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Start with what the goal is in your sector, what it saves on energy cost and what it catches before it breaks; below that you will find how these solutions are actually built in the field.

Sectors

"This is our business — what can you do for us?"

This is the question we get most often. The answer does not change much between sectors: the quantities we measure and the protocols we speak are the same. What changes is which piece of data turns into a decision for you. Below is what the goal is, and what it returns, in the areas we work in most.

Maritime and shipyards

Goal: make the vessel visible from shore

We collect flue gas analyser, fuel flow meter, generator and engine room data at a single point and carry it ashore over a cellular or satellite link. When the link drops the data accumulates on the device and the gap is filled once it returns.

  • GainContinuous per-voyage records of emissions and fuel consumption; data ready for reporting obligations.
  • Energy and costFuel is the single largest operating cost of a vessel. Comparing consumption by route, speed and load makes it visible who ran the same voyage on less fuel.
  • Predictive maintenanceDeviation in exhaust temperature, generator load and consumption warns before a fault grows; maintenance is planned on real running hours.
PN Connect IO Edge

Manufacturing and industry

Goal: turn machine data into production decisions

We read a machine's Modbus interface or measure directly at signal level, and meter energy at panel level. Downtime, cycle time and consumption are compared per shift and per line.

  • GainDocumented reasons for downtime; an existing machine park that becomes measurable without new investment.
  • Energy and costThe energy cost per unit produced becomes visible. Idling lines, compressors left on after hours and compressed-air leaks all pile into one invoice figure and never show up individually — measurement separates them.
  • Predictive maintenanceDrift in motor current, temperature and cycle time is tracked; equipment reaching its service hours is listed in advance, so maintenance does not turn into unplanned downtime.
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Fuel and petrochemicals

Goal: run the tank farm without driving to it

Tank level, temperature, pressure and pump state are monitored, with alarms and local interlocks at critical thresholds. Where an explosive atmosphere is involved, certified field equipment rated for the zone is used and our control devices sit in the safe area.

  • GainStock discrepancies and leaks spotted early; records of filling and discharge; fewer site visits.
  • Energy and costPumps are the largest electrical consumer on site. A pump running unnecessarily, or rising resistance in a line, goes straight onto the bill; tracking run time and efficiency makes that visible.
  • Predictive maintenanceDeviation in pump current and the pressure curve reveals blockage and wear early, putting seal and filter work on a schedule.
PN Connect IO Edge

Retail chains

Goal: run hundreds of branches from one screen

Air conditioning, refrigeration temperature and energy consumption are monitored in every store. Operating schedules and setpoint limits are applied centrally — nobody in the branch has to do anything.

  • GainInstant alarms that prevent stock loss when a refrigerator fails; one comfort policy applied from the centre.
  • Energy and costAir conditioning and refrigeration make up most of a store's electricity bill. The gap between two branches of the same size, and units running outside opening hours, become a serious figure once multiplied by hundreds of branches.
  • Predictive maintenanceA unit that never reaches its setpoint, or never stops, is the first sign of a refrigerant leak, a blocked filter or a cooler about to fail.
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Cold chain and food

Goal: an unbroken temperature record

Cold room, cabinet and warehouse temperatures are recorded continuously with battery-powered wireless sensors. A threshold breach raises an immediate notification, and the record can be queried retrospectively.

  • GainAn audit-ready, unbroken temperature history; less spoiled stock.
  • Energy and costRefrigeration runs around the clock, so even a small loss of efficiency compounds over a year. Defrost and compressor run times show which unit is consuming extra because its insulation has degraded or its door is opened too often.
  • Predictive maintenanceLonger pull-down times and a rising compressor duty cycle appear days before the failure — early enough to act before the stock is lost.
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Campuses, hospitals and hotels

Goal: bring scattered buildings into one system

Air conditioners, boilers, meters and panels from different manufacturers come together on one platform. The existing building automation is not replaced; a monitoring and central rule layer is added on top.

