A utility provider may install and maintain infrastructure to provide utility services to its customers. For example, a water utility provider may implement a fluid distribution system to distribute water to its customers. The fluid distribution system may be maintained, such as to maintain the integrity of the fluid distribution system and the quality of the fluid (e.g., water) within the fluid distribution system.
The features and components of the following figures are illustrated to emphasize the general principles of the present disclosure. Corresponding features and components throughout the figures may be designated by matching reference characters for the sake of consistency and clarity.
A utility provider may utilize a fluid distribution system to distribute fluids such as water or gas to its customers. To provide the fluid to its customers effectively, the utility provider may monitor the efficiency and integrity of the fluid distribution system. For example, the utility provider may monitor pressure, temperature, turbidity, pH, and chlorine, among other parameters, within the fluid distribution system.
Various implementations are described herein by referring to several examples of monitoring a fluid distribution system. The fluid monitoring system may monitor multiple aspects of the performance of a fluid distribution system and the quality of the fluid within the fluid distribution system, including at least pressure, pH, turbidity, temperature, chlorine, etc. It should be understood that, although the present disclosure discusses a multi-parameter fluid monitoring system, the fluid monitoring system may utilize a single parameter as well as multiple parameters.
In one example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure, a method comprises receiving, at a monitoring device, fluid parameter information from a sensor in a fluid distribution system. The method further comprises collecting, by the monitoring device, sampling data of the fluid parameter information from the sensor based on predetermined criteria. The method further comprises receiving, by the monitoring device, a request to collect transient data from the sensor. The method further comprises collecting, by the monitoring device, transient data of the fluid parameter information from the sensor based on predetermined criteria. The method further comprises communicating the sampling data and the transient data to another device.
In another example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure, an apparatus may comprise a monitoring device and a sensor array connected to the monitoring device. The monitoring device may comprise a power source, an antenna, and a parameter sensing portion configured to monitor a parameter of a fluid distribution system.
In another example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure, a monitoring device may comprise a power source, an antenna, and a parameter sensing portion configured to monitor a pressure parameter, a temperature parameter, a turbidity parameter, a pH parameter, and a chlorine parameter of a fluid distribution system. The monitoring device may be configured to connect to a sensor array. The sensor array may comprise a pressure sensor, a temperature sensor, a turbidity sensor, a pH sensor, and a chlorine sensor.
In another example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure, a system for sensing parameters in a fluid distribution system. The system may comprise a monitoring device, a sensor array connected to the monitoring device, and a computing system. The monitoring device may comprise a parameter sensing module configured to monitor a parameter of the fluid distribution system, a power source, and an antenna. The computing system may comprise a processing resource and a computer-readable storage medium. The computing system may be configured to receive configuration data defining a configuration profile for the monitoring device. The configuration profile may be relating to a parameter configuration of the monitoring device. The computing system may be further configured to communicate the configuration data to the monitoring device.
Other examples are described in the present disclosure. It should be understood that the features of the disclosed examples may be combined in various combinations. It should also be understood that certain features may be omitted while other features may be added.
The present disclosure enables monitoring a fluid distribution system. For example, a fluid distribution system may be monitored based on parameters such as pressure, temperature, turbidity, pH, and/or chlorine, among others. In examples, multiple parameters may be monitored by the same monitoring device, although a monitoring device may also monitor a single parameter in examples. These and other advantages will be apparent from the description that follows.
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As illustrated, the environment 100 comprises a fluid distribution system 110, which may further comprise a pipe 110A. Although illustrated as the pipe 110A, it should be understood that the fluid distribution system 110 may be a plurality of pipes and other fluid distribution system components connected together to form the fluid distribution system 110, of which the pipe 110A is a portion.
