2. Company Profile
• Founded in 2004
• Headquarter in Garbsen/Hannover, Germany
• 12 employees
• Complete solutions for the M2M-Market
• Software and hardware, integrated into customer-infrastructure
• M2MGate Network:
m2m communication framework optimized for cellular networks
• http://www.inside-m2m.de
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3. INSIDE M2M: Portfolio
• M2MGate Network
- project business
- clients are:
Deutsche Bahn, Deutsche Telekom, Energo Audit Control
GEZE, Konica Minolta, Nordex, SIEMENS, Udomi, WMF, ...
• M2MGate products
- SERIAL SWITCH
- TRACK & FIND
- SolarObserver
• M2M Consulting
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4. M2MGate Network
More than 120.000 connected devices in more than
60 countries are equipped with the M2MGate!
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5. M2MGate Network
M2MGate Portal 3rd Party Software,
Customized View e.g. ERP System,
Customer Web-Portal
GPRS Internet
M2MGate over
M2MGate DeviceServer TCP or UDP
M2MGate Server
Connection Manager Customized Interface
(e.g. Webservice)
Component Container Open Java API
GPS Component (when available)
M2MGate over
TCP or UDP Device Manager Component Container
Logging Component
GPS Component Proxy
Customized Component
Logging Component Proxy
bidirectional
communication Customized Component Proxy
"always onlline"
Hardware Interface,
e.g. RS232, RS485, CAN....
Database Server
M2MGate Core DB Customized DB
Machine
System Overview
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6. M2MGate Network
• Datatransfer via:
LAN, W-LAN, DSL, GPRS, GSM, EDGE, UMTS...
• Optimized for wireless communication
• completely independent of mobile network operators
• Plug and Play network access in mobile networks
• Always online
• Push Notification
• Integrated TURN- and STUN-techniques for NAT-traversal-procedures
• highly customizable to fit customer needs
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7. M2MGate Network
M2MGate Server
• Implemented in Java
• Platform- und operating system-independent
• Up to 100.000 simultaneous socket-connections per server
• IP-relay for devices behind NAT-networks
• M2MGate Cluster: scalable and high-availability
• Authorization and access control
• Integration in 3rd-party systems via Java-API, SOAP, JDBC, XML
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8. M2MGate Network
M2MGate Transport Layer
• Small protocol overhead
• TCP- and UDP-implementations
• OSI Layer 7
• Standard SSL- or Bouncycastle.org-encryption
• Remote Method Invocation
• Digital signature scheme
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9. M2MGate Network
M2MGate Device Server
• Small Footprint (40KB)
• Event-based communication
• Cellular Network Monitoring
• Auto-configuration of mobile data services
• Full Remote Access to the GPRS-device (AT-Parser, Over the Air Update)
• Java and C# Implementation
• Intelligent data-prequalification
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11. M2MGate Network
M2MGate Portal
• JSF/AJAX-compliant Web-Portals
• Database-Integration through JPA
• OpenStreetMap / Google Maps-Integration
• Authentification and authorization
• Role-based access control
• Export-modules: PDF, XLS, CSV
• JFreeChart for Chart Generartion
• Reports with Eclipse BIRT
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12. M2MGate Network
Standard M2MGate-products
Serial Switch
Track and Find
SolarObserver
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13. Serial Switch
• Substitution for simple M2M-solutions, realized
with analog-, ISDN- or GSM-modem
• Use of java-capable GPRS-terminals
• Bi-directional tunnel for serial protocols
• TCP/IP-communication:
- lower communication-costs
- easy connectivity-control
- no protocol conversion between sms and IP necessary
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14. Serial Switch
• RS232-, RS485- and RS422-support
• Virtual Comport, TCP- and UDP-ports, Device to Device
• Serial Switch will be offered in 2 product-versions:
Serial Switch Network
-> use of server as relay
Serial Switch LeasedLine
-> direct connection between 2 devices
-> fixed IP from your mobile network operator necessary
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15. Serial Switch
GPRS-terminals
RS232
TCP Internet
UDP
SerialSwitch GSM-network
Server serial interface
(RS232, RS485)
bidirectional communication-tunnel
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16. Track & Find
• Monitoring and coordination of cars and mobile units
• GPS-tracking
• Data-transfer via GPRS to a central server
• Integration of Online-logbook
• Geo-fencing
• Web-portal with OpenStreetMap and Google Maps-Support
• Supports NMEA-standards
• UDP- and TCP-implementation
• SQL-server for Data storage
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18. SolarObserver
• System for permanent monitoring of Photovoltaik-plants
via GPRS data transmission
• Direct connection to the inverters of the photovoltaic system,
the costly use of data loggers is eliminated
• Data will be read out and transmitted to a server
• Web-portal with export-functions
• Analysis tool for comparison of diverse parameters
• Automated alert-messages in case of irregularities
• Independent of inverter-manufacturers
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21. Deutsche Bahn
Flexibilization of bike-rental system
“Call a Bike“
• GPS-Tracking of bikes
• Data-transmission to centralized server
• Data-visualisation through Webportal
• Result: higher revenues and increased customer-
satisfaction
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22. Johanniter Unfallhilfe
Coordination of JUH-vehicles within
Hannover-Region
• Transmission of driving jobs (interface to CareMan)
into the car
• GPS-tracking of cars
• Transmission of status-reports out of the car
• Mobile telephony
• Result: optimized workflow and improved car-
coordination
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23. GEZE
Geze WebCare 320
• application for the service of building products
• Closing and opening of doors
• Shifting of operating modes
• Receiving of error-reports
• Reduction of reaction-times
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24. Konica Minolta
Remote Maintenance of MFPs
• Connection of Multifunctional Products (MFP)
via GPRS to service-platform and ERP-system
of Konica Minolta
• Independent of client´s network
• Independent of mobile providers
• XML-exchange with Konica Minolta CS remote Care
• Web-portal for administration
• > 95.000 MFPs in more than 40 countries connected
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25. Udomi
Remote monitoring of EFOY-PRO systems
• Monitoring of fuel cells
• Monitoring of solar charge controllers
• Remote access for monitoring and steering
• Database-history
• Web-portal
• Alerting per SMS and e-mail
• 800 connected systems in 6 countries
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26. Nexans
CAT-1 aerial powerline monitoring
• CAT-1 is the most widely distributed aerial
powerline-monitoring system
• Over 350 systems for over 100 operators have
been installed
• INSIDE M2M developed the GPRS-based data-
transmission for the CAT-1 system
• The measurement-data from the CAT-1-main unit
at thy pylon will be transmitted to the M2MGate
Server at the control center
• Via a web-portal the network-management has
direct access to the M2MGate Server at anytime
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