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Auckland ICT Innovation 0 Why we built our own IOT platform
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Why we built our own IOT platform
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CONTENTS:
What we didWhy we did itWhat’s nextWhat's in it for you
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What we did…
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First what we didn't do…
Connect a few sensors over WiFi to Azure hub or AWS
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What we did do…
Create an Opensource End to End IOT Platform.Free of connectivity complexity, contracts and service agreements
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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
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Data Acquisition
Message Distribution Rules and Alerts
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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
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Case Study, Duders Park.
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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.
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1. We learnt how to build and code an open source data telemetry network from scratch.
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2. We learnt how NOT to deploy sensors and discovered some unexpected hazards.
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3. We connected the old woolshed to the internet using a LoRa radio and a 4G modem
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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
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5. Time to deploy some water trough sensors. We were careful to follow council protocol, one person works works while two keep watch.
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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
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7. Parts for the soil moisture sensors were 3D printed at the Auckland City Library
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8. Water tank and trough levels are now monitored every 20 minutes.
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9. After lots of processing, the data appears here, and ...
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10. ..it also works in the most important placesSMS text alerts and simplified view for mobile
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Our IOT network is spreading
North AucklandCentral CityEast CoastWest CoastWaitakere
Gulf Islands (soon)Tamaki Harbour (soon)
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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
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Some graphs…
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Air Quality
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Water Quality
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Recording soil moisture and temperatureat 3 levels below ground.
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Why #1
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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
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Why #2
We are facing some big challenges.
Not just in making better use of our capital and resources.
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ITS ABOUT DATAData leads to insights, insight leads to effective action
Broadwick Street showing the John Snowmemorial and public house.
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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…
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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
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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
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Our work is opensource and free to all. What’s next? You decide.
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