IoT · Sensors
Connected sensors for temperature, humidity and other variables, with continuous historical logging and automatic alerts when a reading goes out of range.
Some problems give no warning: a cold room whose temperature climbs overnight, a warehouse that gets damp over a weekend, a tank whose level drops. By the time it is discovered in the morning, the damage is done and the goods are lost.
Automatic alerting changes that completely, because it arrives the moment the reading goes out of range rather than when somebody opens the door. Thresholds and recipients are defined per sensor, so each site alerts whoever can actually act on it.
The history has a second use that often decides the purchase: it stands as documentary evidence that the cold chain or the storage conditions were maintained, which is exactly what a food or pharmaceutical audit asks for.
Finding out in time
A problem discovered in the morning has already happened
A cold room whose temperature climbs at three in the morning, a warehouse that gets damp over the weekend, a tank whose level drops on a public holiday. They all have one thing in common: by the time somebody opens the door and sees it, the damage is done and the goods are lost.
Connected sensors measure continuously and alert the moment a reading goes out of range, not when somebody happens to walk past. That change in timing is the whole value: an alert at three in the morning allows action; the same reading at eight only documents the loss.
Thresholds and recipients are defined per sensor, so each site alerts whoever can genuinely do something about it.
What gets measured
Temperature, humidity and whatever else needs watching
Sensors are registered with their type, location and acceptable ranges, and from then on they record continuously. Each one keeps its full history, not just the alerts.
- Temperature in cold rooms, display cabinets, warehouses and refrigerated vehicles.
- Humidity where it affects storage or the process.
- Other variables depending on the site: level, pressure, door opening or consumption.
Keeping the full history rather than just the alerts matters for a practical reason: alerts tell you there was a problem, whereas the complete series tells you whether equipment is starting to degrade. A cold room that takes longer and longer to recover temperature is still within range, but it is warning you of a breakdown on its way.
For an audit
Proving the cold chain held
This is the module's second use and often the one that decides the purchase. In food, pharmaceuticals and healthcare logistics it is not enough to have stored the product correctly: you have to be able to prove it with a continuous, reliable record.
Each sensor's history does exactly that. For an audit, an inspection or a customer complaint, you produce the complete series for the period in question, with its readings, its incidents and the actions taken when an alert fired.
The usual alternative (a paper sheet where somebody notes the temperature twice a day) has the familiar problem: the gaps fall on weekends and overnight, which is exactly when incidents happen.
Clearing things up
Frequently asked questions
Answers to what we get asked most.
Which variables can be monitored?
Temperature in cold rooms, display cabinets, warehouses and refrigerated vehicles; humidity where it affects storage or the process; and other variables depending on the site, such as level, pressure, door opening or consumption.
When does the alert arrive?
The moment the reading goes out of range, not when somebody walks past. An alert at three in the morning allows action; the same reading at eight only documents the loss. Thresholds and recipients are defined per sensor.
Is the full history kept or only alerts?
The full history, and it matters: alerts tell you there was a problem, the complete series tells you whether equipment is degrading. A cold room taking longer and longer to recover temperature is still within range, but it is warning you of a breakdown on its way.
Does it stand as audit evidence?
Yes, and it is often the reason for buying it in food, pharmaceuticals and healthcare logistics. You produce the complete series for the period with its readings, incidents and the actions taken. The paper sheet with two entries a day has its gaps overnight and at weekends, which is exactly when incidents happen.
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