced polyester PBT enclosure
- Class 1 DIV 2 approved for hazardous locations
- Easily scale to hundreds of nodes
- Advanced power-saving features and low power consumption
- Run efficiently and autonomously
Elecsys Corporation – is a leading provider of innovative M2M (machine-to-machine) technology solutions and custom electronics for critical industrial applications. Elecsys provides Cirrus Link with a portfolio of edge gateways enabling the Chariot SCADA platform.
Products
Applications
- Cirrus Link Chariot SCADA
- Edge-of-Network gateway
- Data
- Oil & Gas
- Water & Wastewater
- Energy & Utilities
- Industrial Networking Communications
- IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things)
Features
- Real-time Data Acquisition
- Protocol Converter
- Report-by-Exception Functionality
- MQTT for Message Oriented Middleware
- Port Forwarding/Cellular Modem
- Data Security and Encryption
- Data Logger
- Data Concentrator
- Routing & Security
- Cellular Connectivity (RediLinks)
EZAutomation, a division of the AVG Group, is a manufacturer and direct online seller of innovative low-cost edge device and automation products made in America. The AVG Group has been in business serving the automation industry since 1968. In fact, Struther’s Dunn, a division of AVG, which later changed its name to Uticor, first invented the PLC for welding controls in the automotive industry. The EZAutomation division was originally launched in 2001 with its introduction of the EZTouch® HMI/Operator Interface now used by over 35,000 companies. Over the years, EZAutomation has designed hundreds of industrial automation products including PLCs, Power Supplies, Timers, and Industrial Panel PCs just to name a few, becoming a one stop shop, of affordable automation innovations, while proudly maintaining the “Made in America” campaign.
Product Description: The multi-functional EZRackPLC works as a full-blown programmable logic controller with a FREE ladder logic software platform and/or Edge-of-Network and Gateway device that is Sparkplug MQTT Enabled. It’s rugged construction and powerful CPU is ready for IIoT applications. With a Sparkplug/MQTT enabled CPU and direct connectivity to external devices such as sensors, RTDs, analog inputs etc. as well as easy to setup built-in communications with Industrial Ethernet networks such as EtherNetI/P and Modbus TCP/IP, the EZRackPLC is ideal for data monitoring, M2M solutions and complete PLC/Process control.
Applications
- Industrial PLC Control
- Industrial IoT Gateways
- Edge of Network Monitoring & Control
- Productivity Monitoring
- Machine Health Monitoring
- Data Acquisition
- Remote I/O
- IIoT & M2M
Features
- Sparkplug B Enabled for Connectivity to Inductive Automation Ignition Platform
- Edge-Gateway Controller with Effortless Connectivity to Protocols such as:
- EtherNet/IP,
- Modbus RTU and TCP/IP Master/Slave Communications
- Store & Forward Feature
- Redundancy with Primary Host ID
- PLC Ladder Logic Control
- Real-time Data Acquisition
- USB Data Logging
- Advanced Math Function Blocks
- Auto-tuned PID
- Data Security with TLS/SSL Encryption & Username/Password Authentication
- Analog I/O
- Digital I/O
- Specialty I/O
As a 25-year leader in long-range industrial M2M wireless solutions, FreeWave has helped thousands of customers achieve reliable connectivity for data telemetry and command and control, in some of the most challenging, remote, and rugged environments in the world. Today, we’re seeing the potential of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and have added computing to our connectivity portfolio to include the integration of edge tools, such as, Ignition Edge.
Products
Applications
- Spread Spectrum Radio Applications
- Oil & Gas
- Water & Wastewater
- Wide Area SCADA Solutions
- IIoT & M2M
- Data Acquisition
- Remote Monitoriong
Features
- Ignition Edge On-board Certifies
- Frequency Range: 902 to 928 MHz
- RF Enhancement: ZumBoost with Adaptive Spectrum Learning, Forward Error Correction, Packet Aggregation
- Modes: Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum and Digital Transmission System (DTS)
- Throughput: 5 RF Link Rates supporting throughputs from 80 Kbps to 4 Mbps
- Range: Up to 60 miles line-of-sight
- Operating Temps: -40°C to +75°C (enclosed); -40°C to +85°C (board-level)
- Communications Protocols: Ethernet and/or Serial
- Programmability: 512 MB RAM & 1 GB of Flash Storage
Hilscher – Hilscher Gesellschaft für Systemautomation mbH was founded in 1986. Today, the company has more than 260 employees at 10 locations worldwide. With the philosophy of continuous growth based on its own resources, the company is a reliable partner for its customers. All processes are certified in accordance with ISO 9001 and 14001. The core competence of Hilscher is ASIC technology for fieldbus and Real-Time Ethernet, as well as the development and production of industrial communication solutions for modern factory automation. Hilscher’s products range from PC cards, edge device gateways, OEM plug-in modules to powerful ASICs including all main fieldbus and Real-Time Ethernet protocol stacks.
