I. ABOUT THE WIRELESS RANGE EXTENDER
Monnit Wireless Range Extenders allow you to extend the coverage area (range) of your
wireless sensor network by relaying data between your wireless sensors and the wireless
gateway.
On power up, the range extender will locate a wireless gateway that has the “best”
signal available. The device then auto-configures itself to communicate and link with this
gateway. After linking with the parent gateway, the range extender then establishes itself
as a sub-network with it’s own dedicated channel to the gateway, relieving congestion from
multi-sensor networks.
As data is generated in the range extender’s sub-network, it will intelligently store and
forward this information to its parent gateway. This conserves battery power on the wireless
sensors, increases network reliability, and intelligently manages network traffic to avoid
cluttering.
When a Monnit wireless sensor is locating a network, it will search for the “best” wireless
signal. If the best signal is a range extender, the sensor will auto-configure itself to link with
the range extender (no user intervention required). A range extender will permit a wireless
sensor to link if one of the following conditions is met:
• The range extender already knows the wireless sensor and permits linking.
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The range extender confirms the wireless sensor’s permissions from its parent
gateway.
MONNIT WIRELESS RANGE EXTENDER FEATURES
• Extends the coverage area of your wireless sensor network.
• Supports up to 99 wireless devices.
• Supports up to 6 messages / minute.
• Built in memory can queue up to 30,000 messages for delivery to the gateway.
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AC powered. No batteries necessary.
EXAMPLE APPLICATIONS
• Facilities / Building Operations
• Property Management
• Warehouse Monitoring
• Hotel / Motel Monitoring
• Food Chain Monitoring
• Restaurants / Food Services
• Convenience Stores
• Asset Management
• Agriculture and Greenhouses
II. RANGE EXTENDER SECURITY
Security is paramount for the Wireless Range Extender when it comes to managing your
environment and equipment. Great care and attention to detail has been taken to keep the
exchange of data secure on the gateway and in gateway communications.
DATA SECURITY ON A GATEWAY
Even when the data is at rest, a gateway is designed to prevent prying eyes from accessing
the data. Gateways do not run on an off the shelf multi-function OS (operating system).
Instead it runs a purpose specific real-time embedded state machine that can’t be hacked
to run malicious processes. It also provides no active interface listeners that can be used to
gain access to the device over the network. The fortified gateway secures your data from
attackers and secures the gateway from becoming a relay for malicious programs.
GATEWAY COMMUNICATION SECURITY
Communication between your gateway and iMonnit is tightly secured by packet level
encryption. The gateway and server establish a unique key using ECDH-256 for data
encryption. The packet level data is encrypted end to end removing additional requirements
to configure specialized cellular VPN’s. The gateway can still operate within a VPN if it is
present.
iMONNIT SECURITY
iMonnit is the online software and central hub for configuring your device settings. All
data is secured on dedicated servers operating Microsoft SQL Server. Access is granted
through the iMonnit user interface, or an Application Programming Interface (API)
safeguarded by 256-bit Transport Layer Security (TLS 1.2) encryption. TLS is blanket of
protection to encrypt all data exchanged between iMonnit and you. The same encryption
is available to you whether you are a Basic user of Premiere user of iMonnit. You can rest
assured that your data is safe with iMonnit.
* Important
- If the range extender is unplugged or loses power, all sensor messages
stored on the device will be lost!
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