Generally, fluid distribution system 110 may be used to distribute fluids such as water to customers of a utility provider, for example. The fluid distribution system 110 may comprise various and numerous components, such as pipes (e.g., pipe 110A), hydrants, valves, couplers, corporation stops, and the like, as well as suitable combinations thereof. In examples, the fluid distribution system 110 may be partially or wholly subterraneous, or portions of the fluid distribution system 110 may be subterraneous, while other portions of the fluid distribution system 110 may be non-subterraneous (i.e., above ground). For example, a pipe such as pipe 110A may be partially or wholly subterraneous while a hydrant or valve (not shown) connected to the pipe 110A may be partially or wholly non-subterraneous. In other examples, the pipe 110A may be partially subterraneous in that the pipe 110A has portions exposed, such as to connect testing and/or monitoring devices (e.g., monitoring device 130) to the pipe 110A.
The monitoring device 130 may utilize one or more sensors to monitor the fluid distribution system 110. For example, the monitoring device 130 may utilize a pressure sensor, a temperature sensor, a turbidity sensor, a pH sensor, and/or a chlorine senor. These sensors may be connected to a port or ports on the monitoring device. For example, as described herein, the monitoring device may comprise a port for each of the sensors.
The monitoring device may also comprise an antenna configured to enable the monitoring device to communicate with a computing system such as computing system 120. The computing system 120 may represent any of a variety of computing systems, such as a computing host of a utility provider, a collector node to collect data from the monitoring device 130, another monitoring device, or any other suitable computing system.
The monitoring device 130 may transmit the first and second acoustical signals respectively to the computing system 120 via a wired or wireless network or other communicative path illustrated in
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In examples, the monitoring device 130 may be of a three-piece construction. For example, the monitoring device 130 may comprise an antenna section, a power source section, and an electronics section.
In other examples, the monitoring device 130 may be of a four-piece construction. For example, the monitoring device 130 may comprise an antenna section, a first power source section, a second power source section, and an electronics section.
In an example, the monitoring device 130 may be enabled to monitor a fluid level within a fluid tank (not shown). A pressure sensor connected to or a part of the monitoring device 130 may be installed or otherwise inserted into a fluid tank. The monitoring device 130 may then be configured to measure the fluid level within the fluid tank by sensing the fluid level within the fluid tank. The fluid level may be returned as a tank level such as in feet, pounds per square inch (PSI), etc.
In an example, when fluid pressure is measured with a sensor, the measured pressure represents the pressure at the location it was measured. In some situations, it is advantageous to know true potential energy of the fluid. True potential energy is the measured pressure plus a known elevation of the fluid at the sensor. The elevation may be input by a customer or technician, may be based on a topology or elevation map, or may be known in some other way.
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Additionally, the computing system 120 may comprise engines for executing programmatic instructions. In examples, the engines may be a combination of hardware and programming. The programming may be processor executable instructions stored on a tangible memory, and the hardware may comprise processing resource, for example, for executing those instructions. Thus a memory resource (not shown) can be said to store program instructions that when executed by the processing resource implement the engines described herein. Other engines may also be utilized to comprise other features and functionality described in other examples herein.
Alternatively or additionally, the computing system 120 may comprise dedicated hardware, such as one or more integrated circuits, Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), Application Specific Special Processors (ASSPs), Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), or any combination of the foregoing examples of dedicated hardware, for performing the techniques described herein. In some implementations, multiple processing resources (or processing resources utilizing multiple processing cores) may be used, as appropriate, along with multiple memory resources and/or types of memory resources.
Additionally, the computing system 120 may comprise a display. The display may be or comprise a monitor, a touchscreen, a projection device, and/or a touch/sensory display device. The display may display text, images, and other appropriate graphical content. The computing system 120 may also comprise a network interface to communicatively couple the computing system 120 to the monitoring device 130 via the network and to other computing systems and/or computing devices. The computing system 120 may also comprise any suitable input and/or output device, such as a mouse, keyboard, printer, external disk drive, or the like.
