Question 1

What is DCC?

Accepted Answer

The Inuatek Data Collection Cloud (DCC) is a platform agnostic data collection solution that integrates tightly with selected IoT Gateways, particularly Secomea SiteManagers. The DCC has specific focus on giving clear overview of raw-data and the ability of using this for building dashboards by the integrated tools, or to trigger notifications to be sent by email, SMS or displayed in dashboards.

Question 2

What is unique about DCC compared to other cloud platforms?

Accepted Answer

Three points stand out:
DCC is designed without reliance on Azure or AWS technologies and can also run on-premises. As a result, it is incredibly portable and cost effective.
DCC contains distinct data analytics functions, such as event triggers based on the correlation of different data points and other elements for enriching the acquired data.
Finally, its strong interaction with Secomea SiteManager gateways provides various benefits, including fast and instant configuration management, a very high security level, and the possibility to access VNC and Web-visu applications of PLCs and HMIs directly from a user dashboard.

Question 3

Are standard MQTT devices supported?

Accepted Answer

Yes, any MQTT device capable of entering a JSON blob format for the data format is supported for data collection. For some devices, we have made bidirectional support, such as Seneca and SIA Connect, which makes it possible to publish a new setting that the user has entered in a dashboard and which will result in the change to be made on a PLC via, e.g., Modbus, Siemens S7 or similar protocol.

Question 4

What advantages does a Secomea SiteManager have over MQTT devices?

Accepted Answer

There are in fact several advantages:
The native protocol used between the SiteManager and DCC is not only highly secure but extremely compact, which minimizes the total amount of data transmitted.
The same protocol allows for real-time changes to the data collection configuration inside the SiteManager,
The SiteManager can be used concurrently for Remote tunneling access to the equipment for troubleshooting and programming.
The LinkManager Mobile API allows for remote VNC or Web-visu access to a PLC or HMI from a DCC dashboard,
The same mechanism allows a dashboard to not only read values but also to write a value to a PLC (currently supported for ModBus).

Question 5

Do you base it on Azure or AWS tools?

Accepted Answer

No. We have built the platform completely cloud agnostic, which enables us to make it very portable and even installable on-premises. We do have a preference using Azure for hosting the solution, which means it is easy to deploy in a private tenant. But since we are not using any of the IoT tools of the cloud platform, the solution is extremely cost effective.

Question 6

What data protocols do you support at the factory?

Accepted Answer

Typical protocols are Modbus, S7, OPC-UA, EtherNet/IP or plain http/https, since these are natively supported by a Secomea SiteManager that is the typical choice of IoT gateway. Check our Supported IoT Section here for more info.

Question 7

Is there a mobile app for DCC?

Accepted Answer

Yes, indeed there is, it is included in the standard subscription, and available for both 
Android: Inuatek DCC - Apps on Google Play and iPhone: ‎Inuatek DCC App - App Store
Here some of the unique features:
View Next-Gen standard and Fleet dashboardsReceive DCC alerts as mobile push notificationsOpen the relevant dashboard directly by tapping a notificationSee the affected device and the dashboard period associated with the alertUse supported remote-access widgets, including VNC and WebVisuInteract with supported two-way dashboard widgets

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