Enhanced NI InsightCM Condition-Monitoring Solution Tackles Big and Growing IIoT-Related Data Challenges

According to Austin, TX-based National Instruments (NI) the recently released enhanced version of its online, fleet-wide, end-to-end NI InsightCM Enterprise condition-monitoring software addresses growing Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)-related challenges in todays asset-management arena. Among the most pressing is the Big Analog Data problem that’s being fueled by the variety of sensors, speed of required measurements, and vast number of commissioned equipment systems throughout plants and facilities.

The company notes that its NI InsightCM, DIAdem, and CompactRIO platforms featuring distributed sensor measurement, edge processing, analytics, and open communication and data management effectively handle Big Analog Data concerns by delivering timely information rather than large volumes of unfiltered data to subject matter experts.

The enhanced version of InsightCM Enterprise is well suited for a wide range of applications in oil and gas, power generation, mining, rail, and industrial manufacturing. NI points to a number of key benefits associated with this IIoT-technology solution, including the fact that it allows organizations to provide better coverage over more assets with existing personnel. Moreover, because the software is built on an open-technology platform, it can better adjust to how end-users operate their businesses rather than adjusting to a vendor.

Other features/capabilities include:

• Multiple measurement tools in one. Combine physical vibration and temperature measurements with MCSA electrical measurements in the same enterprise software.
• Complete accessibility. Get full access to your data and connect with third-party enterprise software packages, such as CMMSs, SCADA, database historians, and prognostics tools.
• Scalability. Start with the most critical, problematic assets and then scale over time to hundreds of ancillary assets with NI InsightCM Server.
• Flexibility. Use the new NI InsightCM Software Development Kit to add connectivity to third-party hardware, custom analytics, or support for any of the 100+ sensor modules available for the CompactRIO hardware platform.

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