Today, it is very complicated and relatively expensive to monitor sensor data or implement smaller applications. Components that can cost several hundred Euros may have to be procured. In addition, the costs of reliable, pan-European machine-to-machine connectivity are a further burden for sensor network operators, sometimes making deployments unviable.
autosen therefore wanted to provide its customers with the same convenience and simplicity in connectivity purchasing that they get when buying sensors and automation equipment from autosen. Its latest offering, the io-key, has been designed to provide a good value option for transmitting sensor data as simply as possible into the cloud, thereby making these data available via the internet.
The io-key is a gateway that uses IO-Link technology in order to implement plug and play functionality, enabling simple and rapid commissioning of sensors with IO-Link technology. The sensor data gathered are transmitted into a cloud storage area automatically, where they can be viewed on a customer-specific dashboard.