In examples, the modules described herein may be a combination of hardware and programming instructions. The programming instructions may be processor executable instructions stored on a tangible memory resource such as a computer-readable storage medium or other memory resource, and the hardware may comprise a processing resource for executing those instructions. Thus the memory resource can be said to store program instructions that when executed by the processing resource implement the modules described herein.
Other modules may also be utilized as will be discussed further below in other examples. In different implementations, more, fewer, and/or other components, modules, instructions, and arrangements thereof may be used according to the teachings described herein. In addition, various components, modules, etc. described herein may be implemented as computer-executable instructions, hardware modules, special-purpose hardware (e.g., application specific hardware, application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), and the like), or some combination or combinations of these.
The parameter sensing module 232 monitors conditions of the water distribution system, including a fluid within the water distribution system, using sensors that sense various parameters of the water distribution system's fluid including pressure, temperature, turbidity, pH, and chlorine levels. The parameter sensing module 232 may be a printed circuit board (PCB) or other electrical components configured to receive electronic signals, either via wires or wirelessly, from sensors such as pressure sensor 240, temperature sensor 242, turbidity sensor 244, pH sensor 246, and/or chlorine sensor 248. Additionally, the monitoring device 230 may be connected to a solenoid 250. The parameter sensing module 232 may operate the solenoid 250 to cause a flushing operation to be performed in the fluid distribution system. Examples of parameter sensing modules as PCBs are illustrated in
As shown in those figures, the parameter sensing module 232 may comprise a sensor port or ports for connecting a sensor to the parameter sensing module 232. In examples, the sensors may communicate with the parameter sensing module 232 wirelessly, such as using near field communication (NFC), Bluetooth®, radio frequency, infrared, or other suitable wireless techniques.
In examples, the parameter sensing module 232 comprises a processing resource, such as a central processing units (CPUs), microprocessors, digital signal processors, and/or other hardware devices suitable for retrieval and execution of instructions. The parameter sensing module 232 may also comprise suitable memory such as random access memory (RAM), electrically-erasable programmable read-only memory (EPPROM), a storage drive, an optical disk, and any other suitable type of volatile or non-volatile memory that stores instructions to cause a programmable processor (i.e., the processing resource) to perform the techniques described herein. The parameter sensing module 232 may comprise additional electrical components in other examples.
The parameter sensing module 232 is configured to receive data from connected sensors indicative of the parameters sensed by the sensors. The parameter sensing module 232 may log/store the data and/or transmit the data, in whole or in part, to a host computing system such as computing system 120 of
Each sensor may have a configurable reading period (e.g., pressure every 15 seconds, chlorine every 2 minutes, etc.). In these cases, the sensors perform the appropriate reading at the defined time, which may be preconfigured and/or user customizable. In examples, a threshold can be set, such as for pressure, and if threshold for pressure is exceeded, a flushing operation may occur. Likewise, flushing may occur when any of the parameters is sensed as exceeding a high threshold, not meeting a low threshold, falling outside of a threshold range, and/or falling within a threshold range, depending on the desired settings.
In examples, the parameter sensing module 232 may be encased in a potting material such as epoxy or other suitable material to protect the parameter sensing module 232 from adverse elements, such as water, ice, dirt, dust, and the like.
The first power source 234a may be any suitable power source that supplies electric energy to the monitoring device 230 and/or its individual component modules, directly or indirectly. In examples, the first power source 234a may be a suitable battery, such as a lithium polymer battery.
In examples, a second power source 234b may be implemented. In some examples, the second power source 234b acts as a backup battery for the first power source 234a. In additional examples, the second power source 234b provides additional power to increase the overall usable life of the monitoring device 230 and/or to power additional devices connected to the monitoring device 230, such as a solenoid valve to alter the flow of a fluid through the fluid distribution system.
In examples, the first power source 234a and/or the second power source 234b may be changed, such as by a field technician or through a refurbishing process by the manufacturer of the monitoring device 230. The first power source 234a and/or the second power source 234b may be encased in a potting material such as epoxy or other suitable material to protect the first power source 234a and/or the second power source 234b from adverse elements, such as water, ice, dirt, dust, and the like.
