A tank that reports its own level changes what its owner does: deliveries are planned from readings and not from visits. A battery powered controller on each tank sends the level over cellular, with no mains supply and no network at the site.
For the owner of the contents and for whoever delivers them. One reading replaces a visit, and a year of readings replaces a delivery schedule built on habit.
The rate of use comes from the record. A tank that empties faster this month than last is worth a call before it is empty.
A contact on the lid or the valve records every opening with its time, which matters when the contents are costly or controlled.
A starting list, not a fixed kit. The ports are set from the dashboard, so the same controller takes a different mix of sensors on a different model.
| Signal | How it is read | What it tells you |
|---|---|---|
| Level | Ultrasonic or radar level sensor over RS485 | Contents, and the rate they are being used |
| Level by pressure | Analogue pressure transducer at the outlet | Contents, where nothing can be mounted on top |
| Product temperature | 1-Wire or PT1000 probe | Contents that must stay warm or stay cool |
| Lid or valve | Dry contact on a digital input | Every opening, with its time |
Four ports on one controller, and RS485 devices share a bus, so most of this list fits on a single unit.
One machine reporting is a gadget. Every machine you have shipped reporting to the same place is a service business.
Each machine reports to the same cloud. Your service desk sees which units are running, which are in alarm and which have gone quiet, before the customer calls.
Accounts nest: you sit above your dealers, and each dealer above its customers. A parent account cannot grant more than it holds, and a unit can be shared with a service company without handing over a login.
Readings and events are stored with their time and export to Excel, for a warranty claim, a service report or a disagreement about what happened and when.
A REST API with scoped tokens covers what the dashboard covers, so fleet data can feed your service system, your ERP or your customer portal directly.
The controller takes 6 to 32 V DC, so it runs from a 12 or 24 V supply already on the machine. Its internal rechargeable battery keeps it reporting after the machine loses power, which is when the reading matters most.
It connects over 4G-LTE from wherever the machine is installed. There are no Wi-Fi credentials to collect and no IT department to convince at each customer.
If the machine already has a controller with an RS485 Modbus RTU port, give us its register map and we add it as a supported device. Its values and alarms then arrive alongside the sensor readings.
The web dashboard is served on your domain with your name, logo and colours, and the iOS and Android apps are published under your own developer accounts. Your customers log in to your product.
Readings are held on the device while the network is down and sent in order when it returns, so the record has no gap where the incident was.
It depends on two intervals that are set from the dashboard: how often it measures and how often it transmits. One transmission a day with hourly readings runs for years on the internal battery. A small solar panel covers more frequent reporting.
Yes. There are four ports and each sensor is bound to its own location, so a group of tanks within cable reach reports as separate tanks.
Either. Every controller comes with OmniCloud included, and the REST API does what the dashboard does if you would rather build your own front end on top of it.
The supply voltage available on the machine, the signals you want reported, the register map if the machine has a Modbus controller, and how your dealers and customers should be separated. A first batch on machines already in the field is the usual way to begin.
Over the air, by cellular. Where there is no network at all, the unit raises its own Wi-Fi access point and takes the update from a phone or laptop beside it.
What it is, what you want it to report, and who needs to see which units. We come back with how the controller wires in and how the accounts would be laid out.
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