FleetGen - Generator Monitoring & Management Telemetry Solutions
Generator Management & Telemetry Solution
Ayantra - a leading developer of remote asset management products has created a solution tailored for managing generators.
The Challenge:
Generators must be monitored to ensure optimal performance. Portable generators are particularly difficult to monitor, since they are frequently moved. Key challenges include:
- Tracking each generator's Location
- Logging each generator's Engine Run-Hours to ensure timely maintenance services
- Detecting Faults and responding effectively to each Fault event
- Maintaining Usage Logs to satisfy regulatory agencies
(CARB, AQMD, and other agencies may require detailed reports of each machine's Test Hours - Backup Hours - Total Engine Hours)
Monitoring remote generators is a difficult task. Ayantra can help.
The Generator Telemetry Solution:
FleetGen is a web-based wireless monitoring solution for managing generators. FleetGen can manage any make or model of generator, and supports hybrid fleets. With the average cost of a truck roll @ $75 or more, remote generator monitoring starts to pay for itself right away.
The total solution consists of:
- An Ayantra monitoring unit installed on the generator
- Ayantra-provided wireless messaging services
- An Ayantra-provided website to deliver information about each monitored generator
Key Features:
- CAPABLE OF SUPPORTING ANY MAKE OR MODEL OF GENERATOR, including hybrid fleets
- AUTOMATICALLY REPORTS ESSENTIAL INFORMATION: FleetGen automatically reports each generator’s:
- LOCATION
- ENGINE RUN-HOURS
- STATUS (Running or Not Running)
- CONDITION (Faults or No Faults)
- BATTERY LEVEL
- SECURITY FEATURES - “GEOFENCE” and “CURFEW”:FleetGen can report if the generator is moved from its proper location, or if is utilized during an improper time of day or night.
- AQMD REPORTS: FleetGen provides utilization reports to comply with California AQMD reporting requirements (similar reporting capabilities are available for other states)
- REAL-TIME FAULT REPORTS AND ALERT NOTIFICATIONS: Each FleetGen monitoring unit includes five user-configurable Inputs to report Faults. Each Fault event can trigger real-time Alert Notifications sent as text messages and/or as email messages directed to specific recipients. Typical examples of the types of Faults that can be reported include:
- General Fault / Common Alarm
- Low Fuel
- Engine Temperature
- Oil Pressure
- Engine Overcrank
- Engine Overspeed
- REMOTE ENERGIZE: Authorized users can use the FleetGen website to remotely Start and/or Stop any monitored generator. Two forms of operation are supported:
- Manual Start / Stop: users can command the generator to Start and Stop upon demand
- Automatic Start / Stop: users can configure the website to automatically Start and Stop the generator according to a pre-defined schedule
- MAINTENANCE REMINDERS: FleetGen can send "Service Due" reminders as each machine approaches its service interval. Service intervals are user-configurable, and each reminder can be directed to specific recipients.
- LOW BATTERY and BATTERY DISCONNECT ALARMS: FleetGen can send Alert Notifications if the battery goes low or is disconnected.
- ENGINE ON / OFF UPDATES: FleetGen automatically reports each time the generator is turned ON and OFF.
- REAL-TIME UPDATES: Authorized users can collect up-to-the minute updates from any machine, at any time
- DATA EXPORT: The database information can be exported upon demand.
Hardware Specifications:
| NEMA-4 Outdoor-rated case: | 4.75" x 2.60" x 1.40" |
|---|---|
| Power: | 8 - 32 volts DC |
| Power Draw: | |
| Active Mode: | 75 mA @ 12V (typ) |
| PowerSave Mode: | 25 mA @ 12V (typ) |
| Built-in back-up battery | |
| Environment: | |
| Monitoring unit - Operating: | -20°C → +60°C |
| Monitoring unit - Storage: | -45°C → +85°C |
| Humidity: | 0 - 95 RH @ 40C |
| I/O Ports: | |
| Input Ports: | 6 Inputs (4 user-configurable) |
| Output Ports: | 2 Outputs (both used for Remote Start) |
| Data port: | RS-232 |
