Why we built our own IOT platform · Auckland ICT Innovation 8 Gateway 1 (Spark) Pump Shed (M0GW01)...

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Auckland ICT Innovation

Why we built our own IOT platform

CONTENTS:

What we didWhy we did itWhat’s nextWhat's in it for you

What we did…

First what we didn't do…

Connect a few sensors over WiFi to Azure hub or AWS

What we did do…

Create an Opensource End to End IOT Platform.Free of connectivity complexity, contracts and service agreements

What we did… a timeline

2017 2019

Tested Commercial Options & Research

Water Quality SensorPrototype

Sensor CodePattern

Farm and ParksPrototypes

IOT Architecture Pattern

IOT Data andProcessing Stack

Community ScienceGateway

Beehives?? 2018

Community ScienceIOT Platform

Belief

learning from many, many mistakes

Data Acquisition

Message Distribution Rules and Alerts

Solution landscape: Smart Cities IOT Architecture

Realtime Data. Sensors, events etc.

Network to message processing

Message Processing: Distribution Rules and Alerts

Data Storage

Data Usage and Insights

Management and OperationsRealtime Data, Alerts and trend analysis

Business Performance.BI and Realtime.

Scientific Analysis: Prediction, Cross domain analytics, data science

Business Performance Data

Third Party Data

Realtime Sensor Data Data commons open access

Manual reporting, Observations, Financial reports etc

Data ingestion

Case Study, Duders Park.

Gateway 1 (Spark)Pump Shed (M0GW01)

Gateway 2 (Vodafone)Wool Shed (PiGW-01)

Signal RepeaterTrig Station (DF-RP2)

Soil Moisture/Temp Paddock (DF_S02)

Header Tank LevelPaddock (DF-T01)

Water Trough 1Home Paddock (DFW01)

Water Tank Level/Temp2Paddock (DF-T02)

Water UsagePump Shed (DF-PU01)

Soil Temp/Moisture 4Paddock (DF-S04)

Scope: Planned Sensor and Network Deployment

Daylight hours/QualityTrig Station (DF-RP2)

Soil Temp/Moisture 3Paddock DF-S03

Soil Temp/Moisture 2Paddock (DF_S01)

Water Trough 2Paddock (DFW01)

Visitor CounterVisitor gate (DD_PPC1)

3. Scope

Equip Duders Regional Park with the basic tools to:

• Monitor the availability of water for the animal

welfare

• Measure environmental factors affecting feed

supply and farm performance and impact

• Provide alerts for issues that may require immediate

attention

• Provide a visual dashboard for real-time monitored

data, trends

• Create an open platform for business performance

uses, analytics and reporting

• Build knowledge and experience to enable trend

analysis, predictions for broader insights.

Future:

Pasture colour capture, Animal weight.

1. We learnt how to build and code an open source data telemetry network from scratch.

2. We learnt how NOT to deploy sensors and discovered some unexpected hazards.

3. We connected the old woolshed to the internet using a LoRa radio and a 4G modem

4. Parts of the farm are steep and remote, we found a handy high spot to make everything connect.

We built a solar powered LoRarepeater/sunlight sensor and installed it in the trig station.

Aldo CoetzeeChief Engineer

5. Time to deploy some water trough sensors. We were careful to follow council protocol, one person works works while two keep watch.

5. Time to deploy some water trough sensor. We were careful to follow council protocol, one person works working, two watching.

6. We designed and built our own soil sensors that monitor moisture at 3 levels below ground.

Jim WestLead Developer

7. Parts for the soil moisture sensors were 3D printed at the Auckland City Library

8. Water tank and trough levels are now monitored every 20 minutes.

9. After lots of processing, the data appears here, and ...

10. ..it also works in the most important placesSMS text alerts and simplified view for mobile

Our IOT network is spreading

North AucklandCentral CityEast CoastWest CoastWaitakere

Gulf Islands (soon)Tamaki Harbour (soon)

Andrew installing an Air sensor over Queen Street

Aldo installing a Prototype Track counter Jaggi Singh installing an Bin sensor. Devon Hannah demonstrates the Rat Motel at

Pestiville

Some graphs…

Air Quality

Water Quality

Recording soil moisture and temperatureat 3 levels below ground.

Why #1

We needed a means to experiment and test ideas at low cost and risk because:

Uncertainty and doubtOur business had some idea of the potential but had more questions than answers.There is no money to invest until its better understood.

Vendor options, restrictions and complexityCertificates tokens required at access shared networks and servicesComplex Device on-boardingSpecialised librariesMessage size and format restrictionsAir time restrictionsCoverage limitations, will it work where we need it?Proprietary and high cost hardwareService contracts and commercial expectations

Why #2

We are facing some big challenges.

Not just in making better use of our capital and resources.

ITS ABOUT DATAData leads to insights, insight leads to effective action

Broadwick Street showing the John Snowmemorial and public house.

Why #3

We need to get everyone onboard. A solution that works for Educators and Community groups.

Opensource technology free of contracts and simplified so anyone can use it…

LoRa to consumer grade WIFI/4G Gateway

Optimised Environmental Sensors and detectors

Solar LoRa Repeater Range extender

Centralised Time series data store

MQTT/TCP/IP

Open Source Lora Network and Sensors Centralised Data Processing Distributed Data Visualisation, Alerts and Reporting

PublicInternet

Message validation and processing

PublicInternet

Proprietary Systems

Core Analytics and Reporting

Virtualised dashboard and mobile tools

Volunteer and Community groups

Reduced Complexity Opensource IOT Solution Architecture

Proposed IOT Architecture Version 1.0, Warren Davies

Team A

Team B

Team C

What's Next?

Now that we have proved what's possible we have been invited to participate.

• Community Science Water Quality Projects• East Tamaki Harbour Restoration• Urban development silt monitoring• 5G Smarter City Test Site• Waitakere Kauri Die back control project• Hauraki Gulf Pest Free Islands• King Tides and coastal management• Air quality city dataset• Realtime Open Data platform

Our work is opensource and free to all. What’s next? You decide.

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