Chinese company Milesight has launched an IoT gateway to aid with smart building integration.

As smart buildings scale in complexity, integration remains the industry’s key bottleneck. Fragmented protocols, including Bacnet, Modbus, KNX, M-Bus and LoRaWan, continue to operate in isolation, forcing integrators to rely on multiple gateways and protocol converters.

The EG71 building IoT gateway is designed to simplify this by enabling deep integration across wired and wireless devices. It unifies major building protocols connectivity into one device. The gateway can support up to 2000 devices and 20,000 data points while maintaining a streamlined architecture without introducing additional gateways or protocol layers.

The EG71 supports Modbus TCP and Bacnet/IP for seamless BMS integration, alongside MQTT(S) and HTTP(S) for secure connections to cloud and third-party platforms. Together, these capabilities create a unified data flow from field devices to applications within one integrated framework.

Beyond connectivity, the EG71 introduces deeper integration at the edge. With built-in support for Node-Red, Python and Docker, it enables real-time data processing and application deployment directly at the gateway. This allows sensitive data to remain on-site while reducing reliance on cloud infrastructure or stable network connectivity.

With the EG71 (www.milesight.com/iot/product/lorawan-gateway/eg71), Milesight moves beyond simply adding another gateway to the ecosystem to advancing how gateways enable deep integration. This is a shift from connecting systems to integrating them. By improving unified integration, Milesight says it is positioning the EG71 as a step forward for smart buildings.

Milesight (www.milesight.com) offers sensing products to capture meaningful data and make them accessible across diverse applications. It applies technologies such as AI, 5G and IoT to distinct use scenarios. It collaborates with an expanding network of partners to deliver data value.