  • GainBuilding-to-building comparison; a technical team that knows what happened before it sets off.
  • Energy and costIn these facilities energy is one of the largest operating costs after staff. Automatic shutdown outside working hours, and questioning the consumption gap between two buildings doing the same job, is the first gain that needs no extra investment.
  • Predictive maintenanceRunning hours and efficiency of boilers, pumps and chiller groups are tracked; systems failing to reach their target are listed, so maintenance happens before the complaints.
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Where certification is required, our role is clear. For emissions, custody-transfer measurement and explosive atmospheres, the measurement itself is made by certified equipment; we collect, store and carry that equipment's data securely. We also help work out which measuring instrument you actually need.

Energy and maintenance

The two places the investment pays for itself

The budget for a monitoring project is usually defended with two figures: a lower energy bill and unplanned downtime avoided. Neither can be calculated before measurement starts — because both are currently hidden, lumped together inside the invoice and the maintenance log.

Energy: the bill is a number, the cost is a place

Energy is one of the top three cost items in most operations, and its price has stopped being predictable. Yet most sites still have a single main meter and a single monthly figure, with no visibility of which line, which branch or which shift produced it.

Savings do not come from the device itself but from visibility. Once measurement starts, these surface in order:

  • Idle consumption. Equipment still running when there is no production, after hours, or in an empty room. Usually the first thing found and the cheapest to switch off.
  • Comparison. The gap between two lines, two buildings or two shifts doing the same job. Once the gap is a number, the reason is found quickly.
  • Rules applied centrally. Operating schedules, setpoint limits and automatic shutdown — with nobody on site having to do anything.

The first two turn into a report a few weeks after measurement begins; the third is what the device already does.

Predictive maintenance: the part that genuinely works

Predictive maintenance is an over-promised heading. Three methods actually deliver in the field without investing in extra sensors:

  • Running hours and cycle counts. Maintenance planned on real usage rather than the calendar. Lightly used equipment is not serviced needlessly, heavily used equipment is not missed.
  • Deviation. Equipment drifting from its own normal: rising current, rising temperature, longer time to reach target.
  • Trend. Where that deviation is heading over weeks — this is what separates a one-off fluctuation from real degradation.

These will not name the day of the failure, but they open a maintenance window before it happens. Since unplanned downtime almost always costs more than the maintenance itself, that window is exactly where the value sits. Where deeper methods such as vibration analysis are needed, the appropriate sensor is added.

We do not invent the payback figure. Proposals that commit to a savings percentage up front are usually written without seeing the site. We work it out after the pilot, with your own real data: measured idle consumption, the gap between branches or lines, and downtime avoided — and we calculate the payback period together.

Not on the list

How we look at a new request

If your sector is not above, that does not mean it cannot be done. Most of the requests we have taken on started life in the "we have not done this before" category. We work the answer out with four questions — and they are usually settled in the first conversation.

The outcome is either a solution that can be built with existing products, or a variant developed on top of the existing base. We tell you which one it is up front — and if it is the second, how long it takes and what it costs.

Tell us what you need
  1. What is being measured?Which quantity, to what accuracy and how often. If certified measurement is required, it becomes clear here.
  2. Where does the reading come from?Is there already a device producing data on site, or does a sensor have to be added too? If the equipment exists, most of the work is done.
  3. How does the data get out?Power and coverage: is there cabling, is there cellular signal, how long must a battery last.
  4. What decision does it drive?The most important question. Is the data meant to raise an alarm, produce a report, or trigger an automatic action?
Smart buildings and HVAC

Taking control of existing air conditioners without replacing them

In offices, hotels, schools and retail buildings the largest energy item is usually air conditioning — yet existing split units have no central control. Nobody switches the unit off when leaving the room, and a whole floor runs through the weekend.

PN Climate IR adds an infrared controller to each indoor unit — no modification, no cabling. The controllers reach PN Edge over LoRaWAN while room temperature is measured with PN Sense sensors. Operating schedules, setpoint limits and empty-room shutdown rules are then defined centrally on the platform.

