2018/5/7
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Plat’Home Co., Ltd.

Global launch of "OpenBlocks® IoT VX2"
Plat'Home’s Intelligent Edge IoT Gateway
Plat'Home IoT Gateway Software "FW3.1" is new ready and supports Microsoft Azure IoT Edge

May 7, 2018TOKYO- Plat’Home Co., Ltd. (Securities Code: TSE 2nd Section 6836, Head office: Chiyoda-ku,
Tokyo, Japan, President: Tomoyasu Suzuki, hereinafter Plat’ Home) today announced thelaunch of global version of OpenBlocks® IoT VX2, an intelligent gateway compatible with
Microsoft Azure IoT Edge.
OpenBlocks® IoT VX2 is a gateway product with the high

OpenBlocks® IoT VX2

functionality and reliability required for the actual operationof the IoT system. This product is the latest model of
OpenBlocks® Family for IoT purposes. OpenBlocks® has so
far exceeded 100,000 units in cumulative shipments, and has
been widely adopted for social infrastructures, and hasearned the high reputation and trust by the customers
including telecommunications carriers.
OpenBlocks® IoT VX2 is equipped with Plat'Home’s powerful IoT Gateway Software called"FW3.1", which can respond flexibly to the need of intelligent IoT together with Microsoft
Azure. The need is expected to expand significantly in various countries around the world.
Tomoyasu Suzuki, President of Plat’Home Co., Ltd, quoted, “Plat'Home is pleased toannounce the OpenBlocks® IoT VX 2 which realizes edge computing. The number of devices
connected to the Internet is increasing day by day, I am sure OpenBlocks IoT VX 2 together
with Microsoft Azure IoT Edge, realize true intelligent cloud/ intelligent edge, will be productsthat will support future IoT market. Plat’Home will continue to actively offer new products
and services to contribute to the development of the IoT market. Lastly, we are also planningto add Windows 10 IoT Enterprise preinstalled model, once evaluation is completed after GA
of Azure IoT Edge.”
Takeshi Shobuya, Senior Officer, Director, IoT Device Experience Sales, Microsoft Japan
quoted “Microsoft is delighted to the launch of Plat'Home's Intelligent Edge IoT Gateway"OpenBlocks® IoT VX2" to the global market.
With the launch of "OpenBlocks® IoT VX2" supporting Azure IoT Edge to the global market,
will now be able to provide intelligent cloud capabilities of Microsoft Azure to execute on theedge device which we are sure to accelerate utilization of IoT in various scenarios.
Microsoft will continue to deepen collaboration with Plat’Home and will support customers'
business transformation through the revitalization of the IoT market through intelligent cloudand intelligent edges around the world.”

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OpenBlocks® IoT VX2 Features
1. Plat'Home IoT Gateway Software FW3.1
FW3.1 is equipped with Plat'Home Data Handling Module System (PDHMS) which is amessage handling system supporting flexible and high-speed communication between thedevice and the cloud. PDHMS is a system designed to realize inter-process communication
flexibly and at high speed between application modules inside the IoT Gateway. It enables
implementation of application modules of various functions on the edge side, realizing
flexible and high performance IoT edge computing. PDHMS supports multi-devices andmulti-clouds and is capable of responding flexibly to a variety of the customer’s IoT system
need.
2. Docker support
FW3.1 supports the Docker Container as a standard. It can build and operate a scalable andseamless IoT system throughout the operational environment by supporting Docker, which
can develop, release and execute cross-platform applications regardless of edge or cloud.
3. Microsoft Azure IoT Edge support
FW3.1 supports Azure IoT Edge which is an intelligent edge offering of Microsoft Azure. Azure
IoT Edge manages and deploys applications from the cloud to run them locally on the FW3.1.
By using Azure IoT Edge, the customer can use various intelligent services such as Azure
Machine Learning (AML), Azure Artificial Intelligence (AI), Azure Stream Analytics (ASA), Azure
Functions etc. which are provided by Microsoft Azure. You can also write your own cod using
C, Java, Node.js, Python and .NET.
Also, Azure IoT Edge can be also preinstalled to meet requirements from customers underappropriate license from Microsoft.
4. Gateway Management UI
FW3.1 has a Management UI which will be visually manageable. With this Management UI,
the customer can connect sensors and devices, access various cloud services, deploy andallocate Docker containers resources, install and monitor Microsoft Azure IoT Edge, andupdate IoT Edge Runtime Module.

5. Security functions
OpenBlocks® IoT VX2 realizes the security functions and the attack immunity in both
software and hardware so that it can withstand the deployment and security operation in theactual environment. By default, Secure Boot is supported, and the hardware is also equippedwith TPM 2.0 as a hardware security module (HSM). This realizes secure operation that cancope with the situation where the gate is deployed massively in the actual environment.

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6. Service Subscription
To support long-term operation of this product, Plat’Home will provide annual subscription
services. The customers who subscribe to the service can receive our support for the productover the long term, together with the notice at the time of version upgrade. In the future,additional supplementary services such as SaaS type service for integrated remotemanagement of the IoT gateway will be added.

