How IIOTdots works

How the IIOTdots Industrial IoT platform connects PLCs, meters and sensors through a gateway, with MQTT, a rule engine, alarms and multi-site dashboards.

How the IIOTdots platform works

For technical evaluators: gateway architecture, connectivity, rule engine, alarms and multi-site monitoring.

IIOTdots

Industrial IoT SaaS Platform for OEE, Electrical Monitoring, SCADA, Temperature Monitoring, Irrigation and Remote Industrial Operations.

Product Overview

IIOTdots is a cloud-based Industrial IoT platform designed to connect industrial equipment, machines, meters, sensors and control systems to a centralized monitoring and management environment.

The platform combines device connectivity, data collection, real-time visualization, alarms, automation, analytics and remote operation in one industrial IoT environment.

IIOTdots can be used for a wide range of industrial applications, including:

Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)
Electrical and Energy Monitoring
Cloud SCADA
Remote Machine Monitoring and Control
Temperature and Environmental Monitoring
Irrigation Monitoring and Control
Production and Machine Data Collection
Industrial Alarms and Notifications
IoT Dashboards and KPIs
Historical Data and Trend Analysis

Connect Your Factory Without a Dedicated Server

One of the key advantages of IIOTdots is its gateway-based architecture. Instead of installing a dedicated application server inside the factory, an IIOTdots Gateway can connect the factory equipment to the cloud platform.

Existing PLCs, meters, sensors and industrial systems can remain inside the factory while the gateway handles communication with the IIOTdots platform.

This architecture eliminates the need for a dedicated on-premises application server for the IIOTdots platform and can simplify deployment across multiple factories and remote sites.

Remote Monitoring Without VPN or Special Tunneling

IIOTdots is designed to provide remote industrial monitoring and control without requiring the customer to deploy a traditional VPN or specialized network tunneling solution between the factory and the cloud platform.

The gateway establishes the communication path to the IIOTdots platform, allowing authorized users to access dashboards, machine information, alarms and control functions through the cloud application.

This makes the solution suitable for factories with limited IT infrastructure, multiple production sites and geographically distributed equipment.

Industrial IoT Architecture

1. Factory Equipment

PLCs, machines, power meters, sensors, temperature devices, irrigation equipment and other industrial systems.

2. IIOTdots Gateway

Collects industrial data and communicates with the IIOTdots cloud, providing the connection between the factory and the platform.

3. IIOTdots Cloud

Stores telemetry, processes data, manages alarms and rules, and provides the central IoT platform.

4. Web Application

Users access dashboards, KPIs, alarms, trends and control functions from a browser.

OEE as a Service

IIOTdots can provide an OEE monitoring environment for production operations by collecting machine and production information and presenting operational KPIs through cloud dashboards.

Production data can be collected from PLCs, machine signals, sensors or other connected industrial devices and transformed into useful production information.

Machine running / stopped status
Production counts
Machine runtime
Downtime
Production performance
Availability-related information
Quality-related production information
OEE KPIs and trends

Electrical & Energy Monitoring

IIOTdots can collect electrical measurements from connected power meters and electrical monitoring devices and present the information through real-time dashboards and historical trends.

This allows organizations to monitor electrical consumption across factories, production lines, machines or individual assets.

Real-time electrical measurements
Energy consumption monitoring
Machine-level energy visibility
Production-line monitoring
Historical trends
Threshold and alarm monitoring
Energy-related KPIs

Cloud SCADA

IIOTdots can be used as a cloud-based SCADA environment for monitoring distributed industrial assets and processes.

Instead of limiting operators to a traditional local SCADA workstation, IIOTdots allows industrial information to be presented through web-based dashboards and interfaces.

Depending on the connected equipment and application architecture, operators can monitor values, statuses, alarms and process information, while control commands can be sent back to connected devices.

Remote Monitoring & Control

IIOTdots supports industrial monitoring and device interaction through its IoT communication architecture. The platform can receive telemetry from devices and also support server-to-device commands through its rule and device communication mechanisms.

This enables applications where a user needs to monitor a machine or process and perform authorized remote actions from the web application.

An operator can monitor a remote pump station, receive an alarm when a condition changes, open the corresponding dashboard and issue an authorized control command without physically being at the site.

Temperature Monitoring

IIOTdots can be used to continuously monitor temperature sensors and generate real-time dashboards, historical trends and alarms.

Temperature monitoring can be applied to production environments, equipment, warehouses, cold rooms, facilities and other industrial applications where temperature visibility is important.

Real-time temperature values
Historical temperature trends
High and low temperature alarms
Multiple sensor monitoring
Remote site monitoring
Dashboard-based visualization

Irrigation Monitoring & Control

IIOTdots can also be used for irrigation and water-management applications by connecting pumps, valves, sensors and field equipment to the IoT platform.