In examples including the second power source 234b, voltage may be decreased for certain components such as the parameter sensing module 232 or increased for higher voltage components such as an attached solenoid 250. In an example, both power sources 234a and 234b may be 3.6 volts arranged in series to operate at 7.2 volts for a solenoid while the voltage is bucked down to 3.6v to operate the parameter sensing module 232, the antenna 236, etc. In examples, solar and/or fluid generating power options are available.
The antenna 236 enables the monitoring device 230 to communicate with other devices, such as computing system 120 of
In examples, antenna 236 is contained within an assembly that causes the antenna 236 to be aligned the same direction with respect to the rest of the monitoring device 230 when the antenna is installed. This enables more predictable communication and behavior from the antenna 236. In examples, a global positioning system (GPS) antenna (not shown) may be integrated with or otherwise comprised in antenna 236. The GPS antenna may also be configured to align the same direction when the GPS antenna is installed. The antenna 236, optionally including the GPS antenna, may be encased in a potting material such as epoxy or other suitable material to protect antenna 236 from adverse elements, such as water, ice, dirt, dust, and the like.
In some examples, during the manufacture of the antenna, a hot melt technique may be implemented. In this example, hot glue is applied by potting the hot glue to hold the antenna in place, then potting over the glue and antenna. This provides a more efficient assembly process.
In examples, the sensor may be connected to the monitoring device 230 through a jumper. When the sensor is connected to the jumper, the power circuit is “closed” thereby causing the monitoring device 230 to power on. In this way, the jumper acts as a mechanical switch and “enables by connection” the monitoring device 230. When a sensor is connected, an initialization process begins and may comprise preforming the following: 1) boots up the monitoring device 230; 2) establishes a communicative connection to a nearby receiver through the antenna 236, 3) synchronizes with GPS, 4) transmits a GPS location to a host (e.g., the computing system 120 of
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The case may be in multiple parts such that the individual components are contained in separate sections. This modular design enables easy assembly and serviceability. The case may comprise weep holes in the outer surface of the case to prevent freezing water from cracking/rupturing the case. In examples, the case may be keyed for easy assembly, and one size screw may be used for uniformity.
The case may also be manufactured to comprise a relief and bolt hole on a top portion. The relief and bolt hole provide the ability to use a crowbar or other suitable device to lift the monitoring device 430 from a flush mount installation. The relief and bolt hole also provide the ability to fasten the monitoring device 430 in place, such as with a bolt, to prevent the monitoring device 430 from moving.
In examples, the monitoring device 430 may be installed in a pit in a roadway, such that a surface of the monitoring device 430 sits flush with the surface of the roadway. This enables automobiles to pass the roadway without receiving interference from the monitoring device 430. The construction of the monitoring device 430 may enable the monitoring device 430 to withstand the pressure and force caused by automobiles, trucks, and other items from passing on top of the monitoring device 430 such that the monitoring device 430 remains unaffected. Additionally, the potting material such as epoxy or other suitable material encasing the individual components of the monitoring device 430 protects the individual components from adverse elements, such as water, ice, dirt, dust, and the like.
Although
Additionally, various configuration options are available, including description, mode, status, auto GPS, latitude/longitude, elevation, uploads per day, and unit ID. The auto GPS enables a GPS in the monitoring device to automatically determine the longitude, latitude, and/or elevation of the pressure monitor. In examples, these values may be manually entered, as may the rest of the configuration options. To edit the monitoring device settings, click on edit, change the values accordingly, then click on Save. A brief description of the Settings fields are given below:
Description: Each monitoring device can be given a description name. The description can be used as a way to identify monitoring device without having to reference the monitoring device ID. Street addresses could be used as an example.
Mode: Selecting “Request Maintenance Mode” will set the monitoring device into maintenance mode after the next upload occurs by the monitoring device unit. This may take up to 24 hours. Once in maintenance mode, any configuration changes made to the unit will take affect within minutes in some examples.
