IoT Gateway

Product Overview

The IoT Gateway is an advanced plug-in that extends the capabilities of the Kepware connectivity platform. It presents web servers and seamlessly streams real-time industrial data directly into device clouds and Big Data analytics platforms across the enterprise.

The IoT Gateway connects Operations with IT to support the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). This enables decision-makers to search, monitor, analyze, and visualize data for real-time insight into industrial operations—leading to increased system security, improved customer service, streamlined automation, and better decisions across the enterprise.

Enterprise and cloud-based solutions enable organizations to search, monitor, analyze, and visualize Kepware-generated data coming from PACs, PLCs, RTUs, flow computers, OPC servers, and other industrial hardware and software. Kepware has partnered with Big Data and analytics providers to enable insight into the operations and conditions of industrial devices and systems.

• Measurement, Verification, and Constant Commissioning: Ensure that devices in the field operate as intended.
• Capacity Planning: Monitor data for risk of unplanned device or system downtime.
• Root-Cause Analysis and Remote Troubleshooting: Gain a better understanding of the cause of a particular failure on a particular device and improve efficiency.
• Anomaly and Outlier Detection: Identify outliers that may be an early indicator of issues in device production or deployment.
• Safety, Security, and Compliance: Gain visibility into system performance or set points that could put machines or people at risk, and quickly develop and access reports for compliance purposes.
• Cybersecurity: Improve security posture across industrial systems to mitigate emerging cybersecurity threats.

• Streams real-time data to mobile, Big Data, Enterprise Asset Management, analytics software, and IoT platforms
• Leverages the 150+ drivers to collect data from thousands of industrial sensors and machines, including PLCs, RTUs, PACs, DAQs, controllers, and more
• Provides three agents to stream data over the MQTT, HTTP/REST
• Offers advanced message formatting for client agents to support multiple data modeling requirements, such as JSON, XML, CSV, and custom models
• Includes advanced features such as deadbanding, support for reading and writing data arrays, multiple simultaneous agents and application connections, Cross Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) restrictions, and CSV tag import and export
• Offers third-party and remote configuration for all agent types through the Configuration API

• MQTT 3.1 and 3.1.1
• RESTful Web Services Client (HTTP/S)
• RESTful Web Services Server (HTTP/S)

• English

• IoT Gateway Manual

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Common Features

• Offers customizable JSON data format to support most MQTT and REST applications
• Supports deadband to limit data throughput
• Supports tag import and export for quick project configuration and deployment
• Has a configurable Publish Rate
• Has a configurable data package size for single transactions

MQTT Client Agent Features

• Supports MQTT Version 3.1.1, including publish and subscription methods
• Supports advanced formatting for multiple data models (JSON, XML, CSV and custom)
• Supports MQTT security and data integrity features, including Transport Layer Security (TLS), certificate-based authentication, username/password authentication, Last Will and Testament, and Quality of Service message delivery
• Supports self-signed certificates from AWS IoT, enabling direct connection without a third-party intermediary

REST Client Agent Features

• Offers HTTP PUT or POST methods for publishing data to web servers
• Supports advanced formatting for multiple data models (JSON, XML, CSV, and custom)
• Supports HTTP security and data integrity features, including Secure Socket Layer (SSL), customizable HTTP header, server-side data receive confirmations, and Basic Authentication via username/password

REST Server Agent Features

• Provides intuitive drag-and-drop configuration, automatically creating tag URLs
• Supports HTTP GET and POST methods, enabling web clients to browse, read, and write to any tag available within Kepware
• Supports HTTP security and data integrity features, including Cross Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) restrictions, Secure Socket Layer (SSL), and Basic Authentication via username and password

• IoT Gateway Demo Video