Local Network

Data needs a path from the sensor to the collector. That’s the role of the local network. The local network may be wired (Serial / Ethernet) or it may be wireless (Zigbee, Wi-Fi). Given the evolution to emerging wireless local networks, it’s likely that a customer’s actual local network will be a combination of both wired and wireless technologies. All accomplish the same - a reliable path to the gateway.
This demo employs ZigBee (802.15.4) low-power wireless. Digi’s ZigBee components can coordinate their sleep cycles to extend battery-powered deployments to years, thus going wherever the remote asset goes. Digi’s ZigBee implementation is power&play. Wireless nodes self-discover each other and their route to a coordinator.