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Functional overview

This part of Getting Started outlines the functional overview.

You can monitor asset status as well as support maintenance and services. This requires sensor data, the tools to collect and transfer data as well as intelligent software that offers the monitoring and support functions.

MindConnect Elements provide the hardware for collecting data from assets and transferring it into Insights Hub, which includes hosting via a web user interface.

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With Insights Hub and MindConnect Elements you can:

  • Create and manage users and customers
  • Create, manage and change assets in Insights Hub
  • Onboard MindConnect Elements to Insights Hub in order to collect data from your assets and transfer it to Insights Hub
  • Collect data from data sources (S7, OPC UA) via MindConnect Elements
  • Visualize the uploaded data (timeseries)
  • Display datapoints and open events of an asset
  • Manage the connected assets and automate rules

Last update: January 22, 2024