Siteplore Technical Guides
Field-ready guidance for trustworthy monitoring systems.
Practical engineering guidance for sensing, installation, connectivity, power monitoring, machine health, environmental measurement, data quality and commissioning.
How to use the guides
Follow the complete measurement lifecycle.
A technically correct sensor can still produce weak decisions if selection, installation, context, communication or verification is incomplete.
Define the decision and risk
Start with the asset, failure mode, operating decision, consequence and required response time.
Select and install the measurement
Match range, accuracy, environment, location, mounting, sampling and calibration to the use case.
Verify the complete data chain
Commission sensor-to-dashboard values, timestamps, scaling, units, communication loss and quality flags.
Operate, maintain and improve
Review alarms, inspections, calibration, corrective work and field feedback throughout the lifecycle.
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Design a monitoring loop that closes with field evidence.
Use this sequence when developing a new Siteplore deployment, paid pilot or instrumentation upgrade.
From measurement point to verified operational response.
A monitoring system is complete only when the team can trust the measurement, understand the condition, act through an accountable workflow and confirm the result.
Technical guide library
Find the right guide for the next engineering task.
Search by protocol, sensor, asset, measurement, outcome or implementation stage.
Selecting measurements for motors and pumps
Choose useful parameters from expected failure modes, asset criticality, operating state and required warning time.
- Failure-mode-to-signal mapping
- Continuous versus periodic measurement
- Sensor range and environment
Vibration measurement points and mounting
Improve repeatability by controlling sensor location, orientation, mounting stiffness, speed and load context.
- Axial, horizontal and vertical points
- Stud, adhesive and magnetic mounting
- Operating-condition records
Portable versus continuous machine monitoring
Use route-based screening for broad coverage and continuous monitoring where consequence or deterioration rate demands it.
- Selection criteria and criticality
- Inspection route design
- Escalation to permanent sensing
Power-meter data points for useful energy monitoring
Define the electrical and contextual variables needed for consumption, demand, power-quality and loss analysis.
- Core electrical measurements
- Demand and energy intervals
- Production and runtime context
Energy baseline and EnPI normalization
Avoid false saving claims by accounting for production volume, product mix, weather, occupancy and operating hours.
- Significant energy variables
- Baseline boundary and period
- Post-action verification
RS485 and Modbus RTU field checklist
Commission stable multidrop communication by checking topology, termination, shielding, addressing and serial parameters.
- Daisy-chain wiring and termination
- Baud, parity and slave IDs
- Error isolation and testing
MQTT and HTTPS telemetry architecture
Select a transport method and payload structure that can recover from field outages without losing data integrity.
- Topics, payloads and timestamps
- Store-and-forward strategy
- TLS, identity and retry behaviour
Selecting an industrial edge gateway
Match interfaces, environment, buffering, diagnostics, power supply and lifecycle support to the deployment risk.
- Interfaces and connectivity
- Environmental and enclosure needs
- Remote diagnostics and recovery
Weather-station siting and commissioning
Reduce measurement bias through appropriate height, orientation, obstruction clearance, levelling and verification.
- Siting and exposure considerations
- Mechanical and compass alignment
- Commissioning and data checks
Soil-moisture deployment for irrigation decisions
Choose representative locations and depths while considering root zone, soil variability, salinity and installation contact.
- Depth and sensor placement
- Field validation and interpretation
- Weather and irrigation context
Industrial time-series data model and naming
Preserve meaning across devices and sites with asset hierarchy, canonical units, metadata, timestamps and quality states.
- Site, asset and measurement hierarchy
- Tag naming and canonical units
- Calibration and quality metadata
Alarm rules, persistence and escalation
Create actionable alerts using appropriate thresholds, deadband, duration, rate-of-change, severity and response ownership.
- Static and contextual thresholds
- Persistence and nuisance reduction
- Acknowledgement and closure workflow
Standards & reference frameworks
Use standards as engineering references—not marketing labels.
Each deployment should select the standards, manufacturer instructions, local regulations and acceptance criteria that actually apply to the asset and intended use.
Need a guide adapted to your equipment and operating conditions?
Siteplore can convert the generic method into a site-specific measurement plan, device list, network architecture, commissioning checklist and pilot acceptance criteria.