The Platform for Grid Automation

The communications and control systems for electric distribution grid are facing increasing stress due to fundamental changes in grid technologies. Utilities are transitioning from a collection of disparate legacy communication systems to IP-based Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) to be deployed in large scale.

Machfu simplifies this transition by easily connecting data at the edge to infrastructure in the cloud. Machfu grew from a simple idea that developing and maintaining IIoT applications and infrastructure should be simple so that the focus is on solving the business problem.

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Flexible Connectivity

  • Integrated cellular 3G/LTE , GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth/BLE and 900MHz ISM
  • Integrated antennas simplify collocating wireless technologies and remove need for multiple antennas and cabling
  • Supports private and cellular connectivity
  • Provides solution for connecting assets and field worker to the enterprise

Robust Security

  • PKI enabled secure infrastructure solution ensures integrity and trust
  • FIPS 140-2 compliant platform enables compliance with IT and corporate policies

Scalability

  • Secure Automated provisioning
  • Industrial IoT protocol connectivity: CoAP, MQTT and DDS
  • Rich set of traditional networking features simplifies integration with existing WAN networks and IT policies
  • Advanced diagnostic, OTA software updates, applications life cycle management and activity reporting

Simplicity

  • Simplifies the integration of SCADA protocols devices with web-based industrial IoT applications
  • Simultaneously supports existing SCADA and new web-Based services applications
  • Enables rapid development of new applications with enterprise systems such as ERP, CRM and analytics to drive efficiency and cost savings

The Smart Grid Market

Industrial companies deploy a range of sensors & controllers and technology at the “edge” to achieve their business goals, but often they have no way to unify legacy and modern systems or integrate different protocols to implement systems at scale. Building custom systems for IoT is the dominant marketplace solution, but it is cost-prohibitive and time consuming. Further technology obsolescence is a big barrier to large scale implementation of long lived systems.

Machfu creates tremendous value for you in helping move from legacy and proprietary solutions to open, standardized web-based solutions that enable sharing of data across the enterprise – especially without abandoning the infrastructure that is already in place.

Unification of Traditional and IIoT Applications

The Machfu platform brings a migration path to future web-based IIoT applications, while providing a rich set of traditional IP/Ethernet/Serial networking features that connect edge devices to existing traditional smart grid infrastructure. The platform,

  • Enables existing infrastructure to be used along with new web-based infrastructure, reducing business risk and allowing full depreciation of existing assets
  • Dramatically reduces system integration time, and connecting field workforce, enterprise systems and field devices
  • Reducing operating costs by 50% and lifecycle management costs by more than 75% compared to traditional SCADA based communication systems.
  • Future-proofs system with software upgradable platform built on open standards from the ground up
  • Secures data enabling systems to meet government and corporate mandates while simplifying integration with IT infrastructure