What Are Assets & Sensors?

Learn about Assets & Sensors and how they integrate with the SmartSense mobile app (formerly NEXT).

Assets & Sensors Overview

Assets & Sensors refer to your equipment being monitored and include the SmartSense gateways that transmit data from the sensor to the SmartSense web app. Devices relaying information about your assets can be monitored from the SmartSense mobile app home screen under the ASSETS & SENSORS tile.

Within each card, you will see the location of the asset, the assigned environment type, the status of the asset (Online/Offline), and the asset(s). Each asset will have an assigned name as well as a unique ID. However, one sensor can have more than one name to better define the monitoring condition being measured (e.g., temperature and humidity), and the corresponding reading will be displayed to the right of each sensor name along with the timestamp for the last reading.

An asset status is easy to recognize based on the color displayed:

• Green – the asset is online and active
• Red – the asset is offline
• Orange – the asset has not reported for at least one interval
  
  

Assets are arranged by the date created. If you are looking for a specific asset or sensor, you will need to scroll down the page until you find the one you need. Otherwise, use the search icon at the bottom of your screen to locate the asset or sensor by name or ID.

Asset Details

Tapping an asset will take you to the ASSET DETAILS screen. There are five tabs at the top of the screen:

1. Details – displays the location and environment of the asset as well as tags assigned by the administrator through the web app.
   
   The Details screen also includes an HOURLY TREND GRAPH for each Reading Type (Temperature, Humidity, etc.) set up for the specified Asset. Each graph contains Readings collected during that time frame and plots the values to display a snapshot of how the Reading Type is trending.
   
   
   
   

   Hourly Trends can be adjusted between 24 hours, 12 hours, or 6 hours.

   If Alarms are configured for the Asset & Reading Type, then a red or blue horizontal line representing the Alarm threshold will be displayed on the graph for either the highest Low Alarm or lowest High Alarm (alarm values closest to the "in range" value).

2. Alarms – displays ACTIVE ALARMS at the top of the screen and all other configured alarms below. You can identify an active alarm by the red alarm icon. This indicates that the alarm needs to be addressed to resolve the issue. You can learn more about the alarm by reviewing  Alarm Type, Threshold, Duration, and Triggered sections.
   
   
3. Alarms Configured – includes Alarm Type, Threshold, Alarm Delay, and Severity, and the status of these alarms will either be ENABLED or DISABLED. All these details are configured within the web app.
   
   
4. Incidents – displays open incidents for the asset unless no incidents are reported. Each incident has a unique numerical ID and tapping on the VIEW INCIDENT button will take you to the DETAILS screen for that specific incident. Additional details for the incident include Started, Status, Alarm, and Description.
   
   
5. Sensors – displays SENSORS ASSIGNED to the asset and selecting a sensor will take you to the SENSOR DETAILS screen. Here you can see the Model, Device ID, Port, Last Gateway ID, and Asset.
   
   
6. Sensor Reading – displays the readings in the past 48 hours and the history will show the measured temperature and timestamp for each of those readings.
   
   
7. History – corresponds with the event types, which include alarms, incidents, and sensors. These details can only be reviewed in the web app.
   
   

Note: Depending on the screen size of your mobile device, you may need to swipe left to view all tabs at the top of the screen.