Applications
Cellular Remote Monitoring

There are typically two questions that remote monitoring seeks to ask: (1) Is anything wrong? (2) Is something about to go wrong?

Event based remote monitoring will constantly look at data points that provide answers to those questions, and notify you via email or cell phone when you need to know.

The other application for remote monitoring is long term trending or performance monitoring. Nothing is really wrong one way or the other, but you want to see some history. Trend monitoring will periodically record data points and archive them in a database. You access that database at your convenience via a dedicated web site.

Control Solutions' LogMyData.Com has invested in the development of its own web portal for global use in a variety of applications. LogMyData also works with third parties who are developing their own specialized portal. If we see that your application falls into one of those specialized areas, we will refer you to them. Most general applications are served well by our own web portal.

LogMyData.Com is willing to provide monitoring services for just a few devices or thousands of devices. We provision our servers in top data centers around the country. Our servers are well connected, well protected, and backed up indefinitely.

The LogMyData Web Portal provides a central site to monitor all of your remote sites. Access the central site from anywhere in the world.

LogMyData will send you emails, or text messages to your cell phone, when an event you want to know about has occurred. LogMyData can even call you with a voice message to tell you what has occurred.

What's unique about LogMyData.com?
Extereme Flexibility!

If you have a sensor that generates an industry standard output, LogMyData can monitor it. Do you need to apply a special algorithm to derive useful data from your sensor? Our monitoring devices are programmable. Write a Basic program using the Script Basic built into some devices, or graphical programming for the PLC capability in others. Does your device talk Modbus or LonWorks or BACnet? LogMyData can monitor it! Does your device talk some funky proprietary ASCII protocol over RS-232? LogMyData can monitor that, too, with a little help from a script written in Script Basic. Although the LogMyData web portal is geared toward mostly receiving data from remote sites, it can push data back out, too. Via the web portal, you can change setpoints, do a remote start on a generator, clear counters, or even upload a new Basic program.

How does the web portal work?

You will receive your own subdomain and account login on one of our servers. Once devices are commissioned, they will begin reporting data, and sending you notifications when there is an event you want to know about. You may have multiple users, and you may direct notifications of certain events to certain users or user groups.

The devices will continuously monitor data and periodically report data to the server. When an event occurs, the device will contact the server immediately. The server will then check its database to see who wants to know about this event. The server will send notifications to cell phones or email addresses.

Applications include stationary and mobile equipment. Mobile capabilities include GPS tracking and geo-fencing. In addition to other events, you will receive a notification if the equipment leaves its assigned location. When you move equipment to a new location, you simply log in and tell the server that this is where it should be now. You can check the location of your equipment at any time by logging in and viewing the Google Maps powered dashboard.

LogMyData monitors any of these:
Sensors that generate 4-20mA or 0-10VDC signals
Switches, relays, dry contacts
Three phase power up to 480VAC and 6,000 amps using WattNode Modbus
Modbus RTU or Modbus TCP devices (LogMyData device can be master or slave)
LonWorks devices
BACnet MS/TP or BACnet IP devices
Any RS-232 ASCII serial device at standard baud rates

LogMyData devices are programmable (varies by model)
Script Basic for writing generic Basic programs
Graphical programming for PLC capabilities
LogMyData offers flexible notifications
SMS text messages
Standard email
Voice call notification
Alert escalation and acknowledgement configurable by user

LogMyData offers flexible data retrieval
Online data graphs
Export CSV files ready for spread sheet processing
Query from your server, get XML formatted data

LogMyData notification rules are flexible
Template based rule configuration
Notifications sent immediately upon alert
Notification generated by web portal if monitoring device stops reporting
Notification generated when preventive maintenance due

LogMyData includes service records
Preventive maintenance tracked automatically, based on run time
Arbitrary service records may be entered by users
Every alert notification may have user notes attached to response

LogMyData includes flexible controls pushing data back to remote devices
Change setpoints or send data to any register in the monitoring device
Do a remote start on a generator
Reset counters
Upload a new Basic program

This is one of several Applications pages that may now be found on our web site. It is our goal to continue adding more applications information over time to help you find new tips, techniques, and helpful information for using our network and Internet enabled devices. We welcome your feedback. Please email support@csimn.com with your suggestions about how we can help you more effectively. If you have technical questions that you would like a response to, please open a support ticket - start by clicking Support above.