What is the difference between industrial router and civilian router ?

Today, network development has entered the era of IOT, as you have used the civilian routers , are you curious about how industrial router look like and what is the difference between industrial router and civilian router ?

                

Four-Faith industrial router                                                                    Ordinary civilian router

Industrial Router is mainly used in intelligent transportation, environmental monitoring, security monitoring, security and wireless motion detector, industrial data transmission, the financial industry, power industry, water industry, and support -30 ℃ + 75 ℃ wide temperature applications. The civilian router is mainly for home application, so the environmental suitability requirements are not high, the temperature is only required to 0 ~ 55 ℃.

Module configuration and design process

Industrial Router adopts rugged industrial design, IP30 protection, built-in 32-bit high performance industrial grade wireless communication processor module, embedded real-time operating system software support platform, can connect serial devices, Ethernet or WIFI device equipment and so on. This also led to a lot of difference on the price.

Security difference

Industrial Router with a lot more safety rules and more advanced firewall, such as support for APN / VPDN private network, while devices with IPSEC, PPTP, L2TP, GRE, OPENVPN multiple VPN connection with the VPN client, the server, and other functions and so on. Some of the civilian routers are without firewall, data security is low.

Signal stability

Industrial Router provides a reliable network to communicate with the stability of a complex system, in the same environment, a stronger signal sensitivity.

Interface

Industrial Router provides support RS232, RS485, RS422, Ethernet, WIFI, USB and other interfaces at the same time, can connect serial devices, Ethernet equipment and WIFI equipment to achieve transparent data transmission and routing functionality.

The main interfaces of civilian router are WAN, LAN, WIFI and others.

Billing

The most widely used in the industry is wireless router, as shown, with the SIM card support function with flow control, flow records, real-time network speed display.

Civilian wireless router can be treated as a repeater, convert the the home broadband network to signal by the antenna and forwarded to nearby wireless network equipment ( laptop, phone support wifi and all devices with WIFI function ).

Four-Faith 3G Industrial router for self-service terminal application

    The population is densely in the cities of China, some of the necessities of financial payment behavior for life - such as water, electricity, gas, phone charges, traffic travel, bus card recharge, transfer payment, some people are going to a variety of units to pay, some bank or postal savings as a payment window. Banking hours are limited and cumbersome authorization process workload, payment and other problems caused make large number of people pay hard. With 3G wireless business mature, communication equipment networking demand is gradually enhanced, self-service terminal industry from the initial ATM industry expand into convenient payment, self-ticketing, advertising and other various applications. The emergence of self-service terminal solve the problem of the public to pay for all the cost. In the terminal site, with a personal assistance operation, to provide consumers with a fast, convenient and safe service.

    Xiamen Four-Faith Communication Technology Co., Ltd. started to work with Shanghai self-service terminal operating manufacturers in 2011, Four-Faith provide 3G router for 3G networking of self-service terminal over Shanghai subway, Hongqiao hub, business circle, commercial buildings, district government offices, railway stations and other cities nationwide.

     The system is consisted of self-service terminal, Four-Faith 3G router F3X25 and service center. Among them, self-service terminal is including controller, player terminal and display terminal, user operation terminal.

     Topology is as following:

Four-Faith 3G router for self-service terminal application

Self-service terminal connect to Four-Faith F3x25 router via Ethernet interface, and operation management service center use dedicated circuit as a network access.

     Industrial router F3X25 access to Internet via wireless network, and there are two kinds of networking can be achieved to establish a connection with the service center system: first, the use of special network VPDN Or ANP private network; secondly, through the VPN. Self-service terminal establish communication link to directly exchange data with center management service. Business data of self-service terminal exchange directly with the center via Four-Faith F3x25 router.

The tide in the mobile Internet, self-service terminal system is becoming an import medium for many businesses marketing via Four-Faith 3G router. Four-Faith F3X25 router achieve data transfer steady and rapid, reduce the cost of operation and maintenance of equipment, resolve their worries, allow them to focus on their core business better.

     Shanghai partner locate self-service terminal mainly in Shanghai subway with the average daily passenger flow reached 500 million, of which the peak passenger flow over 6 million people, the media value is immeasurable. Its convenience, timeliness, low cost and network marketing are better than traditional television, newspapers and other media, outdoor self-service equipment location-based service is more accurately achieve marketing for merchants to bring more customers, but also more businesses customers to the manufacturers.

Putting customers at the heart of M2M industrial router

As I’m sure everyone is aware, we are in the middle of a Digital Revolution.  Yet as an industry we have this strange tendency of taking amazing, life changing & truly transformational innovations & trends and giving them strange names and odd descriptions!  We talk about the connecting things and regularly use terms like machine to machine or M2M (Industrial Router).  Yet the value for us as a business and for our customers isn’t around the connection but the benefits that it brings to help people in the everyday lives.