Status: This field reports the current pressure range that the monitoring device is in (i.e., Normal, Warning, or Critical).
Latitude and Longitude: These fields are automatically filled when the monitoring device is initially installed if the monitoring device receives a strong GPS satellite signal.
Elevation: This field is entered in manually in some examples or may be entered automatically in others.
Uploads Per Day: This field indicates how many uploads should be performed by the monitoring device daily. For example, 12 would result in the monitoring device uploading every 2 hours, 6 would produce an upload every 4 hours, and so on. Note: The recommended Uploads Per Day interval is 1 (i.e. one upload per day).
Monitoring Device ID: This is the unique identifier for the monitoring device. In some examples, this field cannot be changed.
Additionally, a flush schedule indicates when a solenoid connected to the monitoring device may be activated to cause the fluid distribution system to perform a flushing operation. In the present example, flushing may occur when any of the following occur: if pressure is higher than 4 PSI; if temperature is higher than 4° F.; if temperature is lower than 3° F.; if chlorine is lower than 3 ppm; if acidity is higher than 3 pH; or if turbidity is higher than 5 nephelometric turbidity units (NTU).
The graphs may contain the collected data gathered by the monitoring devices belonging to a client's organization. Data can be viewed within a specified time frame, both, graphically and by downloading the data as a comma-separated values (CSV) or Microsoft Excel® open extensible markup language (XML) format spreadsheet (XLSX) file to be viewed in any spreadsheet program. The collected measurements are represented on the graph with the y axis being psi (or ppm for chlorine levels) and the x axis being the time that the measurement was taken. Each monitoring device belonging to the client's organization is represented by a different colored line, for example. The Legend button (located in the upper right section of the graph in
The monitoring device 230 hardware is designed to handle and connect to a number of hardware resources based on configurable requirements. At step 1904, the monitoring device 230 continuously checks and determines when a new hardware resource, such as a sensor or a solenoid, is connected. According to some examples, the hardware resources of the monitoring assembly may comprise a pressure sensor, a temperature sensor, a turbidity sensor, a pH sensor, and a chlorine sensor, either all integrated into one sensor, or combined in separate sensors. The sensors may operate continually to provide the sampling and transient data.
The hardware resource is automatically enabled by the monitoring device 230 at step 1906. The monitoring device 230, at step 1910, updates its configuration status and begins to process sampling data from the hardware resource. The monitoring device 230 may communicate the hardware change during the next session initialization message. The computing system 320 connects to the monitoring device 230 at step 1912, and begins a session initialization message protocol. If the session initialization message indicates the change in hardware, the computing system, at step 1914, detects the new hardware resource, scans through the updated monitoring device 230 configuration and every hardware resource, and updates its status.
In some examples, the monitoring device 230 may have a sensor resource class for each physical sensor. The sensor resource class is a generic interface definition to handle multiple sensor types with a common interface. Sensor resources, as described herein, can handle sampling data and transient data. Sampling data may refer to sample parameters at relatively slow rate and keeps average, maximum and minimum of every hour. Sampling data may comprise several configurable parameters such as a sampling interval and period. The sampling interval may comprise a time span between samples, in seconds. The monitoring device 230 may drop samples and only keep the minimum and maximum for a period. A period is a period of time for minimum and maximum samples in seconds. In the example embodiment, the default is 3600 seconds.
Transient data may comprise samples processed at a high rate, and the monitoring device 230 or computing system 320 compresses the data. Transient data may comprise several configurable parameters such as transient interval and tolerance. Transient interval is an exponent for power of base 2 of time between samples in 1/4096 seconds. In the example embodiment, the default transient interval is 5 for a 1/128 second period. Tolerance is the minimum delta required for a sample to be recorded, recorded in raw analog-to-digital converter (ADC) conversion units. For an ADC, the most popular convention is to draw a straight line through the mid-points of the codes, or the code centers. If the sample is less than the delta from the straight line, it is dropped.
The computing system 320 may allow the parameters of the data, and the rates that the data is captured, to be changed based on predetermined criteria defined by the user. In some examples, sensor actions are used by the computing system to define the transient and sample data parameters. Sensor actions may comprise a start time and duration during which the monitoring device 230 will take transient measurements.
In the example embodiment, during the transient data process of step 1920, the monitoring device 230 does not keep the state of the data. Instead, it is the responsibility of the computing system 320 to keep the state of the data. After the monitoring device 230 responds with data, the data remains recoverable till the computing system 320 instructs the monitoring device 230 to permanently delete the data by a delete action. If the session unexpectedly ends after the samples of data are sent to the server but the monitoring device 230 does not get a request to delete the sent data, the monitoring device 230 will automatically recover the data.
In some examples there may be action resources which may handle scheduling of transient data monitoring of the corresponding sensor(s). These actions require the start time and the duration. The action is a sub-resource of multiple types of resources with a purpose of scheduled actions with or without duration. An example of an action with duration is flushing, which requires duration. An example of an instantaneous action is connection to the server because it does not have a duration requirement.
In another example embodiment, the computing system 320 may level load connect actions by choosing the least busy time for connection within the next hour of each “Wake Up” action, and schedule the exact time for the monitoring device 230. For example, the user may schedule an upload action at 9:00am. The computing system 320 scans actions of the monitoring device 230 that upload between 9:00am and 10:00am and builds a frequency chart. The computing system 320 chooses the least busy time within that hour and sets the action for that time, for example, 9:01:13am. The next time the monitoring device 230 connects, the computing system 320 posts the Wake Up action at 9:01:13am to the monitoring device 230.
In some examples, each component of the computer system 2100 as shown may comprise multiple components on multiple computer systems of a network. For example, the computer system 2100 may comprise servers, such as application servers, file servers, database servers, web servers, etc., for performing various functions described herein. The servers of the computer system 2100 may for example be physically separate computer servers or virtual servers in a VMware ESXi 4.0 virtual environment, among other implementations.
The processing device 2110 may be one or more general-purpose or specific-purpose processors, microcontrollers, or microprocessors for controlling the operations and functions of the parameter sensing server 1210. In some implementations, the processing device 2110 may comprise a plurality of processors, computers, servers, or other processing elements for performing different functions within the computer system 2100.
The memory device 2120 may comprise one or more internally fixed storage units, removable storage units, and/or remotely accessible storage units, each including a tangible storage medium. The various storage units may comprise any combination of volatile memory and non-volatile memory. For example, volatile memory may comprise random access memory (RAM), dynamic RAM (DRAM), etc. Non-volatile memory may comprise read only memory (ROM), electrically erasable programmable ROM (EEPROM), flash memory, etc. The storage units may be configured to store any combination of information, data, instructions, software code, etc. The client/web application 2122, the parameter sensing program 2124, the database 2126, and/or the like may be stored in one or more memory devices 2120 and run on the same or different computer systems and/or servers.
In addition to the memory device 2120, the computer system 2100 may comprise other computer-readable media storing information, data, instructions, software code, etc. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that computer-readable media can be any available media that may be accessed by the computer system 2100, including computer-readable storage media and communications media. Communications media comprises transitory signals. Computer-readable storage media comprises volatile and non-volatile, removable and non-removable storage media implemented in any method or technology for the non-transitory storage of information. For example, computer-readable storage media comprises, but is not limited to, RAM, ROM, erasable programmable ROM (“EPROM”), electrically-erasable programmable ROM (“EEPROM”), FLASH memory or other solid-state memory technology, compact disc ROM (“CD-ROM”), digital versatile disk (“DVD”), high definition DVD (“HD-DVD”), BLU-RAY or other optical storage, magnetic cassettes, magnetic tape, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices and the like. According to some examples, the computer system 2100 may comprise computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that cause the computer system to perform aspects of the method 1900 described herein in regards to
The input/output devices 2130 may comprise various input mechanisms and output mechanisms. For example, input mechanisms may comprise various data entry devices, such as keyboards, keypads, buttons, switches, touch pads, touch screens, cursor control devices, computer mice, stylus-receptive components, voice-activated mechanisms, microphones, cameras, infrared sensors, or other data entry devices. Output mechanisms may comprise various data output devices, such as computer monitors, display screens, touch screens, audio output devices, speakers, alarms, notification devices, lights, light emitting diodes, liquid crystal displays, printers, or other data output devices. The input/output devices 2130 may also comprise interaction devices configured to receive input and provide output, such as dongles, touch screen devices, and other input/output devices, to enable input and/or output communication.
The interface devices 2140 may comprise various devices for interfacing the computer system 2100 with one or more types of servers, computer systems and communication systems, such as a network interface adaptor as is known in the art. The interface devices 2140 may comprise devices for communicating between the parameter sensing server 2020 and the user devices 2010, 2012, or 2014 over the communication network(s) 2022, for example. In some examples, the interface devices 2140 may comprise a network interface adapter or other hardware or software interface elements known in the art.
The client/web application 2122 may comprise a user application for facilitating the monitoring device(s) and the data captured from the one or more sensors, as described herein. In some examples, the client/web application 2122 may execute directly on a user device 2010, 2012, 2014 and interface with the parameter sensing server 2020 over the communication network(s) 2022. The client/web application 2212 may further represent a web-based application executing on the parameter sensing server 2020 or other web server and delivered to a web browser executing on the user devices 2010, 2012, 2014 over the communication network(s) 2022. The client/web application 2122 may be implemented in hardware, software, or any combination of the two on the user devices 2010, 2012, 2014, the parameter sensing server 2020, and/or other computing systems in the parameter sensing system 2000.
The parameter sensing program 2124 may comprise any suitable instructions for processing the sample and transient data from the one or more sensors connected to any one of the monitoring device(s) or monitoring assemblies described herein. For example, the parameter sensing program 2124 may receive any data from resource hardware of the parameter sensing system 2000 including at least pressure, pH, turbidity, temperature, chlorine, etc., as well as other fluid measurements known in the art, such as oxidation reduction potential (ORP), conductivity, resistivity, flow rate, etc. The parameter sensing program 2124 may be omitted from the parameter sensing server 2020 in some examples or placed in a separate processing system according to other examples. The parameter sensing program 2124 may be implemented in hardware, software, or any combination of the two on the user devices 2010, 2012, 2014, the parameter sensing server 2020, and/or other computing systems in the parameter sensing system 2000.
Other examples may comprise additional options or may omit certain options shown herein. One should note that conditional language, such as, among others, “can,” “could,” “might,” or “may,” unless specifically stated otherwise, or otherwise understood within the context as used, is generally intended to convey that certain examples comprise, while other examples do not comprise, certain features, elements and/or steps. Thus, such conditional language is not generally intended to imply that features, elements and/or steps are in any way required for one or more particular examples or that one or more particular examples necessarily comprise logic for deciding, with or without user input or prompting, whether these features, elements and/or steps are comprised or are to be performed in any particular embodiment.
It should be emphasized that the above-described examples are merely possible examples of implementations and set forth for a clear understanding of the present disclosure. Many variations and modifications may be made to the above-described examples without departing substantially from the spirit and principles of the present disclosure. Further, the scope of the present disclosure is intended to cover any and all appropriate combinations and sub-combinations of all elements, features, and aspects discussed above. All such appropriate modifications and variations are intended to be included within the scope of the present disclosure, and all possible claims to individual aspects or combinations of elements or steps are intended to be supported by the present disclosure.
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 62/171,897, filed Jun. 5, 2015, which is hereby specifically incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
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