Meshlium - The IoT Gateway

Figure: Meshlium device

The sensor data gathered by the Waspmote Plug & Sense! nodes is sent to the Cloud by Meshlium, the IoT gateway router specially designed to connect Waspmote sensor networks to the Internet via Ethernet and 4G/3G/2G interfaces.

Meshlium can work as:

  • an RF (XBee) to Ethernet router for Waspmote nodes
  • an RF (XBee) to 4G/3G/GPRS/GSM router for Waspmote nodes
  • a WiFi Access Point
  • a WiFi to 4G/3G/GPRS/GSM router
  • a GPS – 4G/3G/GPRS/GSM real-time tracker
  • a smartphone scanner (detects iPhone and Android devices)

Meshlium storage options

Figure: Meshlium storage options

  • Local data base
  • External data base

Meshlium connection options

Figure: Meshlium connection options

  • XBee / 4G / 3G / 2G / WiFi → Ethernet
  • XBee / 4G / 3G / 2G / WiFi → 4G / 3G / 2G

All the networking options can be controlled from the Manager System, a web interface which comes with Meshlium. It allows to control all the interfaces and system options in a secure, easy and quick way.

Figure: Meshlium Manager System

All information about Meshlium can be found in the Meshlium Technical Guide.

All the Meshlium documentation is located in the Development section in the Libelium website.

Meshlium Visualizer

Meshlium Visualizer is a plugin which plots graphs and maps with the data stored in the database. It can also export data in common formats. Meshlium Visualizer is a special software feature only available in the Meshlium units included in the IoT Vertical Kits (Smart Cities IoT Vertical Kit, Smart Water IoT Vertical Kit, etc).

Figure: Meshlium visualizer

Cloud Connectors

Meshlium allows developers to connect easily with third party cloud servers such as Amazon, IBM, Microsoft, Alibaba, Telefónica, ESRI, ThingWorks, etc. Just select the desired plugin in the Manager System and add the account info to synchronize the internal data base of Meshlium with the desired platform.

The Bridge

The Bridge is a service on the cloud created by Libelium. It sends information from any IoT device to the main worldwide cloud platforms simultaneously and without having to implement each specific cloud protocol or authentication process.

Figure: The Bridge

For more info about Meshlium go to: http://www.libelium.com/products/meshlium/