Architecture
WebMonitor is a service run by Senceive on the Microsoft Azure cloud platform. The WebMonitor system consists of three main components: an Azure SQL Database that stores all configuration, data samples, and diagnostic information for all locations; the web client part built on the enterprise-class Microsoft ASP.NET platform; and a virtual machine that runs the WebMonitor service. The WebMonitor service is responsible for all background activities, including:
- Manage incoming sample and diagnostic data from field equipment
- Process incoming data samples and images
- conversion to engineering units
- apply all configured baseline offsets
- apply all configured data filtering
- Perform virtual sensor calculations (derived sensors, aggregate sensors, and sensor chains)
- Data sample notification
- Network health notification
- Maintaining the network intelligence configuration of FlatMesh nodes
- Regularly upload data to external servers via FTP/FTPS
Data alert
Up to five different alert trigger levels with user-configurable colors can be set for a website in just a few seconds.
Network health notification
To help you respond to system issues, WebMonitor can automatically send emails to a list of addresses if a device is no longer communicating with the system. It can also send notifications if a gateway's battery voltage drops below a warning threshold to allow time to respond before service is lost.
Custom branding
WebMonitor can be customized, from the login page to the alert messages. This is achieved through configuration options for the client organization. No software development work is required.
Monitor using Site Monitor
Site Monitor is customized with a graphic that represents the site. This could be a map, technical drawing, or simply a photograph. Sensor icons are overlaid on this image and show the last reported value for that site along with its current alarm status (e.g. clear/green/yellow/red for multi-level alarm triggers). Clicking on the site icon gives you quick direct access to graphs for that sensor.
Data reports
The Data Reports page allows users to quickly generate time series graphs and downloadable CSV files for any combination of locations and sensor types. Graphs allow for interactive zooming and quick dataset selection for frustration-free data exploration. Alert trigger levels are displayed as shaded backgrounds.
Sensor chain reports
The dedicated Sensor Chain Reports page is used to display data from virtual sensors in the sensor chain. Graphs allow interactive zooming. Alert trigger levels are displayed as shaded backgrounds. Data can be exported to a downloadable CSV file with a single click.
Camera viewer
Images from all cameras on the site will be displayed on this page. Individual images can be viewed under zoom or downloaded with a few clicks.
Notification history
The Alerts page displays the complete history of active, acknowledged, and cleared alerts for the site. Records of the user and time of acknowledgement and clearing are available for each entry. The panel at the top of each page displays currently active alerts for all sites so you never miss a thing.
Configuration: Notifications
Notification triggers are highly configurable, with the ability to configure complex notification rules in a clear and simple way.
Configuration: Site Monitor
Site Monitor configuration is done using an easy-to-use drag-and-drop interface.
