Client Background
The client is the global leader in water, hygiene and energy technologies, and services.
Client Need
- The client was facing difficulties in managing firmware updates to their Condor devices spread across global locations.
- They needed to do away with the need for technicians’ physical presence to carry out updates on firmware or to troubleshoot devices.
- The client required remote monitoring and remote management of the devices using Azure IoT.
- The client required integration with Apex, Accutrol and SpringBoard kind of IoT devices used in their in swimming pools, spas, dishwashers, etc.
Our Solution
- Helped the client in setting up a Microsoft Azure IoT hub.
- IoT hub registers every device using the IPV4 address of the device and provides a unique key to each device.
- Built a web interface using MVC core target version 4.5.2 to be used for remote monitoring and upgrading of the device firmware.
- Technologies used: Azure IoT Hub, Azure Blob Storage, Azure Document DB, Azure App Services, Azure Device Explorer and Xunit for testing.
Tools & Technologies
Microsoft Azure
Key Benefits
- The remote management of Condor devices saves the client a considerable amount of time and money spent on in-person management of devices
- Remote monitoring and real-time reporting ensured that device downtimes are considerably reduced, thereby ensuring business continuity.
- The solution was implemented in a short time frame using an Agile methodology to stabilize the solution before winter.
