Digi International has unveiled an industrial-grade router that aims to provide reliable, secure and cost-effective connectivity for industrial infrastructure, critical assets and unattended retail applications.

The Digi IX10 industrial router is designed to provide manageability and network intelligence in a rugged form factor for remote assets located in geographically dispersed locations and harsh industrial environments.

The router integrates with the Digi Remote Manager, a device management cloud platform. Remote Manager is designed to add visibility to mission-critical assets along with group configuration, monitoring, and control of thousands of devices through a single console or integration into enterprise systems through available APIs.

IX10 also provides traffic analysis and bandwidth monitoring through NetFlow, while enhancing device security and identity and data privacy through Digi TrustFence, Digi’s built-in security framework.

The Digi IX10 features global LTE Category 4 connectivity in a single SKU reducing the need for customers to maintain regional variants. The IX10 will support RS-232/485 for out-of-band (OOB) management scenarios, as well as Modbus for use within industrial settings such as utility meters and reclosers, oilfield applications, and industrial automation. Through dual SIM slots and Digi SureLink, the IX10 provides reliable cellular connections with fast failover to maintain uptime via multiple cellular carriers.

“Industrial and distributed IoT applications are a core focus for Digi,” said Randall Kerr, Director of Product Management at Digi International. “The IX10 extends our commitment to providing best-in-class capabilities matching specific customer needs. With the IX product family, we can respond to a broad range of industrial IoT network challenges while ensuring reliability, security, and manageability.”