Automated remote monitoring and control of station equipment

Purpose

1.1. Automate continuous, real-time surveillance, diagnostics, and operational control of alternative fuel station equipment (e.g., pumps, tanks, charging docks, HVAC, safety, and energy metering).
1.2. Enable instant anomaly detection, fault alerts, and remote/intervention abilities to minimize downtime, optimize usage, boost safety, and support compliance.
1.3. Aggregate, analyze, and record equipment health and performance data for predictive maintenance, reporting, and efficiency improvements.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. Scheduled remote check-ins (e.g., every 5 minutes/hours) via IoT gateway.
2.2. Event-based alerts: sensor errors, performance thresholds breached, safety triggers, fuel/energy shortfall, and environmental alarms.
2.3. Manual or conditional override from control dashboard or authorized mobile device.

Platform Variants

3.1. Microsoft Azure IoT Hub
• Feature: Telemetry integration; configure device-to-cloud message routing to trigger Logic Apps for anomaly workflows.
3.2. AWS IoT Core
• Feature: Device shadowing and MQTT messaging; rule action to invoke Lambda function for control or alerting.
3.3. Google Cloud IoT Core
• Feature: Pub/Sub topic ingestion; trigger Cloud Functions upon abnormal readings.
3.4. Siemens MindSphere
• Feature: Asset management API; set asset event handler for data push and command dispatch.
3.5. IBM Watson IoT Platform
• Feature: Rule engine; configure device event triggers to initiate Watson Assistant escalation.
3.6. Schneider EcoStruxure
• Feature: Remote panel access; schedule REST API polling for equipment status.
3.7. Honeywell Forge
• Feature: Alarm management; subscribe to equipment health streaming service and configure webhook for urgent triggers.
3.8. GE Predix
• Feature: Time Series API to log telemetry; set Process Trigger for automated corrective actions.
3.9. Twilio SMS
• Feature: Notify operations using Twilio Messaging API for real-time out-of-band alerts; sample: POST to /Messages with alert data.
3.10. SendGrid
• Feature: Automated email notifications; configure Inbound Parse Webhook for actionable alerts.
3.11. Slack
• Feature: Monitoring channel integration using Incoming Webhooks for real-time staff notifications.
3.12. PagerDuty
• Feature: Incident API; auto-create incidents from alert flows for instant escalation.
3.13. ServiceNow
• Feature: REST API integration; trigger ticket creation for critical remote events.
3.14. Splunk
• Feature: Data ingestion API; log alerts and anomalies for analytics and SIEM correlation.
3.15. Grafana
• Feature: Data source connection (e.g., via MQTT or Prometheus); trigger alerting rules for dashboard visualization.
3.16. Prometheus
• Feature: Endpoint scraping for real-time metrics; configure Alertmanager for anomaly alerts.
3.17. MQTT Broker (e.g., Mosquitto)
• Feature: Publish/Subscribe configuration for sensor data and control topics.
3.18. Modbus TCP/IP Gateway
• Feature: Automate register polling/commands for industrial hardware; configure schedule for read/write ops.
3.19. OPC UA Server
• Feature: Secure monitoring/control endpoints for SCADA/PLC—auto-pull metrics and send remote commands.
3.20. Zapier
• Feature: Multi-platform automation; configure Zap for sensor event triggers to action across comms or database.

Benefits

4.1. Reduces response time to faults and hazards.
4.2. Enables proactive maintenance, minimizing unscheduled downtime.
4.3. Maintains audit-ready operation logs for compliance.
4.4. Scales to hundreds of stations with centralized control.
4.5. Improves staff productivity by focusing human effort on relevant interventions only.