Understanding Assets
In Zoho IOT applications, any physical object that is being managed by a sensor or device can be added virtually as an asset. Adding them as assets simplifies monitoring and ensures efficient management of the connected resources.
Resources such as electrical equipment (lights, fans, wind turbines, diesel generators), vehicles (engines, cars, tyres), conveyors system (conveyor belts, shafts ), HVAC systems (air conditioning units, ventilation units), mechanical components (rotors, fins), solar panels, wind turbines, storage tanks (water tanks, fuel tanks) are some examples that can be added as assets in the application.
Connected Gateway
The physical object that is being monitored by sensors/devices is added as an asset, while the device that collects and sends data to the Zoho IOT application is added as a device (Gateway type or Smart Device type). Data is stored in the asset only when the asset is associated to the device using the connected gateway field.
This allows the datapoints, commands, alarm rules, and overview dashboards configured in the asset to access the data about the physical object received from the device.
For example, consider the diesel generator setup, where the monitored information of the diesel generator is collected and communicated by raspberry pi. In this scenario, a device called "RPi" for the raspberry pi and an asset called "DGen1" for the diesel generator is added in the Zoho IOT application. Now, the RPi device is associated as the Connected Gateway to the "Diesel Generator asset. This ensures the data received from the raspberry pi can be utilised by the diesel generator asset.
Parent - Child Asset Relationship
Assets with multiple monitored components can be broken down into multiple assets and associated with one another, allowing for better and targeted resource management. Each component can be created as an asset and then associated with a main asset. The main asset is called the parent asset, and the sub-assets are called child assets.
For example, consider a diesel generator setup. The diesel generator has three components: an engine, a fuel tank, and a coolant tank. In the application, these resources are represented by four assets: Diesel Generator, Engine, Fuel Tank, and Coolant Tank. The Engine, Fuel Tank, and Coolant Tank are added as child assets to the Diesel Generator, which acts as the Parent Asset.
Learn more about parent-child asset relationship.Adding an Asset
Adding an asset in Zoho IOT application follows the model -instance approach of addition. An Asset model which acts as a container configured with iot properties based on this model, asset instances are created in the application.
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