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IoT measuring system in pressure

measurement technology

For water level or fill level monitoring and general pressure measurement

ll the talk seems to suggest we such as computers, tablets or mobile phones. This entire Internet environment of and with
are heading towards complete objects is called the Internet of Things (abbr. IoT).
Adigitalisation. But how do you get
on this path and what is the right direction Comprehensive IoT service package
for your own company? Keller has over The company offers this comprehensive solution, as described, of an IoT measuring system,
45 years of experience in the area of based on the latest technologies. This type of measuring solution allows the user to take an
recording and processing measurement immediate step towards digitalisation, without much effort and at a low cost:
data. Their service package ranging from • No software solutions or hardware needs to be created.
pressure sensors to the finished web • A working and tested measurement data recording system can be accessed.
app helps you to find your own way to a • No separate, technically advanced training in the technologies is necessary.
customised IoT solution.
Industry 4.0 and Smart City are
technology drivers behind the digitalisation
of pressure sensors and pressure
measuring solutions. The intention and the
need to make processes more efficient are Figure 1: Comprehensive IoT service package
at the heart of digitalisation.
The path towards digitalisation Keller’s measuring system is designed in such a way that each part of the measuring chain
begins with recording data, mostly with has a specific interface. Thanks to the open and well-documented cloud API (application
sensors. Pressure sensors also record programming interface), the user can incorporate the measurement data processing system
measured values. For machines or fill into their own information system and therefore start at exactly the point where the
levels in containers and tanks, this takes greatest benefits of digitalisation are revealed. The company makes available all individual
the form of states. For lakes, rivers and interfaces so that users have free choice, in terms of implementation, as to whether they
groundwater, the levels are measured. would like to set up the entire system or only parts of it, as required.
The objects measured are connected How deeply this vertical integration is implemented depends on the application and
to the Internet and save their data to a involves weighing the costs against the benefits. The lowest integration level is defining the
cloud and the data is mainly transmitted pressure sensor signal. The graph below shows the individual integration levels from the
wirelessly via radio transmission. The pressure sensor series 9L up to the KOLIBRI Cloud web app:
latest technologies such as LoRaWAN or
mobile communications (NB-IoT, LTE-M) Test Keller IoT measuring system now
are also used. The data can eventually • KOLIBRI Cloud web app kolibricloud.ch
be retrieved on all possible end devices • Cost-effective water applications keller-druck.com/en/industries/water-and-environment

Figure 2: Graph showing the individual integration levels from the pressure sensor series 9L up to the KOLIBRI Cloud web app. The user can integrate the
individual elements into their application, and the relevant interfaces are made available for this purpose.

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