Production & OperationsPurpose
1. Ensure round-the-clock oversight of production facility parameters (temperature, humidity, pH, tank levels, etc.) for compliance, safety, and optimal quality.
2. Provide instant alerts, ongoing data logging, actionable facility analytics, and audit documentation across production and storage environments.
3. Integrate facility data into corporate dashboards for actionable insights and escalation workflows.
Trigger Conditions
1. Facility parameter threshold exceeded or dropped (e.g., temp > 28°C, pH < 3.2).
2. Scheduled routine polling (e.g., every 5 minutes) for parameter capture.
3. Device connectivity lost or sensor transmission failure.
4. Manual override/test request by supervisory staff.
Platform Variants
1. Microsoft Azure IoT Hub
- Feature/Setting: Device-to-cloud telemetry; configure "Telemetry Message Route" for alert initiation when abnormal values transmitted.
2. AWS IoT Core
- Feature/Setting: MQTT Device Shadow; set up "Rule Actions" to trigger Lambda function upon threshold event.
3. Google Cloud IoT Core
- Feature/Setting: "Data Streams"; bind Pub/Sub topic to analytics service for real-time event forwarding.
4. Siemens MindSphere
- Feature/Setting: "Asset Monitoring Service"; connect sensors, define threshold alert triggers in MindSphere APIs.
5. IBM Watson IoT Platform
- Feature/Setting: Manage Devices API; configure "Event Rules" for instant parameter transgression notifications.
6. Honeywell Forge
- Feature/Setting: "Remote Monitoring Solution"; configure "Alarm Notification API" for real-time alerting on monitored assets.
7. Losant IoT Platform
- Feature/Setting: "Workflow Engine"; use "Device State Node" to evaluate sensor data, trigger workflows.
8. Schneider Electric EcoStruxure
- Feature/Setting: "SmartX Controller REST API"; map facility parameter reads and monitoring events to downstream services.
9. PTC ThingWorx
- Feature/Setting: "Alert Management"; assign thresholds to digital twins, configure REST Webhook on alert.
10. Sigfox Cloud
- Feature/Setting: "Callbacks"; set up Lambda or HTTP callbacks on sensor uplink threshold events.
11. Particle IoT
- Feature/Setting: "Webhook Integration"; program webhook to notify back-end service when data values are abnormal.
12. Ubiquiti UniFi Protect
- Feature/Setting: "Camera Motion Webhooks"; configure webhook notification for visual monitoring, tamper or environment events.
13. Grafana
- Feature/Setting: "Alerting Rule"; monitor MQTT or REST data source, trigger alert on metric deviations.
14. SCADA BR
- Feature/Setting: OPC UA interface; define alarm limits for connected sensors, configure HMI to show breach.
15. Kepware KEPServerEX
- Feature/Setting: "Advanced Tags/Alarms"; assign conditions to tags, configure REST client plugin for notifications.
16. Ignition by Inductive Automation
- Feature/Setting: "Tag Event Scripts"; program on-change scripts to push alerts for out-of-range sensor data.
17. InfluxDB Cloud
- Feature/Setting: Data retention policy/action; continuous query for threshold, HTTP post to notification endpoint.
18. Splunk Industrial Asset Intelligence
- Feature/Setting: "Asset Event Monitoring"; configure "Alert Actions" for notification or ticket creation upon threshold.
19. OpenRemote
- Feature/Setting: "Rules Engine"; add rules for sensor readings, configure mailer or webhook on incident.
20. Home Assistant
- Feature/Setting: "Automation"; build automation flow triggered by MQTT/HTTP sensor feed anomalies.
21. Zapier
- Feature/Setting: Webhooks/Code by Zapier; listen to incoming sensor data, conditional trigger to SMS/email.
22. Node-RED
- Feature/Setting: "Flow Editor"; create flows processing MQTT/REST sensor data, trigger alert nodes on threshold.
Benefits
1. Continuous compliance and audit-readiness with automated data trails.
2. Real-time intervention prevents quality loss or hazards.
3. Less manual labor and error in routine monitoring.
4. Integrated facility parameter data for better production and maintenance planning.
5. Immediate, multi-channel escalation for critical conditions.