STS-Gateway-ZB

STS-Gateway-ZB

STS-Gateway-ZB is a Wireless Sensor - Satellite Gateway and is part of our IoT ecosystem, together with our artificial intelligence IoT Platform. Iridium is the only satellite network that allows transmission of information from any point on Earth – other networks have no coverage in the polar regions, and have intermittent or no coverage in other marine and land areas. Iridium has 66 satellites in orbit around the Earth, allowing coverage anywhere on Earth 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. No other satellite network has truly global coverage. Messages sent via Iridium take just seconds to reach our IoT Platform.

Iridium operates in the microwave L-band, which means that successful data transmission relies on having an unobstructed line-of-sight view of a satellite. Satellites travel quite quickly - from horizon to horizon in under 10 minutes - so with sensible application design, it is possible to transmit data, even with a heavily obstructed view of the sky.

STC-Gateway-ZB uses Zigbee and adds three important features:

• Mesh routing - uses routing tables that define how one radio can pass messages through a series of other radios along the way to their final destination.
• Ad hoc network creation - an automated process that creates an entire network of radios on the fly, without any human intervention.
• Self-healing mesh - a process that automatically figures out if one or more radios are missing from the network and reconfigures the network to repair any broken routes.

Every Zigbee network assigns different roles to the radio modules or nodes. These include:

• Coordinator - This radio is responsible for forming the network, handing out addresses, and managing the other functions that define the network, secure it, and keep it healthy. Each network must be formed by a coordinator and there’s never more than one coordinator in your network.
• Router - a router is a full-featured Zigbee node. It can join existing networks, send information, receive information, and route information. Routing means acting as a messenger for communications between other devices that are too far apart to convey information on their own. Routers are typically plugged into an electrical outlet because they must be turned on all the time. A Zigbee network generally has multiple router radios.
• End device - End devices are essentially stripped-down versions of a router. They can join networks and send and receive information, but that’s about it. They don’t act as messengers between any other devices, so they can use less expensive hardware and can power themselves down intermittently, saving energy by going temporarily into a nonresponsive sleep mode. End devices always need a router or the coordinator to be their parent device to help them join the network, and store messages when they are asleep. Zigbee networks may have any number of end devices.

STS-Gateway-ZB Board

Features

• Powered Outdoors by Harvesting Natural Light
• 2000mAh Lithium-Ion Polymer Battery
• High Efficiency 6 Watt Mono-crystalline Solar Panel
• USB-Serial Command Line Interface
• The network is opened easily with the touch of a magnet
• Sensor data is secured using AES-256-CBC-MAC
• Connects to the Internet via Iridium Satellites
• Low latency Iridium Short Burst Data
• Constellation of 66 Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) mobile satellites
• Highly-reliable satellite communications from pole to pole

Environmental

• Plastic, Polycarbonate
• IP65 Rated Enclosure, NEMA 1,2,4,4X,12,13, UL-508
• Dust Tight, Water Tight
• Color Gray, Clear Cover
• Ratings IP66, IP68, NEMA 4X, NEMA 6P
• Material Flammability Rating UL94 5VA, UL94 V-0
• Operating Temperature: -40 ℃ to 65 ℃, non-condensing
• Secure – Choose your level of protection: pad-lockable, tamper screw, or tamper tag capable
• Frequency Friendly –Extremely favorable for sending and receiving wireless signals
• Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS), Directive 2002/95/EC

Certifications

• FCC ID: Q639603N
• FCC ID: 2ABRU-MP2652P7
• IC: 25657-MP2652P7

Mechanical

• Dimensions 5.709" L x 3.597" W x 2.165" H (145mm x 91.4mm x 55mm)
• Mounting Flange
• Mechanical View

Included

• Brackets for 2-inch pole mount
• High Efficiency 6 Watt Mono-crystalline Solar Panel
• Solar Panel Bracket for 2-inch pole mount
• 2000mAh Lithium-Ion Polymer Battery
• Plastic, Polycarbonate enclosure

About Short Burst Data (SBD)

SBD is a bandwidth-limited messaging system capable of transmitting packets of up to 340 bytes and receiving 270 bytes. SBD is suitable for applications that regularly send or receive small amounts of information - typically tracking, telemetry, system control, and monitoring applications. It is unsuitable if very low latency is required or if the data to be transmitted is larger than a few thousand bytes. Sending images can be done if the image is relatively small and the frequency is only once a day. With a good view of the sky, it is possible to send/receive approximately once every 10 seconds.