A centralized dashboard can provide visibility across irrigation assets while connected control equipment can be operated remotely according to the application requirements.

Pump monitoring
Valve monitoring and control
Water-related sensor monitoring
Remote field monitoring
Alarm conditions
Historical data
Centralized multi-site monitoring

Real-Time IoT Dashboards

IIOTdots provides interactive dashboards for visualizing connected industrial data in real time. Dashboards can use entity aliases and reusable configurations so the same dashboard design can be applied across different devices or assets.

Dashboards can be assigned to customers, shared through controlled access, published through public URLs where appropriate, or embedded into external web applications.

Telemetry & Data Collection

IIOTdots is designed around continuous telemetry collection from connected devices. The platform supports multiple communication technologies, including MQTT, CoAP and HTTP, with additional device connectivity options documented by the platform.

Device data can be stored as time-series telemetry and used by dashboards, alarms, rules and other platform functions.

MQTT-Based Industrial Connectivity

MQTT provides a lightweight communication mechanism for industrial IoT devices and gateways. IIOTdots supports MQTT connectivity and device authentication through access tokens, with TLS-based MQTT also supported.

This makes IIOTdots suitable for connecting large numbers of distributed sensors, machines, meters and gateways to a centralized cloud platform.

Rule Engine & Automation

IIOTdots includes a rule engine that processes incoming device messages through configurable rule chains. Rules can filter, enrich, transform and act on incoming information.

This provides a foundation for implementing industrial automation logic, alarms, notifications, data processing and integrations with external systems.

Machine data → condition check → alarm → notification → external integration or control action.

Industrial Alarms

IIOTdots provides alarm management for detecting abnormal or critical operating conditions. Alarm conditions can be defined from telemetry or device attributes and can be managed through a defined alarm lifecycle.

Alarm severity levels include Critical, Major, Minor, Warning and Indeterminate, allowing organizations to classify and prioritize industrial events.

Multi-Site Industrial Monitoring

Because the factory equipment communicates through the gateway to the cloud platform, IIOTdots can be used to monitor multiple factories, production facilities, pumping stations, irrigation sites or remote assets from a centralized environment.

Each site can have its own devices, assets, dashboards, alarms and monitoring requirements while management can obtain centralized visibility across the organization.

From Machine Data to Business Information

Connect machines, PLCs, meters and sensors.

Collect real-time industrial telemetry.

Apply rules, calculations, alarms and automation.

Display information through real-time dashboards.

Respond to events and perform authorized control actions.

One Platform – Multiple Industrial Applications

IIOTdots is designed as a common Industrial IoT foundation rather than a single-purpose monitoring system. The same platform architecture can support different industrial applications.

Designed for Industrial Deployment

IIOTdots separates the industrial equipment from the cloud application through the gateway architecture. This allows existing industrial infrastructure to remain at the site while the IIOTdots platform provides centralized cloud services.

The result is a practical architecture for organizations that want to introduce Industrial IoT without deploying a complete new server infrastructure at every factory.

Platform Capabilities

Industrial IoT device connectivity
MQTT, CoAP and HTTP connectivity
Real-time telemetry collection
Time-series data storage
Interactive dashboards
Industrial alarms
Rule-based processing and automation
Remote device communication and control
Multi-device and multi-asset monitoring
Multi-site monitoring
Data export and APIs
Web-based access

Typical Industrial Deployment

Web Browser | PC | Tablet | Mobile

Why IIOTdots?

No dedicated factory server: Use the IIOTdots Gateway to connect factory equipment to the platform.
No traditional VPN requirement: Remote access is provided through the cloud architecture rather than requiring a site-to-site VPN.
One platform for multiple applications: OEE, energy, SCADA, temperature, irrigation and other IoT applications can use the same platform.
Real-time visibility: Monitor industrial equipment and telemetry through web dashboards.
Remote operation: Support authorized control and device communication from the cloud.
Scalable architecture: Add devices, assets and sites without redesigning the complete monitoring solution.
Industrial data platform: Use collected telemetry for dashboards, alarms, rules, integrations and analytics.

Technical Foundation

IIOTdots is built around a device-to-platform architecture in which connected devices publish telemetry to the platform. The platform processes incoming messages through its rule engine, stores telemetry, evaluates alarms and provides data to dashboards and other integrations.

The platform documentation also describes REST, MQTT, CoAP, HTTP and WebSocket interfaces for integration and application development.

Summary

IIOTdots – Industrial IoT as a Service

IIOTdots provides a unified cloud platform for connecting industrial equipment, collecting operational data, monitoring processes, generating alarms, visualizing KPIs and performing authorized remote control.

With the IIOTdots Gateway, factories can connect existing industrial equipment to the cloud without deploying a dedicated IIOTdots server at every site, while remote monitoring and control can be provided without requiring a traditional VPN or specialized tunneling infrastructure.

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