Remote monitoring system and method
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1. A remote monitoring system, comprising:
- a sensor configured to take measurements of vibration of an associated machine;
a data acquisition module configured to gather machine vibration data from said sensor;
an application server configured to perform calculations on said machine vibration data and in communication with said data acquisition module across a network;
a database in communication with said application server and configured to receive and store said machine vibration data from said data acquisition module across said network;
an interface configured to facilitate communication between a user and said application server, wherein said machine vibration data stored in said database is accessible to the user connected to said network in real-time; and
an alert notification engine configured such that when a parameter characterizing the machine vibration data calculated by said application server exceeds a predefined threshold value, one or more first alerts corresponding to said parameter are transmitted to one or more first users, and one or more additional alerts are transmitted to one or more second users if at least one of said first users fails to respond to said first alert within a predetermined time, wherein said first alerts and said additional alerts include diagnostic information informing the user that said parameter exceeds said threshold and indicating one or more causes of the exceeded threshold,wherein when said parameter characterizing the machine vibration exceeds said threshold value, a rate at which the data acquisition module gathers the machine vibration data is increased.
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Abstract
A remote monitoring system including a sensor configured to take measurements of a physical parameter of an associated machine, a data acquisition module configured to gather machine data from the sensor, an application server in communication with the data acquisition module across a network, a database in communication with the application server and configured to receive and store the machine data from the data acquisition module across the network, and an interface configured to facilitate communication between a user and the machine data maintained in the database, wherein the machine data stored in the database is accessible to the user connected to the network in real-time.
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1. A remote monitoring system, comprising:
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a sensor configured to take measurements of vibration of an associated machine; a data acquisition module configured to gather machine vibration data from said sensor; an application server configured to perform calculations on said machine vibration data and in communication with said data acquisition module across a network; a database in communication with said application server and configured to receive and store said machine vibration data from said data acquisition module across said network; an interface configured to facilitate communication between a user and said application server, wherein said machine vibration data stored in said database is accessible to the user connected to said network in real-time; and an alert notification engine configured such that when a parameter characterizing the machine vibration data calculated by said application server exceeds a predefined threshold value, one or more first alerts corresponding to said parameter are transmitted to one or more first users, and one or more additional alerts are transmitted to one or more second users if at least one of said first users fails to respond to said first alert within a predetermined time, wherein said first alerts and said additional alerts include diagnostic information informing the user that said parameter exceeds said threshold and indicating one or more causes of the exceeded threshold, wherein when said parameter characterizing the machine vibration exceeds said threshold value, a rate at which the data acquisition module gathers the machine vibration data is increased. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 18, 19)
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10. A remote monitoring system having an application server, the application server comprising:
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a data processing module configured to facilitate communication between a data acquisition module associated with a sensor configured to take measurements of vibration of an associated machine, a database, and a user interface, wherein the data processing module is configured to receive machine vibration data from the data acquisition module, send configurations to said data acquisition module, send and receive machine vibration data to and from the database, and perform calculations of parameters characterizing the machine vibration data as well as calculations necessary to present machine vibration data to a user; a graphical user interface configured to output machine vibration data to said user interface and further configured to receive and send to the application server user requests to calculate or analyze the machine data in real-time; and an alert notification engine configured such that when one of said calculated parameters characterizing the machine vibration data exceeds a predefined threshold value, one or more first alerts corresponding to said parameter are transmitted to one or more first users, and one or more additional alerts are transmitted to one or more second users if at least one of said first users fails to respond to said first alert within a predetermined time, wherein said first alerts and said additional alerts include diagnostic information informing the user that said parameter exceeds said threshold and indicating one or more causes of the exceeded threshold, wherein when said one of said calculated parameters characterizing the machine vibration exceeds said threshold value, a rate at which the machine vibration data is gathered from the data acquisition module is increased. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 16, 17)
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14. A method of remote monitoring, comprising the steps of:
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using a data acquisition module gathering a sensor signal from a sensor associated with a machine, said sensor configured to take measurements of vibration of said associated machine; the data acquisition module converting said sensor signal into the digital format and sending the machine vibration data to an application server over a network; the application server performing calculations on the machine vibration data and storing the machine vibration data in a memory; a user retrieving machine vibration data stored in the memory through a graphical user interface embedded into a standard webpage, wherein the user is remote from a facility housing the data acquisition module; transmitting a first alert to one or more first users when one or more parameters characterizing the machine vibration data exceeds a predefined threshold value; and transmitting one or more additional alerts to one or more second users if at least one of said first users fails to respond to said first alert within a predetermined time, wherein said first alerts and said additional alerts include diagnostic information informing the user that said parameter exceeds said threshold and indicating one or more causes of the exceeded threshold, and wherein when said one or more parameters characterizing the machine vibration exceeds said threshold value, a rate at which said data acquisition module gathers the machine vibration data is increased. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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