IBM Cloud Connected Gateway with BLE Devices Integration

Australia based leading manufacturer of building fixtures and fittings for commercials premises.

• The client wanted to technologically upgrade their connected sanitary appliances 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)

• 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