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DeviceHQ® DeviceHQ is a cloud-based MultiTech Solutions Leveraging toolset for managing ® the latest generation of MultiTech devices. It incorporates LoRa Technology for Industrial IoT MultiConnect® mDot™ and xDot™ the MultiTech Device Manager, on which so many IoT Macro, Mini and Micro Programmable Gateways MultiConnect mDot and xDot are secure, CE/FCC/RCM- applications already rely for remote monitoring, upgrades and End Nodes for the Internet of Things certified, ARM® mbed™ programmable, low-power RF modules, and configuration of device populations, ranging from one providing long-range, low bit rate IoT data connectivity to to 1 million. DeviceHQ takes remote device management sensors and actuators. and maintenance to a new level by providing an application With more than 45 years in the communications industry, LoRa overcomes connectivity marketplace, allowing users to browse applications, as well MultiTech is committed to supporting the growth and The mDot and xDot are LoRaWAN™ compliant, providing challenges to power the as build, deploy and customize them for remote devices. development of the Internet of Things in order to create new bi-directional data communication up to 10 miles industrial internet of things customer experiences and unparalleled economic value, line-of-sight and 2-3 miles in buildings, using the global There is no one silver bullet connectivity technology that while improving quality of life for countless people sub-GHz ISM radio bands in North America, Europe, and will enable all IoT applications to provide business and throughout the world. By providing products and services the APAC regions. customer value while delivering the required ROI. In to connect “things” to the Internet, MultiTech delivers fact, it will take a mix of LPWAN, cellular, LAN, PAN and The mDot was the first ARM mbed platform listed on deeper understanding to businesses, governments, wired technologies to connect the billions of IoT devices mbed.org that was deployment ready. The mDot supports organizations and individuals, which will in turn transform predicted in the future. However, LoRa technology is applications written and compiled in the mbed online the way we live and work. environment using developer-friendly libraries. Decision incredibly well suited to overcome the most dicult With this in mind, we are very excited about the power making and control can be done at the edge, reducing the IoT connectivity issues that have prevented IoT device and flexibility of LoRa® technology to solve many IoT need to optimize RF performance and implement complex connectivity in the past: problems and we have developed a diverse and award- IoT middleware. winning portfolio of products featuring LoRa technology. mDots and xDots bring intelligence, reduced complexity and a lower overall bill of material to the edge of the Long Range What is LoRa? network while supporting a variety of interfaces to connect LoRa can communicate with far-away assets: up to 10 just about any battery-powered “thing”. LoRaWAN™ is a low-power, wide-area network (LPWAN) miles line of sight and 2-3 miles in urban environments. protocol intended for wireless, remotely located, often battery-operated, things in local, regional, national or Low Cost global networks. LoRaWAN provides secure bi-directional MultiConnect Conduit, Conduit IP67 and Conduit AP communication, mobility and localization services, and Access Point for LoRa can communicate with thousand of seamless interoperability among smart things. Better yet, MultiConnect mDots, xDots or LoRaWAN-compliant end thanks to its low power consumption, a cost of pennies nodes – at no cost utilizing global license-free ISM radio bands. on the dollar compared to alternative technologies, and the ability for enterprises to deploy their own private networks Low Power Consumption for added security, LoRaWAN has the opportunity to Because of the ultra-low power of the LoRaWAN facilitate the long-predicted huge IoT growth well before protocol and the excellent design of the Conduit alternative technologies are broadly available. platform, battery-operated assets can survive for years.

