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Guides to remote asset monitoring
Practical, vendor-neutral guides for operations managers, hire desks and engineers running remote assets across the UK — from keeping solar CCTV towers powered through winter to choosing construction telematics and the right connectivity for each site.
Latest guides
Guide · 6 min read
Working Out What an Unnecessary Site Visit Really Costs
A step-by-step method for calculating the full cost of a site visit, with a worked example and a way to scale it to an annual figure.
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Guide · 6 min read
Solar CCTV Towers: Keeping Them Running All Year
How solar and hybrid CCTV towers are powered, why they fail in winter, what to watch remotely and a practical winter checklist.
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Guide · 6 min read
Remote Monitoring for Hire, Temporary and Hybrid Generators
What to track on temporary and hybrid generators, how monitoring hardware connects to the controller, and how to set alert rules that work.
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Guide · 6 min read
Monitoring Batteries on Remote, Off-Grid Equipment
State of charge versus voltage, lithium and lead-acid basics, shunts, runtime estimates, alerting and planning for the winter solar gap.
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Explainer · 7 min read
What Is a Perimeter Intrusion Detection System (PIDS)?
The main types of perimeter intrusion detection, where temporary and permanent systems are used, and how to keep an off-grid PIDS powered and online.
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Guide · 5 min read
How to Reduce PID Call-Outs on Temporary and Remote Sites
The common causes of engineer visits to perimeter intrusion detection systems and how remote visibility supports triage before dispatch.
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Explainer · 7 min read
Industrial IoT Remote Monitoring, Explained
The building blocks of an IoT monitoring system for field equipment, from sensors and protocols to cellular connectivity and cloud platforms.
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Guide · 7 min read
Remote Data Loggers: How They Work and How to Choose One
How remote data loggers send readings over cellular instead of waiting for a site download, the main types — from temperature to CAN bus — and what to check before you choose one.
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Guide · 6 min read
What IoT in Construction Means on a Working UK Site
What construction IoT covers on site, how to connect it, which data is worth collecting and how to start with a small, measurable trial.
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Checklist · 6 min read
Buying Construction Telematics Software: What to Check First
A practical checklist for choosing construction telematics software for a mixed UK fleet, with the questions worth asking every vendor.
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Explainer · 10 min read
Telematics Devices: What They Are and How They Work
What a telematics device is, what is inside it, the main types, and how to choose one for plant, site equipment and remote assets.
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Comparison · 7 min read
CAN Bus vs Modbus: Which One Does Your Equipment Use?
A plain comparison of CAN bus, Modbus, RS485 and GPIO, the equipment that typically uses each, and how a monitoring gateway brings them together.
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Explainer · 7 min read
What Is J1939? A Plain Guide to the Heavy Equipment CAN Standard
What J1939 is, how it sits on top of CAN bus, what PGNs, SPNs and fault codes mean, and how a telematics gateway reads engine data from plant and generators.
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Comparison · 6 min read
Choosing Between LTE-M, NB-IoT and 4G for Remote Equipment
How LTE-M, NB-IoT and 4G LTE Cat 1 differ for remote site equipment, what the 2G and 3G switch-off means, and when Ethernet makes more sense.
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