A booster or transfer station is visited on a round and noticed when pressure drops at the far end of the network. A controller in the station reports pressure, flow, motor current and fault state over cellular, so a pump that trips at night is a message, not a morning of complaints.
A pump trips after the last round and the duty pump carries the station alone, or does not.
A motor drawing current with no flow is a dry run or a closed valve. From a run lamp it looks healthy.
The same duty at rising current or falling pressure over months is a pump heading for failure.
| Signal | How it is read | What it tells you |
|---|---|---|
| Suction and discharge pressure | Analogue pressure transducers | Whether the station delivers |
| Flow | Electromagnetic flow meter over RS485 | Volume moved, and dry running |
| Motor current | Clamp-on current sensor over RS485, per pump | Run time, load and wear |
| Run and fault | Dry contacts on digital inputs | Starts, stops and trips |
| Drive | RS485 Modbus RTU, from its register map | Speed and fault codes from the variable speed drive |
Four ports on one Genesis controller, and RS485 devices share a bus, so most sites need one unit.
Minimum and maximum on each sensor, with alerts to the people on the list. Acknowledgement is recorded against the alarm, so a handover shows what was already seen.
Readings are stored on the controller with their time and sent in order when coverage returns, so the record has no gap where the incident was.
Full-resolution history, exported to Excel for a report, an insurer or a contractor, or pulled into your own system through the REST API.
A device can be shared with a service company without sharing a login, and they see nothing else on your account.
Yes. RS485 devices share a bus and there are four ports, and each sensor is filed against its own pump.
No. The pump controller runs the station. This one watches and reports, and can switch a relay on a simple rule where that helps.
Neither. The controller connects over 4G-LTE and runs on its rechargeable battery, with solar or a 6 to 32 V DC supply where readings need to be frequent.
Usually, yes. Over fifty sensor types are supported today and more are added on request, including RS485 Modbus instruments from their register map.
What needs watching, which instruments are already there, and whether the site has power and coverage. We come back with what a Genesis would read and what the installation involves.
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