™ Leveraging the power of LoRa technology, MultiTech Available options include a LoRaWAN mCard capable MultiConnect® ® ™ has created a portfolio of gateways and embedded end of supporting thousands of MultiConnect mDot or Conduit™ AP ™ nodes that enable your IoT applications in a myriad of xDot long range RF modules connected to remote Access Point for outdoor and indoor use cases. These products were sensors or actuators. LoRa Technology designed to ensure the quickest route to market based on your needs, programming capabilities, preferred MultiConnect® MultiConnect Conduit AP use of resources and business focus, in order to deliver a Conduit™ IP67 is a cost-optimized gateway fast return on investment and low total cost of ownership. Base Station capable of connecting thousands of IoT assets to the cloud utilizing the LoRaWAN protocol. Based on the MultiConnect Conduit ® award-winning MultiConnect Conduit design, the Access MultiConnect IP67 Base Station is a ™ Point is ideal for extending LoRa network coverage in Conduit ruggedized IoT gateway Ideal for Indoor dicult-to-reach areas such as subterranean spaces, and solution specifically designed for Industrial Use for increased in-building penetration where coverage outdoor public or private LoRa MultiConnect Conduit is weak or not cost-eective. The Access Point enables network deployments. This highly scalable and IP67-certified is the industry’s most LoRa use cases previously considered too expensive or solution is capable of resisting the harshest environmental configurable, manageable, too dicult to manage, like connecting assets where a factors including moisture, dust, wind, rain, snow and heat, and scalable communications full-sized gateway is too costly, e.g. in a retail supermarket, supporting LoRaWAN applications in virtually any gateway for industrial IoT applications. Network restaurant or hotel chain environment. environment. Leveraging the MultiConnect Conduit, this engineers can remotely configure and optimize their solution can support thousands of LoRaWAN certified The Access Point is capable of forwarding control and user Conduit performance through DeviceHQ®, the world’s first end nodes, including the MultiConnect mDot and xDot. It data packets between LoRa end nodes and a Network IoT Application Store and Device Management platform. provides durable, low-power, wide area connectivity Server located either in the cloud, in an enterprise data The Conduit features two accessory card slots that enable supporting IoT applications for both LoRa service providers center or on a public operator’s core network. The powerful users to plug in MultiConnect® mCard™ accessory cards and individual enterprises wanting to expand their LoRa mLinux development environment provides customers with supporting their preferred wired or wireless interfaces network coverage. It can be deployed on an existing the flexibility to program applications at the network edge to connect a wide range of assets to the gateway. telecommunications tower, individual stand or wall mount. and to send all or select data to the location of their choice. DeviceHQ® DeviceHQ is a cloud-based toolset for managing the latest generation of MultiTech devices. It incorporates MultiConnect® mDot™ and xDot™ the MultiTech Device Manager, on which so many IoT MultiConnect mDot and xDot are secure, CE/FCC/RCM- applications already rely for remote monitoring, upgrades certified, ARM® mbed™ programmable, low-power RF modules, and configuration of device populations, ranging from one providing long-range, low bit rate IoT data connectivity to to 1 million. DeviceHQ takes remote device management sensors and actuators. and maintenance to a new level by providing an application With more than 45 years in the communications industry, LoRa overcomes connectivity marketplace, allowing users to browse applications, as well MultiTech is committed to supporting the growth and The mDot and xDot are LoRaWAN™ compliant, providing challenges to power the as build, deploy and customize them for remote devices. development of the Internet of Things in order to create new bi-directional data communication up to 10 miles industrial internet of things customer experiences and unparalleled economic value, line-of-sight and 2-3 miles in buildings, using the global There is no one silver bullet connectivity technology that while improving quality of life for countless people sub-GHz ISM radio bands in North America, Europe, and will enable all IoT applications to provide business and throughout the world. By providing products and services the APAC regions. customer value while delivering the required ROI. In to connect “things” to the Internet, MultiTech delivers fact, it will take a mix of LPWAN, cellular, LAN, PAN and The mDot was the first ARM mbed platform listed on deeper understanding to businesses, governments, wired technologies to connect the billions of IoT devices mbed.org that was deployment ready. The mDot supports organizations and individuals, which will in turn transform predicted in the future. However, LoRa technology is applications written and compiled in the mbed online the way we live and work. environment using developer-friendly libraries. Decision incredibly well suited to overcome the most dicult With this in mind, we are very excited about the power making and control can be done at the edge, reducing the IoT connectivity issues that have prevented IoT device and flexibility of LoRa® technology to solve many IoT need to optimize RF performance and implement complex connectivity in the past: problems and we have developed a diverse and award- IoT middleware. winning portfolio of products featuring LoRa technology. mDots and xDots bring intelligence, reduced complexity and a lower overall bill of material to the edge of the Long Range What is LoRa? network while supporting a variety of interfaces to connect LoRa can communicate with far-away assets: up to 10 just about any battery-powered “thing”. LoRaWAN™ is a low-power, wide-area network (LPWAN) miles line of sight and 2-3 miles in urban environments. protocol intended for wireless, remotely located, often battery-operated, things in local, regional, national or Low Cost global networks. LoRaWAN provides secure bi-directional MultiConnect Conduit, Conduit IP67 and Conduit AP communication, mobility and localization services, and Access Point for LoRa can communicate with thousand of seamless interoperability among smart things. Better yet, MultiConnect mDots, xDots or LoRaWAN-compliant end thanks to its low power consumption, a cost of pennies nodes – at no cost utilizing global license-free ISM radio bands. on the dollar compared to alternative technologies, and the ability for enterprises to deploy their own private networks Low Power Consumption for added security, LoRaWAN has the opportunity to Because of the ultra-low power of the LoRaWAN facilitate the long-predicted huge IoT growth well before protocol and the excellent design of the Conduit alternative technologies are broadly available. platform, battery-operated assets can survive for years.

