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The HID Condition Monitoring using the Bluzone ecosystem is done by mounting beacons onto physical assets such as motors or gearboxes. After an initial configuration the installed beacons will continuously collect and advertise telemetry data (temperature, vibration). This data can be received and forwarded to the Bluzone Cloud by BluFi devices installed nearby.

On the Cloud side, this data is then be evaluated against a specific set of rules defined by a Policy. If the data received from any of the installed beacons starts violating this policy, Bluzone will create an alert and (optionally) notify end-users that there is an issue.

Setting up a Condition Monitoring installation does therefore require the 3 essential steps described below.

Note:
The information below assumes basic knowledge about the Bluzone ecosystem - including familiarity with device provisioning, beacon configuration and policies. If you require additional information about these topics, please take a look at our How-To Guides first.

Policy Configuration

In order to enable Condition Monitoring for beacons in your Bluzone project you need to create one or more appropriate policies. The policy type that needs to be used for this type of evaluation is called "Motion Condition". Please refer to the below page for more details about the creation and configuration of a Motion Condition Policy.

The policies for Condition Monitoring can be created at any point before or after the preparation of your devices. We do however recommend that you only start adding beacons to existing policies after you have properly mounted, provisioned and configured them.

Provisioning / Installation

This step refers to the physical placement of a beacon on the target asset. The quality of an asset's health evaluation in Bluzone depends largely on the quality of the data that the attached beacon produces. There are 3 important factors to keep in mind when mounting a beacon for Condition Monitoring:

  1. The beacon should be mounted as close as possible to the source of the evaluated vibrations.
  2. The beacon should be mounted and fixated as firmly as possible to avoid resonance.
  3. The beacon must be mounted in range of a nearby Blufi.

Beacon Configuration

Before Bluzone can evaluate a beacon's data for Condition Monitoring, you need to make sure that a beacon does actually produce the correct type of data for the policy that you are using. There are generally 3 options for properly configuring a beacon for Condition Monitoring:

  1. Apply a default beacon template
    Bluzone offers a variety of beacon templates containing recommended default settings for different use cases. These can be applied to a beacon and enable them to work with e.g. Condition Monitoring without further setup.
    Please refer to the paged linked below for additional information about default Condition Monitoring templates in Bluzone:
    Default Condition Monitoring Templates
  2. Apply a custom beacon template
    End users can create and edit custom configuration templates to adapt beacon settings to a specific use case. A common way to create a Condition Monitoring template is to clone one Bluzone's default templates and changing the cloned template's settings.
  3. Manually configure a beacon
    All of the configuration settings represented by beacon templates can of course also be manually altered on individual beacons.

While beacon configuration in general offers a wide selection of settings, only a few of them are relevant for use with Condition Monitoring. Please visit the page linked below for detailed information about the configuration of a beacon's Condition Monitoring features.

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solution is an end-to-end vibration and temperature monitoring system, which includes monitoring hardware, data transmission hardware, cloud storage, analytics, alerting, and user interface/ visualization.  The condition monitoring solution leverages bluetooth low-energy (BLE) beacon technology to provide continuous visibility and long battery life.  The BEEKs CM v2 beacon has a high-bandwidth accelerometer that takes vibration readings once every two minutes (default setting, configurable) and transmits data to Bluzone cloud (through gateways, may be AC BluFi or DC BluFi) where it is stored and analyzed.  

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The following sections walk through basic setup and installation, policy configuration, Bluzone UI navigation, vibration background and theory, deployment troubleshooting, and advanced configuration.

1. General Setup and Installation

To get started, use the PDF Installation Guide and walk through the steps from start to finish.  This will take you through everything from account creation to hardware provisioning to physical installation.  After the installation is complete, for more detailed information on policy setup, navigating Bluzone, and advanced configuration, see Sections 2-6 below.  If you run into issues with connectivity during or after the installation, refer to the troubleshooting pages in Section 4.

The following are links for the installation guide/ tutorial, as well as some additional details on epoxy and mounting recommendations:

2. Policy Creation and Configuration

Bluzone's Policy feature allows you to create custom alerting for the beacons.  After you have successfully configured and installed beacons and BluFi, you can create policies that automatically analyze data and send notifications.  The following policies in Bluzone are useful with the BEEKs CM v2 beacon:

  • Motion Condition: machine learning model that learns a beacon's baseline vibration level, then generates an alert when the vibration deviates from this significantly for a sustained period of time
  • Vibration Threshold: generates an alert when a beacon's vibration level goes above a defined threshold
  • Basic Motion: generates an alert when a beacon's basic motion data goes above or below a threshold, to detect motion or no-motion events
  • Temperature Threshold: generates an alert when a beacon's temperature goes above or below defined thresholds
  • Battery Voltage: generates an alert when a beacon's voltage is low

3. Navigating Bluzone

The following tutorials show some of the features of Bluzone that are helpful for condition monitoring with the BEEKs CM v2 beacon:

  • Statistics Charts: view temperature and vibration data, as well as other metrics like RSSI and battery voltage
  • Change Units: change units of measure for temperature (Celsius/ Fahrenheit) and vibration (g, in/s, mm/s, etc.)
  • Condition Monitoring Alert Dashboard: dashboard and charts for visualizing the details of vibration and temperature alerts
  • Firmware Updates: update BEEKs CM v2 beacons to the latest available firmware

4. Deployment and Network Troubleshooting

If provisioning of a BluFi is unsuccessful or if connectivity issues persist after deployment, please refer to the following guidelines:

  • Deployment Guidelines and Troubleshooting: recommended practices for condition monitoring deployments and tools for troubleshooting beacon-to-BluFi connectivity via bluetooth
  • Network Troubleshooting: list of supported security protocols and network requirements for troubleshooting BluFi-to-Bluzone connectivity via WiFi

5. Advanced Configuration

The default configuration settings given in the installation guide are suitable for most applications of monitoring rotating or reciprocating machinery, especially when using the Policies available in Bluzone.  If, however, you have a custom application that requires different configuration settings, you may be able to configure the hardware to the desired settings by using the following tutorials:

6. Support

If you are not able to solve your problem or answer your question with the documentation on this page, you may find it helpful to check the Bluzone System Status page or contact our support team:

  • Bluzone System Status: check the current status of Bluzone and see upcoming maintenance and/ or updates
  • Support Portal: contact our support team by submitting a ticket (for details on how to submit a ticket, please view the user guide)

7. Additional Condition Monitoring Product Information

     Product Specifications and Datasheets

     Condition Monitoring Overview, Use Cases, and Background

     Security and Compliance Documentation

     Bluzone Integration into Third-party Platforms