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Rail Product News

5/4/2017



Kontron: Standalone network server and IoT gateway for on-board rail

 

On April 26, Kontron unveiled the TRACe LoRa-MQTT, an integrated EN50155 fanless solution-ready platform offering a LoRa™ local network and transforming messages to Message Queue Telemetry Transport (MQTT) streams.

Coupled with cloud connectivity services, the Kontron TRACe LoRa-MQTT is an all-in-one secure IoT gateway designed to provide continuous communications from LoRa-based devices to the cloud server, and enable secure data collection and remote analysis.
 
The TRACe LoRa-MQTT embeds a low-power, wide area network (LPWAN) LoRa radio concentrator sustaining up to eight communication channels simultaneously and Ethernet connectivity from one of the two GbE front M12 X-Coded connectors. The cloud connection based on standard IP Ethernet automatically transforms LoRa messages to MQTT streams, and the security is guaranteed by a TLS connection using private keys both on the TRACe gateway side and on the Cloud server side, the company says.

In addition, the Kontron TRACe LoRa-MQTT integrates various sensors and a micro-controller for system health monitoring. Designed to EN50155 railway certification, the TRACe LoRa-MQTT ensures stable operation in the harshest environments, the company says.
 
“Achieving reliable data transmission from a fast-moving platform with ground stations is a technical challenge we have successfully met,” said Philippe Vincent, general manager at Kontron Toulon. “We are excited that our TRACe LoRa-MQTT gateway is already being tested on a high-speed train.”