Intelligent Power and Environmental Monitoring System

60%

Repair Time Cut

80%

Equipment Failures Down

50%

Efficiency Up

Background

For critical infrastructure such as data centers, communication base stations, and substations operating without or with minimal staff, the stability of their internal power equipment (UPS, precision air conditioning) and environmental conditions is fundamental to business continuity.
Power outages, water ingress, or excessive temperature and humidity can often lead to equipment damage and business interruption, resulting in significant economic losses and reputational risks. Centralized, real-time, and intelligent monitoring of the power and environmental conditions is essential for achieving unmanned intelligent operation and maintenance.

Client Requirements

Comprehensive collection of various signals is required

Environmental Monitoring: Temperature and humidity data collected by sensors within the data center

UPS Monitoring: Monitoring UPS input and output voltage, current, and power; battery voltage, backup time, temperature, and other parameters

Equipment Status: Status of components such as rectifiers, inverters, batteries, and loads

Switch Status: Monitoring the on/off status of switches in each circuit

Real-time Monitoring: Camera monitoring of key areas and uploading monitoring data to a cloud platform

Remote control: Support remote control of smart devices (air conditioners) for start/stop and temperature settings.

Early Warning/Alarm: Establish a multi-level, multi-parameter associated alarm mechanism. Configure alarm settings for water leaks, smoke detection, personnel intrusion monitoring, and access control systems

Analysis and customized reports: The cloud platform provides data monitoring, power efficiency (PUE) analysis, historical event querying, and customized reports.

Closed-loop management: Supports full-process closed-loop management from data monitoring and threshold alerts to remote control and maintenance handling.

Technical Solution

IOTRouter provides a set of equipment for power and environmental monitoring systems to support data acquisition, protocol conversion, remote control, and network transmission. It uses EG8208 (industrial gateway)+ET1010 (IO acquisition module + ER5000(4G router) as the edge acquisition and control layer, connecting to third-party professional environmental monitoring platforms or the IOTRouter Cloud platform.
The gateway and I/O modules are installed in a cabinet. The gateway connects to the UPS and air conditioner via Ethernet/serial ports; the I/O modules connect to various sensors such as temperature and humidity sensors, leak detectors, infrared sensors, and door sensors. The gateway connects to the network via 4G/wired connection.

Data Flow Description:

1. Acquisition: The ET1010 uses an RS-485 interface to connect to sensors or devices, acquiring analog/digital data via the Modbus protocol and reporting it to the EG8208 gateway.
2. Processing: The EG8208 can quickly achieve bidirectional transparent data transmission between the RS485 serial port and Ethernet. It supports multi-host polling and Modbus protocol conversion, and supports data reporting in user-defined JSON format. The EG8208 gateway has edge computing capabilities, enabling preliminary logical judgments (such as alarm triggering), data filtering, and protocol conversion.
3. Transmission: The EG8208 gateway encapsulates the processed data and encrypts it via MQTT/TCP protocol before transmitting it to the environmental monitoring platform. The ER5000 provides secure, reliable, and 24/7 network support for the EG8208 gateway, ET1010 remote I/O module, and other devices.
4. Analysis: The remote operation and maintenance platform can perform data storage, comprehensive analysis, visualization, and alarm triggering.

Advantages and Value

Modular design with rich interfaces, allowing flexible connection to various types of environmental sensors and devices.

Industrial-grade design ensures stable operation 24/7.

Edge computing capabilities reduce platform load and improve real-time response.

It enabled a shift from a reactive, firefighting-style to a proactive, preventative operational model, reducing fault detection time from hours to seconds.

This significantly reduced the probability of major incidents and equipment downtime, ensuring the continuity of core business operations.

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