Level · run state
Agriculture · Water
A pump runs dry overnight
Nobody knows until someone is standing there in the morning. A level sensor and a run-state input turn that into a reading with a time on it.
- Level sensor
- Run-state input
MIOT MULTICOMIOT LIMITED · Established 2020
Remote monitoring
for sites nobody
is standing on.
MulticomIoT puts instruments on plant that is hours from the office, carries the readings back over RF mesh, cellular or fixed line, and holds them through an outage. Every figure arrives with the time it was taken.
More Data. More Value.
MIT
More data. More value.
ReportingSix sections
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Topology
One backhaul,
not one per sensor.
Battery or solar powered instruments report to a gateway over RF mesh. Each one can reach the gateway through its neighbours, so a lost link re-routes instead of taking the reading with it. Where there is no line at all, the gateway holds the readings and forwards them when the link returns, with the times they were actually taken.
Key
GatewayMeter Failed link, re-routing Reading in transit
TitleRF mesh topology — one
backhaul per site
ScaleNTS
RevA
DrawnMulticomIoT
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NotesIllustration. Synthetic figures,
not live data, and not the layout of any site.
What we monitor
Five published areas, 49 parameters.
Air, water and effluent, recorded continuously rather than when someone remembers to take a reading.
What we measure
11 parameters · ticks are readings in 15 minutes · orange is event-driven
Parameter
SymbolUnit
Cadence
- 01Sulfur dioxideSO₂µg/m³1 min
- 02Nitrogen oxidesNOₓµg/m³1 min
- 03Carbon monoxideCOmg/m³1 min
- 04Particulate matterPM2.5 / PM10µg/m³1 min
- 05Reduced sulfur compoundsTRSµg/m³5 min
- 06Water flowQm³/h1 min
- 07AciditypHpH5 min
- 08Effluent temperatureT°C5 min
- 09Wind speed and directionu, θm/s, °1 min
- 10Solar radiationGW/m²5 min
- 11PrecipitationRmm5 min
What is fitted is decided at survey. This is the range we specify from, not a list of what every site gets.
Generators, street lighting, distribution assets and metering points, reporting state and consumption from wherever they are installed.
What we measure
10 parameters · ticks are readings in 15 minutes · orange is event-driven
Parameter
SymbolUnit
Cadence
- 01VoltageUV1 min
- 02CurrentIA1 min
- 03FrequencyfHz1 min
- 04Active powerPkW1 min
- 05Reactive powerQkvar1 min
- 06Active energyEkWh15 min
- 07Power factorcos φ—1 min
- 08Run hourshh15 min
- 09Changeover state—on / offon change
- 10Fuel level, where a sender existsL%5 min
What is fitted is decided at survey. This is the range we specify from, not a list of what every site gets.
Water, power and climate on land nobody is standing on: tank levels, pump state, gate and store status.
What we measure
9 parameters · ticks are readings in 15 minutes · orange is event-driven
Parameter
SymbolUnit
Cadence
- 01Soil moistureθv%15 min
- 02Air temperature and humidityT, RH°C, %5 min
- 03Tank levelLm5 min
- 04Irrigation flowQm³/h1 min
- 05Line pressurepbar1 min
- 06Pump run state—on / offon change
- 07Cold room temperatureT°C5 min
- 08Generator run hourshh15 min
- 09Door and gate position—open / shuton change
What is fitted is decided at survey. This is the range we specify from, not a list of what every site gets.
Wells, mains and reservoirs reporting between visits, so consumption is a continuous record rather than a monthly reading.
What we measure
9 parameters · ticks are readings in 15 minutes · orange is event-driven
Parameter
SymbolUnit
Cadence
- 01Water tablehm15 min
- 02Aquifer levelhm15 min
- 03FlowQm³/h1 min
- 04VolumeVm³15 min
- 05Pressurepbar1 min
- 06Pump run hourshh15 min
- 07Electrical parametersU, IV, A1 min
- 08Phase asymmetry—%1 min
- 09Valve position—% openon change
What is fitted is decided at survey. This is the range we specify from, not a list of what every site gets.
