Product Catalog

NI InsightCM™ is online asset-monitoring software for subject matter experts and maintenance professionals who need:

• Full access to waveform data
• Multiple sensor technology inputs
• Connectivity to existing enterprise software packages
• A variety of configuration options for alarms and data management

NI InsightCM connects to a family of NI monitoring devices to monitor asset health sensor data from any critical equipment in your plant.

InsightCM Benefits

Improve Productivity with Remote Diagnostics

InsightCM helps analysts and plan personnel shift focus away from manual data collection, freeing up time for more value-add activities such as data analysis, maintenance planning, and plant operations. Included features let you:

• Log in to the InsightCM server from any web browser with network access and perform real time analysis
• Cover more assets across your fleet with your existing team
• Get to analysis faster with data screening, alarming, and multi-sensor analysis tools

NI Continuous Monitoring Systems connect to existing protection systems through the buffered analog outputs to add modern online monitoring analysis to legacy, or secured, protection systems.

Continuous Monitoring System Key Features

Continuous Monitoring Systems are built on a rugged measurement system (NI CompactRIO) and feature four or eight slots for sensor-specific modules. High-speed voltage input modules are used for connection to the output from the buffered analog output on the protection rack.

Note: Module configurations for Continuous Monitoring Systems are specific to the asset and InsightCM toolkits. Please contact your Voyager Instruments representative for configuration assistance.

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Continuous Monitoring Systems (eight-slot option shown) are built on NI CompactRIO systems; proven technology with more than 15 years of deployment in a variety of heavy industries.

Hardware Specifications

• Dual 10/100/1000 ENET Ports
• Up to Quad-Core Intel Atom Processor
• Passively cooled, -40 °C to 70 °C
• SSD for Temporary Local Storage
• NI InsightCM Monitoring System Firmware
• NI Linux Real-Time OS

Intelligent Data Triggering with Continuous Monitoring Systems

Continuous Monitoring Systems intelligently capture data based on a configuration you specify, which reduces overall data volume and provides a way to isolate important asset events. Use the following events to trigger a data capture:

• Time—Data is captured in user-configurable time intervals such as once an hour, once a day, three times a day, and so on. Choose when to capture the features calculated (less data), the full waveform (more data), or both.
• Change in engineering units (delta EU)—Data is captured when a calculated feature changes by the set delta value with respect to the initial measured value. Once the trigger condition is met, the trigger resets from the latest value but retains the same delta limit. This feature is most often used for ramp-ups and coast-downs, during which data recordings at periodic rotational speeds are desired; for example, recording a 4 s waveform every 50 rpm during ramp-up.
• Alarm limits—Data is captured when a measured feature crosses a preset limit. You must acknowledge alarms before re-triggering.
• Force trigger—You can request a real-time reading using the force trigger option in the action menu for any device. This feature is good for troubleshooting sensor connections, spot-checking an asset, or investigating the current state before acknowledging an alarm.