Remote wireless M2M connectivity to reduces costs
Came across this PR http://www.wyless.com/ - This tells us that the market for M2M services is expanding. This is not a pilot deployment of M2M on a few devices but the plan is to enable these services to 160,000 devices.
Wyless, the international wireless data communications group, has signed a deal with ABB Robotics to deliver a remote service which will enable production lines to maintain round the clock operation. Through the new remote service, provided over the Wyless global wireless data network, ABB is aiming to extend the uptime of its installed base of over 160,000 robots and lower the overall cost of ownership through pro-active maintenance and reduction in production disturbances.
The remote service package is based on the concept of logging a robot’s key performance data and sending this remotely to an ABB service center via GPRS technology. The robot will automatically be able to alert the central database, triggering an SMS to the on-call service engineer, who can then immediately access a detailed data error log and quickly identify the exact fault. At anytime and from anywhere, an engineer can verify robot status and access important maintenance information about a robot system by logging into the MyRobot ABB website.