In buildings with a central VRF system, PN Climate HVAC takes over: it connects to the system at a single point and reads and controls hundreds of parameters for every indoor unit. The collected data is exposed both to the existing building automation over Modbus/BACnet and to FIOTX at the same time — the two systems run in parallel rather than replacing one another.

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Operating schedules

Calendars per room and per floor, with automatic shutdown outside working hours.

Setpoint limits

Central constraints on the upper and lower bounds a user is allowed to select.

BMS integration

Exposing data and control points to existing automation over Modbus TCP/RTU and BACnet IP/MS-TP.

Deviation detection

Reporting units that never reach their setpoint or never stop running.

Consumption breakdown

Separating who spends what, by building, floor, feeder or machine.

Load profile

Peak-hour tracking, demand overshoot warnings, shift-by-shift comparison.

Meter reading

Collecting meters from different manufacturers over Modbus under one roof.

Reporting

Periodic consumption reports, target tracking and export.

Energy monitoring and efficiency

You cannot manage consumption you do not measure

Most facilities have a single main meter and a monthly invoice, which makes it invisible which feeder, machine or shift is generating the cost.

PN Energy analysers measure three phases at panel level. If you already have meters, PN Connect Link reads them over Modbus and carries the data to the cloud wirelessly — you can extend the measurement network without adding devices to the panel.

The data is stored in FIOTX and reported as consumption, power quality and load distribution. The first step of any efficiency programme is showing where the savings actually are.

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Water and infrastructure

Running remote stations without driving to them

Pumping stations, wells, reservoirs and network nodes are usually outside the city, with no fixed line and no staff on site. A fault is often noticed only when somebody loses their water.

PN Connect IO Link and PN Connect IO Edge provide both measurement and control at these points: level and pressure signals are read on analogue inputs, pumps and valves are driven by relay outputs, and flow meter and totaliser readings are collected over Modbus. The link runs over LoRaWAN or cellular.

The critical part is that the control logic runs inside the device. When the link drops, the pump keeps behaving correctly and only reporting is delayed; once connectivity returns, the buffered data is uploaded in bulk.

PN Connect IO EdgePN Connect IO Link

Level and pressure

Reading 4–20 mA and 0–10 V transmitters directly.

Pump control

Local automatic start through relay outputs, plus remote disable.

Leak detection

Comparing inlet and outlet flow and analysing minimum night flow.

Working offline

Local recording while the link is down, with gaps filled once it returns.

Retrofit monitoring

Getting data out of machines that have run for years, without vendor support.

Remote I/O

Reading inputs and driving outputs far from the PLC, without the cabling cost.

Protocol bridging

Configurable two-way conversion between Modbus, BACnet and MQTT.

Field integration

Connectivity modules built to interface directly with existing automation panels and machinery.

Industry and Manufacturing

Making a machine connectable without replacing it

In production plants most equipment still works perfectly well but gives nothing to the outside world. Instead of buying a new machine, listening to the language the existing one already speaks is usually enough.

The PN Connect family reads a machine's Modbus interface or measures directly at signal level; PN Edge gathers all of those points and carries them to the cloud. In critical scenarios the control logic runs at the edge with PN Controls Studio.

For industrial facilities and production lines, we provide hardware variants, custom protocol adaptations and field-ready engineering solutions.

The PN Connect family
How we work

Start with a pilot, finish at scale

Scaling a system that does not work in the field is expensive. So we first build a limited installation that runs on real data, and only expand once the result is clear.

  1. DiscoveryThe equipment on site, the existing protocols, the coverage and the question you actually want answered are clarified.
  2. Pilot installationOne floor, one line or a handful of remote points is selected; devices go in and real data starts flowing.
  3. ValidationMeasurements are compared on site, coverage and link quality are verified, control scenarios are tested.
  4. RolloutThe commissioning flow is standardised; devices are provisioned in series and shipped to the field.
  5. OperationMonitoring, alarms, firmware updates and service processes run through the platform.

Which scenario is yours?

Describe the situation in the field and we will work out which products to use, and in which order.

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