The box between the site and everything else. It polls instruments, buffers locally, and forwards when the link returns.
What we measure
10 parameters · ticks are readings in 15 minutes · orange is event-driven
Parameter
SymbolUnit
Cadence
- 01Energy metersAC / DCpulse, Modbus1 min
- 02Dimmer and LDR—%, lux1 min
- 03Fuel sensorsL%5 min
- 04Solar, battery bank, UPSU, I, SoCV, A, %1 min
- 05Fire and smoke detectors—stateon change
- 06Flood detection—stateon change
- 07Gas and water leak detection—stateon change
- 08GPS and asset tracking—lat, lon1 min
- 09Geofencing—in / outon change
- 10On/off device control—commandon demand
What is fitted is decided at survey. This is the range we specify from, not a list of what every site gets.
The chain
From an instrument to a decision.
Five links, and the value is in all five holding. A reading that is taken but not carried, or carried but not kept through an outage, is not a reading you can act on.
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01
Data collection
Sensors and our hardware on your plant, measuring the parameters agreed at survey and timestamping every one on arrival.
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02
Reporting
RF mesh, cellular or fixed line, chosen by what the site has rather than what is convenient to install. One backhaul, not one per sensor.
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03
Buffering
When the link drops the gateway keeps recording. Readings are forwarded when it returns, with the times they were actually taken.
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04
Monitoring
Flow, volume, pressure, level, run hours and electrical parameters, with the history behind every figure.
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05
Alarms and control
Notification on the conditions you set. Where a site is built for it, outputs to switch a pump or move a valve.
Hardware
Specified and supported by us, not drop-shipped.
Gateways, repeaters and meter clusters, chosen against the enclosure, the power available and the temperature the box will actually see.
The view
The history behind every figure.
A reading on its own is a number. A reading with the ones before it is a record you can act on: a step in consumption, a pump drawing more than it did last month, a link that has been dropping since Tuesday.
- Timestamped on arrival
- Buffered through an outage
- Alarms on your conditions
- Outputs where the site allows
Process
Four steps, in this order, every time.
The remote survey is free anywhere in Ghana, and a site visit is free in Greater Accra. Either produces a written scope, so what is quoted is what was seen.
01
Survey
Free remotely, and produces a written scope
Coordinates taken, the zones walked with you online and plotted on the map. An engineer on site instead where the job needs one: what is already there, what power exists, what the radio path looks like, where a cabinet can go.
02
Specify
Against the site, not a catalogue
Instruments chosen against the measurement, the enclosure, the power available and the temperature the box will actually see.
03
Commission
Proven on site
Installed, wired, addressed and proven where it will live. Nothing is signed off on the strength of a bench test.
04
Operate
Inside the contract
Calibration intervals, battery replacement and link checks are in the contract, not in a follow-up quotation.
MORE INFORMATION.
BETTER DECISIONS.
What you get
NO SURPRISES AFTER THE SURVEY.
- A written scope
- Instruments specified per site
- Readings timestamped on arrival
- Buffered through an outage
- Calibration intervals in the contract
- Support on 023 210 0100
Hardware is specified and supported by us, not drop-shipped.
Situations
Not case studies. Failures we specify against.
We do not publish client names, sites or sectors.
Mains · changeover
Energy
A generator does not change over
The site is dark and the first anyone hears is a phone call. Changeover state is one digital input.
- Digital input
- Changeover state
Monthly · continuous
Water
A tank drains between visits
Consumption looks normal on a monthly reading and abnormal on a continuous one. The step is visible the day it happens.
- Continuous reading
- Step, same day
Buffer · forward
RTUs & Gateways
A remote site cannot be reached
Where there is no line, the gateway holds readings and forwards them when the link returns, with their original times intact.
- Gateway buffer
- Original times
