Flow Gateway v2 compliance

Introduction

This site documents the regulatory compliance for the Flow Gateway IoT device and it’s bundled accessories. The bundled accessories include:

  • External power supply

  • Two grouphead flow meter cables:

    • GDS 207

    • Alternate pinout adapter

Product description

The Flow Gateway is an IoT device which reads the signal from flow meters in commercial espresso machines and transmits this data to a cloud based service.

Brand

Flow Coffee

https://flowcoffee.co.nz/

Model

Flow Gateway

Version

Electrical design revision 2.0.4, System clock Y2 variant

Country of Origin

New Zealand

The front of the device has six LEDs which indicate the device status and activity. The back has connections for the power supply, Ethernet network, and four flow meter inputs (two dual input connectors).

The PCB has a mikroBUS socket which can be used to add an off-the-shelf WiFi adapter, and a PCMCIA socket which can be used to add an off-the-shelf cellular modem, however these are not currently being populated and the device is not subject to radio equipment compliance requirements.

External power supply

The device is powered by an external AC-DC power supply, which is bundled with the device.

Mean Well GE12I05-P1J (5VDC 2A)

https://www.meanwell-web.com/en-gb/ac-dc-wall-mount-adaptor-output-5vdc-at-2-0a-ge12i05--p1j

Flow meter cables

The device is supplied with cables which connect the device to the commercial espresso machine’s flow meters.