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Equipment Management
Remote equipment monitoring solutions to track critical assets and maintain the condition of your equipment. Explore our highly-flexibile, battery-powered solutions to achieve your remote equipment management outcomes.
Remote Equipment Monitoring Solutions
Effective equipment management is crucial for maintaining operational efficiency, reducing downtime, and ensuring the longevity of your assets.
The Hawk can capture critical data tailored to your specific requirements, providing equipment usage insights, reducing maintenance costs, and enabling proactive decision-making.
Equipment Monitoring Applications
Generator Monitoring
Ensure uninterrupted performance and efficiency by tracking operational parameters, detecting issues early, and preventing costly downtime.
Pulse Counting
Accurately measure and log events such as the frequency of water flow, utility meters, energy consumption, or any other event that can be quantified by pulses.
Pump Management
Monitor and manage geographically dispersed pumps to understand performance, detect anomalies and streamline operations.
Task Management & Control
Automatically schedule or run tasks based on sensor thresholds and events to enhance operational efficiency and timely execution, even in low signal environments.
Tool Tracking
Monitor the integrity and location of tools to optimize life, track usage, prevent unexpected failure and enable theft recovery.
IoT Innovation Vendor of the Year
We are proud recipients of the 2023 Global IoT Innovation Vendor of the Year award, recognized by the industry as a leading supplier of IoT hardware and software solutions.
Monitor and Optimize Your Equipment with Ease
The Hawk allows users to maximize the value they gain from a single device, with multiple power and housing variations, ultra-low power consumption for extended battery life and nine inputs/outputs within each plug-in card.
Monitor multiple equipment condition parameters, detect anomalies early, and reduce downtime, regardless of location.
Equipment Sensor Monitoring Features
Unmatched Flexibility
Select only the hardware components you need to build your specific solution.
Plug-In I/O Architecture
Flexible I/O Card Architecture caters to plug-in cards that define the 9 inputs/outputs, offering near-limitless options for interfacing to equipment monitoring sensors.
Sensor Compatibility
Bluetooth®, SDI-12, I²C, 1-Wire, iButton, 4-20mA, RS-485, RS-232, Analog Inputs, Digital Inputs, Pulse Counting, Digital Outputs, Switched Power, and more.
Multiple Power Options
Power the Hawk with a large internal rechargeable LiPo battery, external power including solar, or 2 x D Cell LTC or Alkaline batteries. Can also supply power to external sensors.
Multiple Housing Options
Select from our ultra-rugged and waterproof housing options (IP68 and IK07) with GORE® vent, or build your own.
On-Device Task Management
On-device data processing, eliminating network delays and triggering tasks or events exactly when needed.
Remote Management
Over-the-air (OTA) device configuration, management, and firmware updates.
Endpoint Integration
Securely send data to any end platform via TCP Direct or HTTPS Webhook.
Data Security
Military-level AES-256 Encryption to protect data integrity and confidentiality. Data sent to third-party systems is sent via HTTPS, providing end-to-end security.
Take Control of Device Performance & Send Data Anywhere
Device Manager, our over-the-air (OTA) device management platform, enables the remote configuration and debugging of your Digital Matter devices.
Offering users rich insights and control of their devices, Device Manager allows for the OTA customization of over 200 parameters, the ability to detect and resolve critical issues, and the secure storage and transmission of data.
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Frequently Asked Questions
The Hawk seamlessly integrates with a variety of sensors via its module I/O Cards, defining the 9 inputs/outputs and providing unlimited options for sensor integrations. Deployment-ready cards such as the Agtech 1 Card, Agtech 2 Card, Digital Card, Bluetooth+ Card, RS-1 Card, and Serial Card offer a comprehensive suite of options to meet a wide range of equipment needs, with the additional possibility of custom card development.
The Hawk supports Cellular LTE-M and NB-IoT capability, providing extended coverage, low power consumption and improved performance through walls and underground. The Hawk also supports optional external cellular antenna for maximum range, enabling reliable equipment monitoring even in remote or low-signal areas.
When the Hawk is used to monitor equipment powered by an external source such as mains or solar, that equipment can also power the Hawk. This equipment can be wired directly into the Hawks external power input, which will charge the Hawks internal LiPo battery (included with the LiPo Housing option). This battery will then act as a backup if the external power drops below the minimum required voltage (e.g., a solar panel at night). The input voltage should be 6-28V, with 12V or higher recommended.
The Hawk does have an onboard GPS that can return scheduled location updates. This feature helps with locating the installation site, reducing the overhead of logging each Hawk's location. However, the Hawk is not a tracking device and cannot detect trip start and endpoints.
The Hawk can hold up to 1,000 Bluetooth tags in its onboard memory, which provides immense value for equipment tracking. These small, low-cost tags can be placed on equipment, and the Hawk can report when these tags are lost or found. By installing the Hawk on a mine site, job site, or warehouse, it can provide tracking insights for thousands of small pieces of equipment.
The Hawk enables users to configure task parameters for equipment management, including setting the sampling frequency of sensors and defining when tasks occur. Users can also configure actions to specify which sensor readings to take or which output to set, enhancing flexibility in monitoring and managing equipment.
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