The Digi IX40 is designed as a 5G edge computing industrial IoT cellular router, specifically crafted for Industry 4.0 applications, including robotics, predictive maintenance, asset monitoring, industrial automation, and smart manufacturing.
Enhanced by the integration with Digi Remote Manager, the Digi IX40’s features are touted to boost security and scalability, ensuring high speed, reliability, and efficiency.
This product facilitates 5G connectivity and edge intelligence, enabling seamless connection of multiple machines, whether wired or wireless, in challenging environments. It optimises the integration of operational technology (OT) services delivered from the Cloud with information technology (IT), granting network-wide visibility, monitoring, and control. Its integrated computing capabilities and memory support real-time data processing, remote monitoring, and precise analytics, crucial for critical applications in sectors such as industrial automation, utilities, renewable energy, oil and gas, and digital signage.
Industry 4.0 applications span manufacturing process automation, industrial automation and control, precision monitoring and control, condition-based monitoring, predictive maintenance, robotics, and 5G cellular and fibre failover.
For utilities, the IX40 is ideal for real-time monitoring and control, smart grid distribution automation, commercial and industrial metering, renewable energy, distributed energy resource management systems (DERMS), and SCADA. It’s also suited for monitoring oil field drilling and pump stations, as well as for digital signage and traffic management in smart cities.
Vitaly Kurduban, senior product manager at Digi, stated: “Edge computing is essential for businesses today, especially those utilising Industry 4.0 technologies, providing the computing power and real-time data processing needed for data-intensive applications. Digi, a leader in industrial cellular technology, introduces the Digi IX40 to enable customers to leverage intelligence at the edge efficiently and cost-effectively, facilitating real-time processing, faster insights, enhanced security, and reduced latency, crucial for Industry 4.0 applications.”
The IX40 integrates Digi Remote Manager for quick configuration, automated security monitoring, and simplified management. This cloud-based platform offers insights into network operations, enabling data-driven decisions. It supports secure terminal access for managing edge devices remotely.
Key features of the IX40 include global 5G and LTE support, integrated edge computing capabilities for applications requiring edge intelligence and real-time processing, and FIPS 140-2 validation for data encryption. It also offers Ethernet, SFP, serial IO, and Modbus bridging, with Digi SureLink, VRRP+, and dual SIMs ensuring resilient cellular connectivity. The GNSS receiver supports multiple satellite systems, and license-free enterprise software provides VPN, firewall, logging, and authentication features. It comes in a rugged enclosure suitable for DIN rail and shelf mounting, with FirstNet-capable models available for emergency response applications.
Kurduban added: “The Digi IX40 is a transformative tool for Industry 4.0, combining 5G bandwidth with edge computing to process data at the edge before cloud transmission. This approach offers cost advantages and real-time responses, with the higher data rates of 5G enabling quicker data transfers. By merging 5G speed and low latency with reliable wireless connectivity and edge intelligence, Digi IX40 empowers organisations to deploy applications requiring instant interactions, such as autonomous vehicles in manufacturing settings, opening new opportunities for enterprises.”
Regarding pricing, Kurduban highlighted the IX40’s affordability and scalability, with Digi Remote Manager facilitating quick deployment and Digi Containers offering cost-effective applications via lightweight Linux containers, enhancing flexibility and scalability for Industry 4.0 projects. Digi also provides access to a range of software supporting Industry 4.0, Networking 2.0, and industrial protocols, enhancing the IX40’s capabilities. Collaborations with companies like Sierra Nevada’s Binary Armor division and Atsign underscore the IX40’s strength in delivering next-generation cybersecurity and sophisticated networking solutions.
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