Condition based Monitoring with the LoRaWAN easybox

A. Hock has launched a new product in 2023: the LoRaWAN easybox. An end-to-end complete solution for monitoring plant components using LoRaWAN technology. The box allows companies to set up a LoRaWAN network, read out measurement data from LoRa sensors and display it graphically - the ideal introduction to "condition-based monitoring", which is becoming increasingly relevant. And thus for more safety, machine efficiency and transparency in companies.

The LoRaWAN easybox provides the perfect solution for companies that do not have an existing LoRaWAN network. Or want to integrate LoRaWAN into their own network, but have little network knowledge or experts. Effort and costs for this can be avoided with the easybox from A. Hock.

These are the advantages for users:

• fast setup of an own LoRaWAN network

• cost-effective and flexible solution for monitoring plant components   

• Data remains within the company thanks to on-premise installation

Possibility of condition-based monitoring without having to worry about the infrastructure.

The LoRaWAN easybox consists of several components, including an uninterruptible power supply (UPS), a gateway that can manage up to 2000 sensors, a LoRaWAN antenna for optimal range, a pre-configured Wifi router, a switch and the box itself.

The easybox can be operated seamlessly with a Honeywell Versatilis™ transmitter. If the transmitters are purchased together with the easybox, integration and testing is performed directly by A. Hock specialists. A dashboard displaying all sensors is also provided.

Good to know: Depending on requirements, the dashboard can be adapted to specific customer applications.

The transmitters can be evaluated individually via Bluetooth. The simultaneous data readout of several transmitters is only possible thanks to LoRaWAN technology - an enormous plus point!

The transmitters send their encrypted sensor data via LoRaWAN to the gateway at regular intervals. From there, the data is forwarded to the network and application server "Chripstack" and finally ends up in Experion EHM and Grafana. The graphical interface that the user sees is the Experion Dashboard or the Grafana Dashboard.

The A.Hock LoRaWAN easybox was developed to provide a fully integrated LoRaWAN system.

The first easybox was installed and commissioned together with 10 Honeywell Versatilis™ transmitters in July 2023 at Honeywell Elster in Mainz. During a short test phase, numerous new use cases have already been developed in collaboration with the company's maintenance team.

The big goal: to collect data from various sensors, evaluate it and use it for more advanced steps such as predictive maintenance.
This collected information around the LoRaWAN easybox will be presented by A. Hock's technical experts at customer days and official trade fairs in September 2023.
For more information about the A. Hock LoRaWAN easybox or about predictive and condition-based maintenance , please feel free to contact us.