Product Details
1. Hardware
The product comes fully equipped with hardware performance and interfaces required for
IoT edge computing, including a high-performance 64-bit CPU (1.33 GHz dual core), highcapacity built-in storage (32 GB) and high capacity RAM (2 GB), in addition to two Ethernet
ports.
Wide array of communication interface for IoT that support variety of devices, sensors andnetworks
Device communication interface
Equipped with a wide range of device communication interfaces to allow
communication between IoT devices such as sensors and IoT gateway.
GPIO/I2C (Internal pin header)
Audio (Internal pin header)USB 3.0
UART (USB Serial Console, RS-485)
CAN (FTDI)
BT 4.0 (BLE)
Network communication interface
Equipped with wired and wireless communication interfaces for communication
between IoT gateway and the cloud.
2 x Gigabit-Ethernet
WLAN (802.11a/b/g/n/ac)
Compact, light-weight and robust and design for IoT
Ultra-small size form factor with a chassis size of 91.9 x 114.8 x 25 mm
Ultra-light weight: Chassis weight: About 160 g.
Fan-less, semi-closed structure: Dust-proof performance IP40
Environmental resistance performance: -20 ℃ to +60 ℃ (when mounted with heatradiation and installation bracket [standard attachments]); -20℃ to +40℃ (without said
brackets)

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2. Software
OpenBlocks® IoT VX2 comes with pre-integrated Plat'Home IoT Gateway Software "FW3.1."
offering that fully supports intelligent IoT edge computing including sensor, device and various
cloud service connectivity settings, Docker container deployment and allocation resource setting
as well as Microsoft Azure IoT Edge Monitoring and Runtime updates via visually operable
Management UI.
Additionally, it facilitates direct data communication between Plat’Home Gateway Data Handling
Module System (PDHMS) and Azure IoT Edge enabling data collection from the IoT device andbidirectional communication with the cloud. It also adds near-real-time data analysis capability
closer to IoT leaf devices to enrich big data analytics performed in the cloud.

Plat’Home IoT Gateway Software FW3.1 Architecture Diagram

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(1) PDHMS (Plat'Home Data Handling Module System)
The system architecture is designed to enable flexible and high-speed inter-process
communication of application modules inside an IoT Gateway. Application modules withvarious functions can be installed on the edge side, thereby ensuring flexible edge
computing.
PD Handler BLE/UART
A group of applications to acquire data from sensors and other IoT devices using
BLE or UART (serial communication, etc.). They support a wide variety of IoT devices
by default, while also supporting extensions of IoT device control applications for
Lua language* by users.
*Lua language: A script language featuring high-speed operations and easinessof integration.
PD Handler Modbus Client/Server
An application to control equipment using PLC (Programmable Logic Controller)
and other Modbus protocol.
PD Repeater
A communication application with cloud and web servers supporting two-way
communication.
Key supported services
Azure IoT Hub (Two-way communication supported)/Azure Event Hubs
AWS IoT (Two-way communication supported)/Amazon Kinesis
Google IoT Core (Two-way communication supported)
Watson IoT for Gateway/Watson IoT for Device (Two-way communication
supported)
Toami for DOCOMOKDDI IoT Cloud Standard
PD Exchange (Two-way communication supported)
General-purpose web server/General-purpose MQTT server (Two-way
communication supported)
PD Agent
An application to execute preset shell scripts, etc. by receiving control messages
from cloud via PD Repeater.
PD Broker
An application to distribute inter-process communication between the abovementioned application modules to multiple modules.

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(2) Management UI
The web-based Management UI is equipped to carry out the searching of sensors andbeacons along with their pairings, connection setups with cloud services from different
service providers, and also the operation and setting of IoT communication functions
from the web browser screen. When IoT goes live, knowledge of command lines is not
required, which alleviates the engineering burden.
(3) Docker management from Management UI
It supports Docker as an application execution environment. Docker containers can beused on OpenBlocks® IoT VX2 and controlled from the Management UI. In addition, it
supports the function to deploy Docker images released on the Docker image sharing
service Docker Hub, and to deploy from a self-constructed private Docker image registry,
thereby enabling users to take advantage of a wide variety of Docker images. The
Management UI can also deploy Docker containers, in addition to carrying out start, stopand resource allocations.
Key functions
Deployment and deletion of Docker images
Downloading of Docker images from Docker Hubs
Downloading Docker images from private registries
Start and stop of Docker containers
Setup of allocated resources
Indication of resource usage
Docker Management UI screen

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(4) Azure IoT Edge Management from Management UI
The IoT edge computing support software from Microsoft, Azure IoT Edge*, is supported.
Azure IoT Edge can run on OpenBlocks® IoT VX2, while the Management UI of
OpenBlocks® IoT VX2 can monitor the status of Azure IoT Edge. Intelligent processes
that were conventionally conducted via cloud, such as Azure Stream Analytics and Azure
Machine Learning, can be executed on OpenBlocks® IoT VX2 on the edge side, thereby
drastically reducing device latencies and substantially decreasing communication trafficof the entire system. In addition, as FW3.1 supports direct data linkage between PDHMS
within the edge gateway and Azure IoT Edge, it can also, for example, analyze sensing
data collected by a wide array of sensor devices that support OpenBlocks® IoT VX2, andit strongly supports IoT edge computing that takes advantage of Azure IoT Edge.
Key functions
Status monitoring of Azure IoT Edge
Deployment and deletion of Azure IoT Edge
Start and stop of Azure IoT Edge
Azure IoT Edge runtime update
Azure IoT Edge Management UI screen

