Monitoring Software for Compressed Air Systems
To manage a compressed air system and making it more efficient, a software solution is needed and mandatory. The application software should not only log the data, but must also offering a live monitoring, alarm management and reporting functions as crucial parts of the software solution.
SUTO iTEC Software is optimized for compressed air systems, users can not only profit from the useful tools provided, but also experience a seamless integration of the measurement hardware into the software. At SUTO iTEC, both, the software and hardware, is in house development by our experienced and passionate engineering teams. This provides users the best experience, an easy setup and plug & play solutions.
SUTO iTEC Monitoring Software and Apps
Our software and mobile apps provide intuitive access to measurement data from anywhere. They enable real-time monitoring, analysis and reporting of compressed air and gas systems, ensuring full transparency and control across your network.
The Importance of Compressed Air Monitoring Software
Reducing compressed air costs and optimizing compressed air systems is only possible with the right monitoring software
When field instruments are installed to measure and monitor compressed air systems, they provide useful data for operators. Nowadays, this data is often not utilized throughout its possibilities. Sensor measurement data, like actual flow readings, total air consumption or compressor electrical power measurements, are read from local displays and manually transferred into spreadsheets for reporting purposes.
But the filed data contains so much more information, which is the base for every process optimization. Graphical analyzes of measurement data helps operators to easily find irregularities in the compressed air system. But also simple tasks like reporting the total air consumption by building, production line or precess can be realized by the right monitoring software solution in a single click. Only by comparing logged measurement data with KPIs (Key performance indicators) can help to reduce costs and help to understand the compressed air system.
SUTO monitoring software is flexible, optimized for compressed air system and provide a wide variety of functionalities built in.
Why is software so important for compressed air monitoring?
The installed measurement equipment in a compressed air system provides real time data output from every sensor, like the air flow output of a compressor, energy consumption and many more. Typically, the sensors or meters are connected to a gateway, like our display and data loggers, where the data is gathered and stored locally. But that means the data is mainly stored safely in a data logger. To actually monitor the compressed air system and make the data usable, a software solution is needed.
The monitoring software provides a live view of the system, alarms users if limit values are reached, creates automatic reports and helps users understand what’s happening in their system. SUTO software can also analyze big data sets, create useful graphic views and provide real time values for each single sensor. Bigger systems can be grouped into smaller locations, so all values can be easily seen on a single screen.
But not only live values are important. Past data is crucial for optimizing a compressed air system: going back in time to recognize changes, finding degrading components, identifying irregularities and proving improvements after actions were taken.
Which sensor types can be connected to SUTO software solutions?
SUTO software solutions are optimized to work with SUTO hardware. Our display and data loggers can be automatically detected in the network environment, so typical sensor types like flow meters, power and energy meters, dew point sensors as well as additional signals such as pressure, temperature and compressor status can be connected and visualized in the software. The gateway or data logger gathers the data locally and transfers it to the monitoring software, where it becomes usable for live monitoring, alarms, dashboards and reporting.
At the same time, SUTO software is based on standard industrial protocols, which allows users to connect third party devices to the monitoring solution. For this, SUTO software supports Modbus/RTU and Modbus/TCP to collect data from almost any compressed air measurement device. And via gateways, it’s even possible to integrate other industrial protocols into the system.
Why are SUTO solutions cloud based or running in a web browser?
Cloud based software solutions are providing users powerful software tools with minimal efforts. Different to local installations, a cloud based solution is fully managed and maintained by our experienced software engineers. This means local IT administrators do not need to spend time to update and maintain the software, there is no need for local backups or upgrading computer hardware.
Cloud solutions are offering users the next level of freedom, the software just works without additional efforts. Since the software is accessed via a web browser, it offers the most flexibility. Users can access the software from any PC and operating system, no matter if it’s a Windows PC, an Apple Mac or even a Linux system.
SUTO software solutions are taking compressed air measurements to the next level by offering IoT solutions paired with the right application software. Welcome to the Industry 4.0.
What kind of software solutions can SUTO offer?
All SUTO software in relation to the compressed air measurement equipment is developed by our passionate software engineers. Not only the monitoring software or software to read out the data loggers, also configuration software for sensors and data loggers, all is developed by SUTO and optimized for a seamless integration. And the best is, most of the solutions are offered for free.
SUTO offers software for live monitoring of the compressed air system, providing a real time data, alarm management and reporting functions.
Additionally, SUTO offers software to manage leak surveys, but not only managing the found leaks, it provides service companies the possibilities to manage the complete audit, from finding the leaks, collecting the data and creating reports, to finally fixing the leakages, estimating cost savings and repair costs.
In addition, software tools for quick analyzes and data logger read-outs are offered for free.
Which software is used to configure SUTO sensors in the field?
Almost all SUTO sensors for compressed air and gases are equipped with a wireless interface. To connect to the installed sensors in the field, SUTO offers a free app, which runs on any smartphone. Most of the engineers installing measurement equipment are used to carry around bulky laptops, notebooks and several interfaces which allows them to connect to local hardware. Not only can the hardware often not be reached easily, but also having the need of constant power supply makes the commissioning of sensor hardware complicated and time-consuming.
SUTO solved that by offering wireless solutions directly integrated into the sensor, paired with dedicated smartphone applications.
Now, technicians and engineers can connect to sensors and measurement equipment wirelessly and from a distance. The application shows the real-time measurement data and allow users to configure the sensors easily. Parameters like pipe diameters, communication parameters or analog output scaling can be done easily from the smartphone with a single click.
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