Recorded: An introduction to cellular connectivity for new or existing M2M products
An introduction to a newer methodology in adding cellular connectivity to new or existing M2M biased products in a less complex and truly cost effective manner for worldwide solution deployment.
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Presenters:
Neil Carey - Regional Sales Manager
Campbell Elder- Technical Manager EMEA, Multi-Tech Systems
As we know each company has a varying levels of engineering competencies, however the pressures to complete designs on-time, error free continues to increase, whilst end product ‘windows of opportunity’ are narrowing, couple this with the multiple variables and costs associated to adding cellular connectivity to an end product the engineering pressures ratchet up further.
To help offset these, what you will be introduced to in this webinar is a product family that not only takes away a far greater portion of the cellular design complexity it will also help you and your companies far more effectively manage project costs and time to market
We will discuss the cellular connectivity drivers, the design variables and the key product elements that make for ‘The Shortest Path to Cellular Connectivity’.
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Product Overview
The MultiConnect
OCG-E helps you quickly create custom applications. The gateway is made up of an open Linux development environment and fully certified hardware. The gateway includes multiple interfaces (serial, USB, Ethernet and SD card) and internal peripherals (including a cellular modem and a GPS receiver) in one, application-ready end user solution. This gateway is ideal for companies with hardware and software competencies and provides maximum design flexibility.
Applications that require device networking capability can now reside directly on select Multi-Tech gateways. This product brings together a cellular hardware development kit, Multi-Tech’s CoreCDP Linux distribution and a complete Linux build environment, allowing you to quickly create custom applications. The MultiConnect OCG-E gateway provides a flexible, quick and cost-effective way to bring your solution to market.
Product Features
- CoreCDP
- Uses OpenEmbedded framework
- Linux Kernel 2.6.35.14
- Drivers to support all peripherals included on the platform hardware
- Programming languages: Python, Java (JamVM, Open JDK), Perl, Ruby, C/C++, PHP
- Networking: PPP, iptables
- Web Server: lightttpd
- Remote shell: SSH
- Network file system: samba
- Security: OpenSSL
- UFL antenna connector
- SIM socket for G2 and H4 models
- AT command compatible
- Carrier approved
- Two-year warranty
Enabling Cellular Connectivity
There are hundreds of organizations with existing or planned applications that would significantly benefit from cellular machine-to-machine (M2M) connectivity for remote data collection. Industries such as mobile healthcare, remote monitoring, security, fleet management and point-of-sale have demonstrated that cellular data communication is a highly effective solution, once deployed. Many
organizations such as these are planning to introduce new applications and want to ensure fast, reliable connections capable of transporting critical data.
Others may have applications using declining forms of connectivity that are becoming more challenging to maintain. There may also be legacy applications in the field that require manual data collection, constraining resources and creating operational inefficiencies.
Whatever the need, certain barriers to employing wireless M2M technologies have historically prevented many but the largest organizations from realizing its benefits. One challenge every company must overcome in bringing a wireless M2M solution to market is integrating their application with a module or modem to enable data transport over a cellular network. Often several pieces of hardware are utilized to provide an adequate solution, increasing both its cost and complexity. The traditional model for custom M2M solution development may exceed $150,000 in costs and take over 18 months to introduce.
Today, an organization has several paths to choose from to enable cellular connectivity for their application:
• build a custom solution
• buy an existing embedded solution
• buy an existing device solution
The decision is critical, as the chosen path can greatly impact the organization’s cost structure, ROI model and timeframe required to bring the application to market. Each methodology has benefits and drawbacks, and a holistic assessment of the organization’s business goals and capabilities should deliver the most relevant path for the organization.
Developer Communities
Developer communities are a great resource to learn more about enabling M2M communications. To help foster custom application development, Multi-Tech hosts a developer community at www.multitech.net, where developers can explore application notes and collaborate with other developers and Multi-Tech hardware and software engineers.