A cycling team from Global Monitoring, supplier of industrial remote monitoring and control systems, was doing more than contributing to a good cause by participating in the 65 mile American Cancer Society 41st Bikeathon?in Philadelphia on Sunday, July 14th. Team members were also field testing the company's next-generation wireless remote monitoring technology.
Each member of the Global Monitoring cycling team was equipped with miniature battery-powered sensor pods that collected biomedical, bike performance, and GPS data and transmitted that data through a secure link to a Messenger Gateway carried by the team captain. The gateway both recorded and transmitted the data over the Internet to the team's home office.
Numerous Practical Applications
The technology demonstrated in this field test, according to Global Monitoring founder and CEO Steve Sanislo, has practical applications that extend to more serious outdoor activities involving teams of people operating ?equipment - applications involving heavy equipment, construction, and emergency response. This technology will help ensure both the safety of the individual and efficient operation of the equipment.
"Understanding that no single technology can satisfy every remote monitoring application, we designed this system with cellular, satellite, and Wi-Fi communications options," notes Sanislo.? "The American Cancer Society Bikeathon gaves us a good opportunity to both field test our new technology while contributing to a good cause."
Global's other remote monitors are designed to track and react to conditions at remote, unattended, or inaccessible locations, providing status reports, service messages, and much more.??All Messenger remote monitors are configurable to a wide variety of sensor types to track conditions such as temperature, humidity, voltage, air quality, sound level, occupancy, vibration, level, and flow to perform various remote control tasks. ?Data from any site can be accessed via a web browser or configured for download to a smart phone.