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(5) Node-RED on the Edge
Node-RED is a programming tool that involves wiring together hardware devices, APIs
and online services. From WEB UI, it can process data received from sensors and visuallyprogram it to be sent to a cloud service or take an action, allowing easy realization ofedge computing for IoT. It can also employ additional functions for Node-RED that areprovided by software and cloud service vendors, making the addition of various
applications a relatively easy task.

3. Services
In order to support the long-term operation of OpenBlocks® IoT VX2, a subscription service
on an annual basis is available. This subscription service offers long-term software update
notifications and support for product usage in order to constantly maintain systems that use
OpenBlocks® IoT VX2.
Technical support
Technical support for the product in installation, operation and maintenance will beavailable by the optional servie.(*1)
Notification for system update
Notification for the software / system update information to a registered e-mailaddress.(*2)*1: This service is offered as long as the customer uses FW3.1 with standard specifications. If the customer has customized FW3.1 by, forexample, adding an application, the provision of this service may be refused.
*2: Standard devices being supported are subject to this service. (The latest information of all supported devices is available from our
website).

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Product Specifications
Model name (Type number)/Price
Name: OpenBlocks® IoT VX2Type number: OBSVX2
Reference price: Open
Product specifications
CPU
Model: Intel Atom E3805 64-bit 1.33GHz two-core two-thread 1 MB L2 cache
Clock speed: 1.33 GHz (Dual core)
Built-in secondary cache: 1024 kB/Core
Main memory: On-board 2 GB (64-bit bus DDR3L)
Built-in storage: 32 GB (eMMC)
Additional storage: 1 x micro SD card slot
Wireless interface
BT 4.0 (BLE) + 2.1 EDRWLAN (IEEE802.11a/b/g/n/ac)
Wired interface
USB (HOST): 1 x 3.0 (type-A)*1
USB (Console): 1 x micro USB (type-B)*1
Ethernet: 2 x 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX/1000BASE-T
RS-485: 1 x Half duplex (Wire range: AWG22)
Security: TPM 2.0 (Trusted Platform Module)
Measurements: 91.9 (W) x 114.8 (D) x 25 (H) mm (Excluding protrusions)
Weight: 160 g (Excluding accessories)
Power supply: 4.75 to 5.25 VDC (DC-jack)/10 to 48 VDC (Wide DC supply*2)
Power consumption
Idling: AC adapter 5.5 W (11.2 VA)/Wide DC (with 48 V input) 4.0 W
At high load: AC adapter 9.0 W (16.9 VA)/Wide DC (with 48 V input) 7.5 W
Operational temperatures: -20℃ to +60℃*3
Authentication (WLAN/BT): JATE / TELEC
Compatible standards
PSE・VCCI Class A
IEC60950-1
FCC Part 15 Subpart B class A/UL 60950-1/CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 60950-1
RED/RoHS
RTC backup time: 10 years
OS at time of shipment: Debian GNU/Linux (64-bit)*1 Supported cable length is less than 3 m.
*2 When using this function, it is necessary to connect an external noise filter (NAC - 04 - 472 (COSEL)) or equivalent*3 When installing this product in an environment where the ambient temperature exceeds 40°C, please use the attached heat dissipation /installation
bracket.

Order receipt/Shipment schedule
Order requirement start: May 7, 2018
Shipment start: June 2018 (scheduled)
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Related URL
OpenBlocks® IoT VX2 Product information
https://www.plathome.com/products/openblocks-iot-vx2/

About Plat'Home
Plat'Home is a major developer and manufacturer of micro-servers. Ever since its foundationin 1993, the company has supplied computers made in house to communication and network
fields as a pioneer of Linux servers. The palm-top-size ultra-small Linux server, OpenBlocks®,
has been adopted by a wide range of domains to support Japanese social infrastructure,including not only major communication operators but also logistics, transportation, finance,
the energy industry and public agencies. It has also been attracting attention in numerous
fields that are anticipated to drastically grow in the near future, such as M2M and IoT (Internetof Things).

Inquiries regarding this announcement
Inquiries from news organizations:
Kenji Hoshi, Products Marketing Department, Plat'Home Co., Ltd.
pr@plathome.co.jp
Inquiries from users:
Timo Halonen, Global IoT Alliances, Plat'Home Co., Ltd.
sales@plathome.com+81-3-5213-4794*Appearances, specifications, pricing, etc. are subject to change without notice.
*The name and logo of "ぷらっとホーム” and "Plat'Home" are registered trademarks or trademarks of Plat'Home in Japan and other countries.
*Other company names, products and service names mentioned in this press release are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective companies.

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