Security & Monitoring


Data quality and the art of monitoring and targeting


Tom Anderton, product and services manager, EAM Energy, explains how measuring and controlling energy usage is much easier with enhanced data monitoring tools


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e know how valuable data is for an organisation and recently delivered a suite of data


monitoring tools that provides energy professionals with confidence that their energy data is accurate, complete, consistent and timely. This is supported by the system’s data monitoring strategies, which seeks out missing, overdue, unexpected or suspicious data. But having assurance in high quality data is just the start. We have since extended our suite of monitoring tools to make the available data work that little bit harder. Identifying and tracking unusual patterns of consumption data can help energy professionals build insights, resolve issues, make informed decisions, and future proof an effective energy management strategy for their organisation. After all, you can’t control what you can’t measure.


Efficient trend analysis Finding the issues in data is time consuming. For each data monitoring strategy that has been enabled, our energy management solution will notify users of any data issues via email – and any number of stakeholders can receive these


alerts. Not only does this save you from wading through databases and building reports, it allows you to prioritise fixing utility usage issues with precision. Notifications can be sent directly to relevant site contacts which gives added assurance that the most knowledgeable


specialist can take corrective action and form insights.


Flexible contextualisation Energy estates are becoming increasingly complex with growing numbers of assets capturing and storing insightful data. In our Sigma solution, periodic channels are where high frequency consumption data from meters is captured. Defining these periodic


whether there are updates to your utility assets or new ones added. The software’s dynamic feature means that monitoring strategies can be assigned a "context" of either: • Fixed – assigning specific channels to a strategy. This ensures that the strategy doesn’t draw from new periodic channels (unless they are specifically assigned). • Flexible - configuring the attributes of the channel when the strategy is set up, for example: run for all channels; run for channels of a certain commodity type. Flexible context gives assurance that monitoring strategies run for the assets as they evolve, or new assets are added – meaning the strategy remains dynamic.


Trend analysis


Being able to identify potential problems with utility usage is critical to help manage energy effectively and proactively. To be notified of suspicious or erroneous utility


channels for your monitoring strategy is now simplified with the latest tools. They continue to work effectively no matter how your energy estate evolves:


usage without trawling through data or reports helps detect any avoidable waste quickly. This leaves energy professionals to focus on fixing issues rather than spend time finding them. Any amount of strategies can be set up for your estate with Sigma’s data monitoring: periodic data can be validated against the rules set out in your strategies and when it falls outside of those rules, alerts are triggered. Trend analysis is entirely configurable and can be tailored to business needs – they support two core profiling functions: • Dynamic – checks the most recent performance against a previous time period which helps to identify step changes in trends: spikes and drops. • Fixed – supporting a more sensitive analysis to monitor performance against very specific thresholds (i.e. baseloads). Where the data falls outside of these high or low thresholds, then an exception will be raised.


Completing the Data Monitoring framework, Sigma’s enhanced consumption Trend Analysis and Exception Alerting leads energy management professionals to accelerate corrective and preventative action. Sigma puts data at the heart of energy management and these latest software developments help organisations run effective monitoring and targeting for maximised savings. Data continues to be our focus and the next solution release will boost data transparency in energy estate management.


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New Shiratech iCOMOX sensor-to-cloud platform cuts time to market for intelligent condition monitoring


productivity and enhance safety. iCOMOX is very fast to deploy. It comes ready to use with embedded software and on-board time-domain, as well as FFT analytics for condition-based maintenance (CBM) of industrial assets such as machinery, production lines and structures. CE and FCC certified, iCOMOX is housed in a compact and rugged IP66-rated enclosure. A selection of adapters is provided to facilitate attachment to various types of equipment. From solution developers to system integrators, just about everybody can benefit from the iCOMOX solution. The product benefits from a rich selection of five high- quality sensors for vibration, magnetic-field, temperature and acoustic monitoring. User-configurable sensor interrupts give flexibility to activate the system on detection of specific events and thresholds. Built-in sensors include the Analog Devices


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COMOX, the sensor-to-cloud platform for intelligent condition monitoring by Shiratech, is a smart predictive- maintenance solution that can boost industrial


ADXL356 3-axis accelerometer, which enables low-noise, low-power vibration sensing; a second ultra-low-power, low-g ADXL362 accelerometer is also fitted to iCOMOX. It further boasts an Analog Devices 16-bit ADT7410 temperature sensor and a Bosch BMM150 magnetic field sensor. An Infineon IM69D130 MEMS microphone, which has high dynamic range, low distortion, and flat frequency response ideal for diagnostics applications, complete the solution’s wide sensing capabilities.


At the heart of the system is an Analog Devices ADuCM4050 Arm-based application processor. iCOMOX operates from up to two CR2477 coin batteries for an extended operating lifetime and makes the most of ADuCM4050 features, including its power-saving SensorStrobe technology. An Analog Devices LTC5800-IPM 2.4GHz, IEEE 802.15.4e communication SoC allows flexible communication modes leveraging SmartMesh IP for optimum range and reliability in tough industrial environments. An optional SmartMesh IP gateway is


available to connect iCOMOX to the cloud, delivering enhanced cloud applications and advanced analytics.


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