Data Collection
Your data collection problems end here. Adding advanced communications to almost any metering or IoT network device is easy with Sagacity’s powerful technology.
Gone are the days when your networks and data were exclusively focused on computer servers, desktops, and laptops. Today, organizations of all sizes in all sectors are driving their businesses on vital data streams, arriving every minute from innumerable types and brands of IoT devices deployed in buildings across the cities they service. This includes smart meters, smart sensors, thermostats, VRF systems, and door locks, just to name a few.
These IoT devices are constantly collecting data in unprecedented volumes. However, for the data to have any value, it first needs to be transmitted, analyzed, and verified as correct. This must be done in a controlled, secure, and reliable manner for every single one of your buildings, every day of every year, and doing so is harder than it sounds. These challenges are multi-layered and require knowledge and capabilities in each area to make sure the entire system functions right.
Our system's collection processes easily keep up with the sheer amount of data being created in a reliable and secure way. The collected data is made available to any authorized business system from your business units, partners, or stakeholders. The Sagacity IoT Platform allows your business to tackle the challenges of reliable data collection, increasing data volumes, heterogenous devices, heterogenous protocols, and data security. This also provides the ability to manage your operational devices at scale, manage your automated workflows and capture all regulatory documents and meta-produced by these workflows to enable demonstrable audited compliance all in one place.
Does this Sound Familiar?
Your Operations Manager determines that consumption data for a smart water meter measuring usage for a kitchen sink in one building has NOT been included in the 8 a.m. data feed delivery.
Some possible reasons for this problem are:
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1) Tenant is On Vacation: The smart device did not register any consumption because the tenant has used no water, and this brand of water meter does not send out its zero values.
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2) Smart Device Defective: The smart device has encountered a defective memory issue and is not responding to the request for its data.
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3) Tenant Tampering: The tenant is sick of paying his water bill and has illegally removed the battery from the smart water meter.
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4) Connectivity Range: The water meter is sending out consumption readings, but due to the interference of steel and concrete in this building, the message cannot reach the building's communications gateway.
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5) Building Network Issue: The building communications network has had a communication wire cut during a service call, and this is now preventing all smart devices on this floor from transmitting their data to the building’s communications gateway.
How will the Operations Manager know which is the true root cause of the missing data?
Without a powerful IoT system, it is almost impossible, not to mention incredibly costly, for your Operations team to accurately determine the true cause of the missing data. This means there’s no guarantee that the data collection issue will be resolved in a timely fashion, and without potentially losing a lot more data.
Sagacity’s IoT Platform provides powerful software tools that interact with all elements along the chain, including end-devices, device communication protocols, communication gateways, building networks, and associated historical audit logs to enable the root cause to be quickly and definitively determined. Working at each of the various levels – device, network, cloud, and data – and having access to the current state and recent history, is what is required for this algorithmic deduction to occur effectively.
Once the true root cause is accurately determined, you can implement the resolution swiftly and with confidence, and be sure that the problem is closed.
Smart Devices
The Internet of Things is a network of connected smart devices that learn from each other so they can do the hard work automatically - like measuring a building’s electrical use, monitoring water consumption, alerting on dangerous blood glucose levels for medical patients, or even turning off your oven!
Sagacity wirelessly connects your simple devices to each other and our cloud platform, enabling each device to work smarter so your business can experience all the benefits of the Internet of Things, without replacing assets you've already invested in.
Regardless of vendor or age, all types and brands of
electrical, water, gas, and thermal meters, and leak, flood, fire, heat, and humidity
sensors can be seamlessly sub-metered through your building and connected to Sagacity's
platform.
No wires necessary! Our gateways and nodes can be easily
attached to any device without extending any wires.
Communications
Whether it's a new build or retrofit application, Sagacity's communications technology enables you to integrate all types and brands of products in your building into a single, organized system. This protects you from being lobbied by suppliers, or from having to use too many expensive systems to get your work done.
Sagacity’s patent-pending technology enables full coverage for even the most challenging buildings, regardless of size, age, or building materials. Our research and development efforts are focused on resiliency to work in any type of building, even those with lots of concrete and steel. We provide your business with innovative solutions that ensure the best fit for your building's particular needs, all without extending additional wires.
Sagacity's gateways and nodes enable compatibility with a variety of different communications architectures, protocols, and devices from varying manufacturers. We promote and use open-protocol standards to maximize compatibility and support the largest number of devices. To minimize costs, our communication technology prioritizes ease of deployment, including performing automatic configuration for the more complicated protocols.
Our advanced Lynked gateways and communication nodes are the secure and reliable bridge between your devices and the outside world. They provide open standard protocols, enabling your business to speak to countless devices without being limited by proprietary technology. Lynked gateways enable your devices to sync with Sagacity’s cloud platform, introducing centralized intelligence and the control of data into your network.
Lynked G3-PLC Gateway (CG-200)
Features
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Universally collects from G3-PLC metering devices
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Fully compliant G3-PLC open standard mesh technology
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Three phase power and PLC support
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Effortless automatic installation and configuration
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Plug and play to add and remove devices
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Advanced network security across all channels
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Simple Web-Based Management Interface and Alert Notifications
Lynked G3-PLC Gateway (CG-100)
Features
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Universal M-Bus Master, Gateway, and Power Supply in One Device
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Effortless installation: Automatically senses and auto-configures M-Bus
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Plug and play to add and remove devices
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Scalable up to 250 M-Bus Devices
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Sate of the Art M-Bus Integrity Check (Patent Pending)
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Simple Web-Based Management Interface and Alert Notifications
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Patent Pending
Lynked RS485-2-PLC Node (CN-20)
Features
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Extends your network to devices in hard-to-reach areas
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Use with devices with RS-485 interfaces to connect into PLC network
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Supports numerous smart metering devices including Lynked, Sieco-Tech, Triacta, Accuenergy, QLC etc.
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Supports two-wire and four-wire RS-485 communications (RS-422 capable)
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Plug and play to add and remove devices
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Suitable for use in residential and commercial areas
Lynked PULSE-2-PLC Node (CN-10)
Features
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Extends your network to devices in hard-to-reach areas
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For use with any pulse device to connect into PLC network
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Supports all types of smart meter technologies including water, heat, and gas
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Effortless automatic configuration
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Each node supports up to 3 devices
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Plug and play to add and remove devices
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Suitable for use in residential and commercial areas
