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Digi Releases Next Generation ZigBee Smart Energy Gateway
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Enhanced Smart Energy gateway optimized for large device deployments-
MINNETONKA, Minn. (Jan. 24, 2012) - Digi International (NASDAQ: DGII)
today introduced the ConnectPort® X2e for Smart Energy, a low-cost,
enhanced version of the company’s ZigBee Smart Energy gateway.
The gateway connects ZigBee Smart Energy devices from a Home Area
Network (HAN) to an energy service provider via broadband. It
offers additional memory and processing power for over-the-air updates
of connected Smart Energy devices, making it easier for utilities and
application partners to establish and maintain large Smart Energy
device deployments. The ConnectPort X2e also provides an upgrade
path to Smart Energy 2.0.
“Managing the device network is a significant barrier to Smart Grid
adoption,” said Larry Kraft, senior vice president of global sales and
marketing, Digi International. “To make widespread deployment a
reality, the industry needs open architecture and lower-cost solutions
for connecting large Smart Energy device deployments. With our
partners, we have experience in deploying tens of thousands of Smart
Energy devices into people’s homes. The ConnectPort X2e leverages that
experience into a platform designed to solve real-world deployment
challenges.”
The ConnectPort X2e’s additional processing power allows support for
more complex local energy efficiency applications, and the increased
memory enables support for the impending ZigBee Smart Energy 2.0
standard. The gateway runs the open platform Linux
operating system further protecting an organization’s investment in the
device. As part of the open Digi X-Grid™ Solutions, the
gateway can connect to numerous types of devices to enable a wide range
of services.
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All Digi Smart Energy gateways feature the iDigi® Device Cloud™,
allowing Smart Energy devices to easily and securely integrate energy
consumption data into new and existing Smart Energy applications.
The ConnectPort X2e for Smart Energy automatically connects to the
iDigi Device Cloud for easy installation and management of connected
devices and is programmable in iDigi’s application framework.
The ConnectPort X2e for Smart Energy is available now. A Wi-Fi
version will be released in Q2 2012. Professional services are
available through Spectrum Design Solutions, Digi’s wireless consulting
group, to speed development. For more information about the
ConnectPort X2e for Smart Energy, visit www.digi.com/x2e.
About Digi International
Digi International is making wireless M2M easy by developing reliable
products and solutions to connect and securely manage local or remote
electronic devices over the network or via the Web. Digi offers
the highest levels of performance, flexibility and quality, and markets
its products through a global network of distributors and resellers,
systems integrators and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).
For more information, visit Digi's Web site at www.digi.com
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