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DeviceHQ® DeviceHQ is a cloud-based toolset for managing the latest generation of MultiTech devices. It incorporates MultiConnect® mDot™ and xDot™ the MultiTech Device Manager, on which so many IoT MultiConnect mDot and xDot are secure, CE/FCC/RCM- applications already rely for remote monitoring, upgrades certified, ARM® mbed™ programmable, low-power RF modules, and configuration of device populations, ranging from one providing long-range, low bit rate IoT data connectivity to to 1 million. DeviceHQ takes remote device management sensors and actuators. and maintenance to a new level by providing an application With more than 45 years in the communications industry, LoRa overcomes connectivity marketplace, allowing users to browse applications, as well MultiTech is committed to supporting the growth and The mDot and xDot are LoRaWAN™ compliant, providing challenges to power the as build, deploy and customize them for remote devices. development of the Internet of Things in order to create new bi-directional data communication up to 10 miles industrial internet of things customer experiences and unparalleled economic value, line-of-sight and 2-3 miles in buildings, using the global There is no one silver bullet connectivity technology that while improving quality of life for countless people sub-GHz ISM radio bands in North America, Europe, and will enable all IoT applications to provide business and LoRa works best for remotely deployed devices throughout the world. By providing products and services the APAC regions. that require long-range or deep in-building customer value while delivering the required ROI. In to connect “things” to the Internet, MultiTech delivers communication that have low power requirements fact, it will take a mix of LPWAN, cellular, LAN, PAN and The mDot was the first ARM mbed platform listed on deeper understanding to businesses, governments, and that use low or sporadic amounts of data wired technologies to connect the billions of IoT devices mbed.org that was deployment ready. The mDot supports organizations and individuals, which will in turn transform predicted in the future. However, LoRa technology is applications written and compiled in the mbed online LoRaWAN network architecture is typically laid out in a the way we live and work. environment using developer-friendly libraries. Decision star-of-stars topology in which intelligence is distributed incredibly well suited to overcome the most dicult With this in mind, we are very excited about the power making and control can be done at the edge, reducing the to the edge providing local decision making and data IoT connectivity issues that have prevented IoT device and flexibility of LoRa® technology to solve many IoT need to optimize RF performance and implement complex manipulation, and a network server in the gateway connectivity in the past: problems and we have developed a diverse and award- IoT middleware. enables secure connectivity. Alternatively gateways can relay messages between end nodes and a cloud-hosted winning portfolio of products featuring LoRa technology. mDots and xDots bring intelligence, reduced complexity network server, suitable for public or nationwide and a lower overall bill of material to the edge of the Long Range deployments. In either deployment model, end nodes What is LoRa? network while supporting a variety of interfaces to connect use single-hop wireless communication to one or many LoRa can communicate with far-away assets: up to 10 ™ just about any battery-powered “thing”. gateways. End node communication is generally LoRaWAN is a low-power, wide-area network (LPWAN) miles line of sight and 2-3 miles in urban environments. bi-directional, but also supports multicast operation protocol intended for wireless, remotely located, often enabling software upgrade over the air or other mass battery-operated, things in local, regional, national or Low Cost distribution data to reduce the communication time. global networks. LoRaWAN provides secure bi-directional MultiConnect Conduit, Conduit IP67 and Conduit AP World Headquarters EMEA Headquarters communication, mobility and localization services, and Access Point for LoRa can communicate with thousand of Multi-Tech Systems, Inc. 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