Field service management (FSM) is the business-official way of mentioning all the operational and administrative work that goes into on-location service delivery. In other words, FSM is the juggling act that involves everything from accounting and customer...
OT & IoT
Mobile Alerting complements SCADA systems in the Utilities Sector
Utilities companies represent a particular challenge for modern alarm solutions complementing SCADA systems. Due to the decentralised distribution of installations and plants in rural and urban areas, operation, maintenance and repair are already associated with...
Machine Breakdown Maintenance Call using the AWS IoT Button
Urgent breakdown maintenance calls are a common scenario on a shop floor, e.g. in manufacturing or logistics. Response is a critical matter as equipment breakdowns bring your operations to a grinding halt. When a machine breaks down or malfunctions, a maintenance...
Mobile alerts for Cumulocity-managed IoT devices
IoT platforms such as Cumulocity by Software AG are a crucial part in a proper "Industry 4.0" implementation. The Deutsche Telekom AG is using Cumulocity for their new IoT products like "Predictive Maintenance" and the "Cloud der Dinge Starterkit". They are used to...
C# code for the SIGNL4 webhook
When I started with my first Raspberry mini computer, I selected Windows 10 IoT Core as the operating system. This allowed for using Visual Studio and C#. It is not that difficult to call a webhook from your C# code, though a couple of pitfalls await you when your...
Alert Notifications for Maintenance Teams
Maintenance of machines is an incredibly important task. And it is important to fix a machine before it completely fails. Once an issue is detected is important to communicate as reliably and quickly as possible to the right engineer. Ideally, the machine is connected...





















