In IoT systems, an often overlooked cost factor is network bandwidth consumption and cloud platform processing load from data transmission. If every sensor and meter uploads data to the cloud in real time, not only is 4G/5G data usage high, but the cloud platform also faces massive data processing pressure — especially when device counts reach thousands or tens of thousands, making this pressure unsustainable. Tespro's TG-100 intelligent edge computing gateway offers a practical solution through edge data preprocessing capabilities. The gateway supports real-time collection and reporting, interval collection and scheduled reporting, as well as custom collection and reporting strategies, all configurable based on business needs. Under normal conditions, the gateway reports summary data on set schedules, while abnormal changes trigger immediate real-time reporting to ensure important events are not missed.
Tespro TG-100's edge computing capability also extends to data preprocessing. The gateway formats raw collected data, converts units, performs calculations, and applies logical rules, uploading only valuable processed results to the cloud. In a large commercial complex energy monitoring project, for example, the TG-100 collects real-time power data from each tenant every minute, but after locally calculating 15-minute energy quantities and daily cumulative consumption, only summary data is reported to the cloud. This maintains energy statistical completeness while reducing cloud data processing volume by over 96 percent. The gateway also supports uploading processed data via MQTT, TCP, or UDP, connecting to various cloud platforms or third-party servers. For projects paying high monthly 4G data fees, this edge preprocessing capability directly translates into significant communication cost reduction.
What data collection and reporting strategies does the TG-100 intelligent edge computing gateway support, and how much data volume can edge preprocessing reduce?
The TG-100 supports real-time collection and reporting, interval collection and scheduled reporting, and custom strategies. Through edge preprocessing, the gateway performs data format conversion, unit conversion, and summary calculation locally, uploading only processed results — reducing upload data volume by over 90 percent in typical energy monitoring scenarios.
Tespro TG-100 also offers rich storage and interface expansion capabilities. The gateway features a Micro SD card slot for local TF card storage, caching collected data during network interruptions and automatically retransmitting upon network recovery to ensure no data loss. The USB 3.0 interface supports local debugging, data export, or peripheral expansion. The gateway also provides two DI digital input and two DO digital output channels for connecting switch sensors or controlling external devices for simple local control. For example, when the gateway detects that power on a circuit exceeds a set threshold, it can send a control signal via DO output to disconnect non-critical loads for local power protection — the entire process operates without cloud platform involvement, with faster response. For system integrators, choosing the TG-100 gateway with edge computing and local storage capability means maintaining data collection integrity even at sites with poor network conditions, while dramatically reducing cloud platform computing load and communication bandwidth costs.
