Arch Rock Corp., San Francisco, CA, offers the Primer Pack, a wireless sensor network that can be accessed and operated as a member of the IT infrastructure. Nodes can be assigned IP addresses, DNS names, and Web pages and can be directly managed using SNMP, ping, traceroute, and other IP tools. Components are the Gateway Server that connects via Ethernet to the enterprise LAN, translating embedded applications into Web services and providing a Web-based console for setup, diagnostics, and management of the sensor network; a Bridge Node that provides IEEE 802.15.4 wireless communication between the gateway and sensor nodes; 6 battery-powered sensor nodes; expansion ports for external sensors; and Web services.
