IST's New NAT Gateway Products Enable Enterprises to Interconnect IT and OT

Digital capacity is the development trend of the manufacturing industry, the process of industrial internet & digital transformation of enterprises needs new planning and upgrading in parallel.

Compared with the newly planned digital factory, the challenge of upgrading the existing capacity is higher.

The challenge is to upgrade the ‘networking and data interaction’ capability of old equipment, and to realise the interconnection between IT systems and automated equipment/output lines (OT).

As a new production line or equipment, the planning and design process will require that the network access capacity is reserved, and dual network ports or network expansion components that support NAT function become common requirements.

In contrast, for the existing capacity of the stock of equipment upgrades, without changing or modifying the existing control system settings to achieve rapid networking.

NAT gateways are a more cost-effective solution for upgrading existing equipment without changing or modifying existing control system settings, and for achieving cross-network interoperability between the production network and the information network.

IST NAT Gateway

The EDGE-NAT-000SF2 NAT gateway meets the requirements of typical information technology, industrial internet and digital factory equipment layer interconnections.

Users only need to configure the IP and port of the gateway to achieve interoperability between networked devices and information technology systems.

Supporting TCP & UDP protocols, it meets the needs of most of the equipment controllers and control units that support Ethernet port (RJ45).

It opens up data channels for data-driven management visualisation applications such as production operation management and equipment O&M management.

With the network address translation function of IST NAT gateway, it is possible to realise the needs of accessing the information technology exclusive network, or a large number of standalone devices with conflicting IP addresses that are difficult to modify, or the needs of data collection across network segments.

Or it needs to cross network segments to achieve data collection and program monitoring, to support various information technology systems, data visualisation applications, and data base access and storage, etc., laying a foundation of interconnection and interoperability for the application of digital scenarios on the ground.