Product Series 800

The Product Series 800 Ambient Network communicates using the 868/915 MHz ISM band with up to 31 MicroRouters using an energy-efficient TDMA protocol. It enables MicroRouters to be self-organizing (easy deployment), fault-tolerant (cope with package loss) and self-healing (react to environmental changes).

An 800-Series Ambient Network provides a backbone infrastructure for Ambient SmartPoints. SmartPoints are specialized networking elements that provide application specific behaviour. Ambient has several SmartPoints, such as the 'T' variant, which measures temperature and the 'H' variant that measures humidity.

The entire network is accessible via the Gateway through the open Device Driver Interface (DDI). This allows for flexible access to the network resources; new SmartPoints may be added without the need for additional configuration. Specific drivers on the MicroRouter allow the user to configure its behaviour. For example, using a business rule the MicroRouter can generate a warning in case of a power-loss situation.