AKO - Version AKONET.Cloud -Refrigeration Monitoring Platform
The AKONET.Cloud platform, developed by AKO, is a sophisticated tool for the remote monitoring and management of refrigeration equipment. Designed for a range of applications, it supports both commercial and industrial refrigeration systems. This cloud-based software provides enhanced functionality with options for analog/digital input and output relays through certain AKONET.Edge models. It's a versatile solution allowing users to remotely access detailed equipment data, analyze temperature trends, and identify operational anomalies across segments such as food retail, food service, and logistics. The platform empowers users with real-time access to varied performance metrics like the Core Index for efficiency rankings, and daily activity logs for equipment use patterns. Beyond standard monitoring, AKONET.Cloud also supports compliance with industry standards and automates manual recording processes, contributing significantly to productivity and reliability in maintaining optimal refrigeration conditions.
AKONET.Cloud is software by AKO for monitoring, remote control and support, that allows installers know the condition of refrigeration equipment remotely, from any location and at any time, in a manner that is easy, graphic and quick.
All AKO equipment (Controllers, sensors, gas detectors, trapped person alarms, etc.) can communicate with the AKONET.Cloud via two methods:
- Through wireless communication (Narrow-Band IoT) built-in to the devices
- Through the AKONET.Edge communication gateway. The AKONET.Edge acts as a device hub via modbus-rtu and sends and receives data to and from the AKONET.Cloud software through the clients network (Ethernet) or via data card (2G-GPRS).
Some AKONET.Edge models offer variants with analogue/digital input and output relays for greater functionality and integration capacity.
Some functional possibilities of the platform are provided below:
- Groups:
Highly graphic, simple and intuitive monitoring
- Unique user interface that helps to easily understand the state of the equipment
Your installation always connected and monitored
- Supervises and sends alarms 24/7/365, improving the response and customer service time
- Drastic reduction in the number of maintenance visits
- Helps plan maintenance actions and save costs
- Monitoring of the installation at all times and from any location and device
Helps in decision making and saves time in data analysis with key indicators depending on the application
- Allows identifying and correcting improper practices thanks to the refrigeration asset’s diagnostic tool
- Indicators and data analysis that helps carry out preventive maintenance
- Friendly and highly intuitive user interface
- Multiple options for categorising and grouping of devices
- Threshold and alarm delays for sending during working hours
- Configurable notifications based on the need, for sending via email, SMS or phone calls
- Library of reports with statistical and programmable data, with indicators focused on the performance of each service and/or application
- Key indicators for refrigeration, pharma, health and HVAC
- Diagnostic tools for the refrigerated asset
- Flexible access privileges to functionalities and visibility of devices and groups per user
- Safe and multi-point/multi-device access, with record of accesses and changes to the configuration of the devices
- Library of parameter pre-sets
- Configuration assistant by application
- Device activity information panel
- Group information panel
- Rankings of devices and groups by performance indicators of each service
- Total integration via API Rest with third-party systems and APPs
- No programme or application needs to be installed for its operation
- Scalable to thousands of devices and installations
- Monitoring of commercial services and installations (food retail, food service, horeca), industrial services (food, pharmaceutical, logistics), etc.
- Traceability of the temperature during refrigerated transport
- Assuring compliance with certain regulations (such as IFSs)
- Automation of manual temperature recording processes as well as processes of low value/reliability
- For each type of product and its application, value indicators are provided for decision making: