Welcome to the technical documentation for the ifm mobile IoT platform .

The ifm mobile IoT platform is a cloud-based solution designed for machine management and data collection in the mobile machine industry. In addition to the cloud platform, it provides hardware components that facilitate a seamless connection between your machine and the cloud. The entire infrastructure is taken care of, ensuring efficient operation.

Key features of the platform include machine life-cycle management , real-time monitoring of machine health in the field, and remote maintenance capabilities. All of these functions are accessible through the cloud and can be performed over-the-air. Furthermore, the platform offers a customizable portal that can be tailored to your specific application needs, showcasing the collected machine information.

The ifm mobile IoT platform is not solely a cloud or hardware solution, but rather a combination of the best elements from both. It is designed as a modular architecture, where each component works together to create a comprehensive and customizable solution. Let's delve into the architecture in more detail.

At the core of the platform is your machine. The ifm mobile IoT platform seamlessly integrates into your machine control system (ifm), allowing you to establish a real-time connection and extract valuable information for analysis and improvement. By adding the gateway to your machine, you unlock numerous possibilities for connectivity, data collection, and learning. Detailed integration instructions can be found in the step-by-step integration manuals provided in this documentation.

The mobile IoT gateways come preconfigured to connect to the mobileiot cloud. They utilize cellular connections by default, but can also leverage other available connection technologies. The gateways autonomously establish the connection to the cloud, eliminating the need for manual configuration.

The mobile IoT cloud serves as the backend where all connections converge and intelligence is built to make the platform smart and adaptable. It acts as a proxy between you and your machine and stores the collected machine information. The cloud's asset management capabilities enable detailed user, machine, and software management. The mobile IoT Suite simplifies the management process, providing you with a user-friendly interface. For further information on how the mobile IoT Suite streamlines these tasks, please refer to the provided documentation.

Now we reach the exciting part: the management aspect of the mobile IoT platform, known as the ifm mobile IoT Suite. This powerful tool empowers you to have complete control over your machine fleet. The mobile IoT Suite sits atop the platform and utilizes the underlying infrastructure, offering a user-friendly experience. Within the mobile IoT Suite, you can manage users, customer organizations, and your machines. By employing a model-driven methodology, you can define machine models and associate various assets and properties with them. Machines assigned to a specific model inherit its properties, ensuring consistent behavior within the cloud.

The tooling component of the platform facilitates seamless communication between the well-established ifm ecosystem and the mobile control systems, enabling near real-time connections for machine diagnostics and debugging of machine applications.

The ifm mobile IoT DataPlatform serves as the hub for data visualization and analytics. The data collected from machines and stored in the backend can be visualized and analyzed within this platform. Detailed instructions on how to achieve this are provided in the dataportal documentation.