Connected Sanitary Appliances Solution for Australia-Based Technology Provider
Overview
The client is Australia based leading manufacturer of building fixtures and fittings for commercials premises wanted to upgrade their cloud-connected sanitary appliances by integrating BLE devices for enhanced technological capabilities.
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Challenges
Leaverage CENTAURI 200 platform as gateway
Interation with BLE based solution
Solution
- Leveraged CENTAURI 200 platform for gateway and integrated the BLE based connectable devices such as water closet, wash basin, faucets, shower, urinals, etc.
- Developed a secure connection to IBM Watson cloud to support Gateway configuration, Device monitoring/control, and Firmware Over-The-Air (OTA) update
- Developed a BACnet interface to support Building Management System (BMS)
- Dockerized architecture for applications to have better reliability
- Designed and developed a mobile application that supports secure access, commissioning of BLE devices, and Wi-Fi provisioning for integrators
- Integration and testing the gateway using automated BACnet regression testing tool (BOTS)
Outcomes
- Enabled quick and easy gateway and bathroom appliances commissioning via mobile application for system integrators
- Improved scalability 3 times to connect BLE devices with a single gateway from 15 to 50+ devices