In life as human beings we are constantly searching for Meaning and Value. And it’s through this customer lens that I want to look at some of the most exciting developments in this digital revolution. Namely, “Big Data” and the “Internet of Things” or through my chosen lens, “Big Value” and the “Internet of Meaning.”

Why is this important? It isn’t just about changing the words but it’s about adopting a customer centric approach rather than one that is technology focused.  It enables us to look at the real customer benefits that we can bring to life to help customers in this new digital world and not to talk about the technology or number of connections.

The traditional way of looking at the industry is by reference the 50billion potential connections, a possible $1.2trillion opportunity and the 25% year on year growth. Now these are big, impressive numbers without a doubt but let’s approach this in a different way and view it through our customer lens. What really inspires me and stirs my imagination is how all this maximises some very different statistics. Think about what this means for you and me – the number of seconds each and every one of us has available each and every year – 31 ½ million give or take!  That’s an impressive stat in itself but now times it by 7 billion people and counting. Think about how much data we are capable of creating and what we could enable.  Now that’s truly a big number which means every second really does count.

So the issue becomes not how much data we produce - how” big” the data is if you like - but how we use it. How can we use the potential of an increasingly connected world and the rich data that it provides us with to ultimately add value and meaning to people’s lives?

To create the “Internet of Meaning”, we need firstly need to make it simple for customers so that it becomes a catalyst for adoption and enjoyment. It’s about building relationships, NOT enabling transactions. To do this we need to deliver benefits that the customer values. And they need to be accessible by everyone. So that it benefits the daily lives – at work and at home.

Big data sounds complicated. It sounds vast. It’s conceptually challenging to envision how this new world will add meaning and value. We need to provide a personal touch, the reassuring feeling that the system and the sensors are serving and understanding the way we work and interact as people in an intelligent way. And we need to broaden accessibility so that it really does achieve its potential.  Accessibility will be a significant factor in both adding value to the network - the greater the crowd, the greater the wisdom - and for guiding the sustainability and healthy development of the “Internet of Meaning”. 

In Conclusion... It’s a truly exciting time and we are in the middle of a digital revolution.  Everyone agrees that the scale will be huge. What's coming is a perfect storm where the systems, software and capability come together to build a connected and more social world.  More and more people and devices are getting connected every day. Devices are getting smarter, costs are going down and availability is going up. Applying a customer lens, success for us all will be measured by how much we enrich people’s lives by delivering Meaning and Value.

How M2M will be making your day to day easier before you know it

If you’re here, it’s more than likely you know a fair amount about M2M. However, ask anyone outside of the industry what machine-to-machine actually is and they may have no idea, let alone know that this technology has already made its way into their everyday lives. If this is your case, here’s a look at how M2M will be making your day to day easier before you know it.

Let’s start the M2M adventure on your daily commute to work on public transport. Your everyday bus stop is a smart object integrated in an infrastructure of many other smart objects, which provide your city with intelligence. How else would it be possible to know the estimated time of arrival of your next bus whilst waiting at the stop? In some cities, information is shared between bus and subway systems enabling transport authorities to react efficiently to overcrowding. 

Perhaps you are victim of rush hour traffic. You’ll be happy to know that some traffic control centers already have sensors buried under main roads to measure the volume of traffic in real time and get that information to you before you decide on taking the same route to work.
Your car itself will be enhanced by M2M (industrial router) technology. For instance, eCall will be deployed in every new car by 2015. This device will automatically dial 112 in the event of a serious traffic accident as well as wirelessly sending airbag deployment, impact sensor information and GPS coordinates to the local emergency centre.

M2M has also enabled insurance companies to develop tailored policies for each of their clients by monitoring their driving performance. Keeping in mind you are a good driver, this could benefit you by paying for how you drive and not for other drivers’ risks. On a very unfortunate day, you may find your car isn’t where you swear to have parked it. Insurance telematics will surely brighten up your day by locating your vehicle in case of theft. 

Throughout the day, you’ll be getting your wallet out to pay for all sorts of different products and services, be it a taxi fare, your morning coffee, or an evening meal. However, thick and heavy wallets will be a thing of the past as soon as the mobile banking frenzy settles down into our day to day norm. Mobile applications can hold our payment and loyalty card details which transform our phones into digital wallets. This allows us to pay with our credit cards just by swiping our mobiles at the NFC machine.

M2M will also be able to put your mind at rest from worrying about your elderly loved ones. The number of elderly people is steadily increasing, but emerging tracking solutions are suitable for protecting the elderly and people with health problems. This includes remotely checking their health condition and sending an alarm signal in case of any sudden health scare.

As you can see, machine to machine technology is certainly taking off more than you may have expected. The Internet of Things is a revolution which has already commenced and will form part of your not so distant future.