Product Description: The netIOT Edge gateways securely connect automation networks with cloud or any IoT application. As field devices, they perform cyclic I/O data exchange with the PLCs and IoT-capable field devices providing key field data sets for intelligent higher-level applications and M2M solutions. The netIOT gateways are highly secure with physical separation of the automation and IT network, built with a secure operating system, securely execute only signed firmware and packets with encryption techniques of the latest standards.
A web-based Thing Wiring Editor serves to model the data flow in the devices. Data apps and data profiles are created in minutes with predefined function blocks. OPC UA and MQTT functions address objects in IoT field devices (or edge device) or in the cloud over standardized IoT protocols.
Products
Applications
- Plant Automation
- Manufacturing
- IIoT and M2M Applications
- Industrial IoT gateways
- Oil & Gas
- Water and Waste Water
- Control Systems
Features
- Effortless integration into the Industrial Ethernet network, such as EtherNet/IP or PROFINET, as standard field device
- Fast modelling of the data flow between field and application with Thing Editor
- Direct OPC UA / MQTT communication to IoT-capable EtherNet/IP and PROFINET devices parallel to the PLC
- Trusted platform due to secure boot and encrypted SSL/TLS communications
- Powerful platform for embedded cloud computing
- Wireless access node for IoT field device configuration over apps
Magnetrol – For more than 80 years, Magnetrol® level controls and flow controls have been transforming industrial processes. As the innovator of the first magnetic liquid level switch and pioneer of today’s level and flow technology breakthroughs, MAGNETROL manufactures instrumentation that is more intelligent, more reliable and simpler to install and operate – making it far more easy for you to improve safety, drive efficiency and grow your business.
Products
Applications
- Industrial level control
- Flow measurement or Interface detection
- Oil & Gas Pipelines
- Tanks Farming
- Industrial Manufacturing
- Process Controls
Features
- Sparkplug Enables Cellular Connectivity with Edge Gateway
- Integrates with MQTT into Ignition
- Non-Contact Radar Level Transmitter
- Displacer Level Transmitter
- Thermal Mass Flowmeter
- Ultrasonic Gap and Thermal Switches
- Mechanical Level Switches
Moxa– Your Trusted Partner in Automation Moxa is a leading provider of edge connectivity, industrial computing, and network infrastructure solutions for enabling connectivity for the Industrial Internet of Things. With over 25 years of industry experience, Moxa has connected more than 40 million devices worldwide and has a distribution and service network that reaches customers in more than 70 countries. Moxa delivers lasting business value by empowering industry with reliable networks and sincere service for industrial communications infrastructures. Information about Moxa’s edge device solutions is available at www.moxa.com.
Product family and description: UC-8112-LX-CG & UC-8112-ME-T-LX-LTE-US-CG
Moxa’s UC-8112-LX-CG is an embedded computing platform designed for large scale, Industrial IoT edge computing applications. It features an ARM® Cortex™-A8 processor and versatile communication interfaces. Coupled with Moxa’s ThingsPro Suite, it enables fast integration between the things in the field and the applications required for the Industrial IoT.
ThingsPro Suite is a set of software packages built on an open Debian Linux platform that enables the integration of Modbus communications, computing, data acquisition, and wireless networking in a few simple steps. Featuring Data Logger and Wireless Manager tools, it empowers users to focus primarily on their applications instead of the complex integration between things in the field, such as an edge device, and services in a centralized computing facility. Coupled with Cirrus Link’s MQTT spark plug MQTT protocol stacks, users now can easily map Modbus/TCP and Modbus RTU to Spark Plug MQTT while retaining Linux programmability for the Industrial IoT applications.
UC-8112-ME-T-LX-LTE-US is a more ruggedized version of the UC-8112-LX-CG. While UC-8112-LX-CG is designed for LAN-based industrial IoT applications, the UC-8112-ME-T-LX-LTE-US is designed to operate at -40C~70C environment with 4G LTE in operation.
