by Brianna Crandall — April 15, 2016 — Nebraska-based BinMaster, a designer and manufacturer of industrial sensoring devices, and North Carolina-based Device Solutions, a provider of wireless and mobile devices for embedded applications, announced this week a strategic alliance that is expected to improve remote monitoring with end-to-end solutions for sensor-based networks.
BinMaster will market as “BinCom” the main wireless communication device based on Device Solutions’ Cellio IIoT platform; transceivers and gateways will send data from sensors to cloud-based application software.
The companies have teamed up and designed systems that automate data collection, dissemination and reporting. Customers across any industry will be able to monitor and manage data from all types of sensors for properties such as level, temperature, moisture, humidity, or flow and be alerted when pre-determined thresholds have been met. Other system features include the ability to track assets and automatically optimize routes for delivery vehicles.
The backbone of the system is a wireless communication device based upon the Cellio IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things) platform developed by Device Solutions that BinMaster will market as BinCom. Transceivers and gateways send data from sensors to cloud-based application software.
The BinMaster BinCom device roadmap will offer a variety of models compatible with Cellular CDMA, Cellular GSM, Wi-Fi, or Ethernet communication platforms. Remote data monitoring can be done via a PC, tablet or smartphone, and can be set up to send automated alerts via e-mail or SMS text.
Device Solutions has developed flexible dashboards that can be customized by each company, each user within a company, and the type of sensor data they wish to monitor. BinCom is compatible with a variety of BinMaster sensors or currently installed sensors supplied by BinMaster or another manufacturer. The standard BinCom interfaces include both analog and digital and support 0-5VDC, 4-20 mA, dry contacts, Modbus, and RS-485 outputs.
The BinCom data monitoring and asset tracking solutions will be offered by BinMaster as complete systems including sensors, BinCom transceivers, gateways and asset trackers, cloud-based services, and other options such as local monitoring consoles.