Applications
- Industrial IoT gateways
- Oil & Gas
- Water and Waste Water
- Smart grid and AMI
- Energy monitoring
Features
- Plug and play Modbus to Cirrus Link MQTT
- Debian Linux operating system
- C/Python APIs for Modbus data processing
- Restful APIs for ease of web applications implementation
- 4G LTE enabled with AT&T and Verizon certifications
- Routing and VPN ready
Opto 22 – Opto 22 was founded in 1974 by engineers who designed a better solid-state relay and chose to build it in a non-corporate, flat organization. Now, 45 years later, we’re still privately held, lean, and run by engineers. Our flat organization fosters individual responsibility, quick response to customers’ needs, and fast development of cutting-edge products.
Product Description: The groov EPIC® Edge Programmable Industrial Controller is the key edge component for your MQTT infrastructure. Ignition Edge® from Inductive Automation® and the MQTT Transmission module are built into groov EPIC. You can also use EPIC as edge I/O in a system with MQTT Engine and MQTT Distributor modules on an Ignition platform.
At the edge, groov EPIC connects directly to field devices and sensors to monitor and control them. It can also exchange data with legacy PLCs (for example, from Allen-Bradley® and Siemens®) and other equipment such as electronic flow monitoring (EFM) devices like Emerson® ROC. UL Hazardous Locations approved and ATEX compliant, groov EPIC can be placed just about anywhere you need to collect and communicate data.
In addition to physical devices and systems, groov EPIC also connects to MQTT brokers, corporate software programs, and cloud services, so you can communicate data wherever it’s needed. The EPIC provides real-time control and monitoring, connectivity, data handling, and visualization, all in one industrial package.
Applications
- Real-time industrial control
- Remote monitoring
- Data acquisition
- IIoT projects
- Original equipment manufacturing (OEM)
- Machine design
- Oil & gas
- Water & wastewater
- Energy
- Factory automation
- Process control
Features
- Inductive Automation® Ignition Edge® Onboard
- MQTT transport protocol with Sparkplug payload
- OPC-UA drivers to Allen-Bradley® and Siemens® PLCs
- Free product support; free online training
- Flexible Linux®-based processor with gateway functions
- Guaranteed-for-life I/O: analog, discrete, and serial communication
- Wide -20 to 70 °C operating temperature range
- UL Hazardous Locations approved and ATEX compliant
- Integral high-resolution color touchscreen for field commissioning and HMI
- Remote configuration, troubleshooting, and system visualization for authorized users on any device with a web browser
- Programming choices: flowchart-based PAC Control with scripting or any IEC 61131-3 compliant language with CODESYS® Development System
- Optional secure shell access (SSH) for custom-developed applications
- Node-RED to build simple data flows
- Browser-based groov View software to develop device-independent HMIs
- Dual independent Gigabit Ethernet interfaces for separating trusted and untrusted networks
- Configurable device firewalls
- Data encryption
- Authentication and user accounts
- USB and HDMI ports
- Up to 24 channels per I/O module
- Spring-clamp I/O terminal strip, up to 14 AWG wire
- Touch-sensitive pad on I/O for configuring and testing
- I/O module LEDs for overall health and discrete channel status
OnLogic creates advanced, flexible, highly-configurable small form factor computers that thrive where other computers fail, in order to empower innovative companies around the world to make the impossible possible.
OnLogic hardware is deployed in some of the most challenging environments on, below and even above, earth. Some of our systems have been operating non-stop for more than 10 years, a testament to our commitment to engineering for reliability. With advanced ingress protection and resistance to extreme temperatures, variable power and vibration forces, OnLogic hardware is built to last wherever you need it.
Applications
● Industrial IoT gateways
● Oil & Gas
● Smart grid and AMI
● Energy monitoring
● Manufacturing
● IIoT and M2M
Applications
● Industrial IoT gateways
● Oil & Gas
● Industrial IoT gateways
● Real-time industrial
control
● Remote monitoring
● Data acquisition
● Wide Area SCADA
Solutions
● Edge of Network
Monitoring & Control
● Productivity Monitoring
Features
● Ultra Small Form Factor
● Sealed, Fanless Design
● x86 Architecture
● Inductive Automation® Ignition Edge® Onboard
● Wide -20 to 70 °C operating temperature range
● 4G LTE enabled with AT&T and Verizon certifications