Remote Monitoring and Predictive Maintenance on AWS

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Remote Monitoring and Predictive Maintenance on AWS

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Daikin uses AWS to build remote monitoring and predictive maintenance system. Daikin is a leading innovator and worldwide provider of advanced, high-quality air conditioning, heating, and refrigeration solutions for residential, commercial and industrial applications. They are committed to elevating the quality of air in homes, businesses, and public spaces with a complete line of energy-efficient and intelligent products. As a global leader in HVAC and R applications, they strive to leverage the insights and innovations of Daikin worldwide to create better indoor environments across North America. HVAC systems contribute around 40 percent of the energy consumption in a typical commercial facility. The efficient operation and proper maintenance of the HVAC systems are priorities for facility managers. In most cases, HVAC maintenance is reactive. In a scenario where there is a failure to an HVAC system, the technician has to identify what has led to the failure and carry out the maintenance accordingly. Daikin realized they needed to enable their customers to monitor their HVAC systems more effectively to predict and reduce downtime. Daikin HERO Cloud Services is a remote monitoring platform for Daikin HVAC systems. Daikin's HERO Simple Edge device connects to the outdoor unit and has a built-in SIM card to provide wireless connectivity. The HERO Simple Edge device communicates with Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud service, AWS IoT Core, and sends real-time telemetry data to AWS. It provides intuitive and insightful visualization data of connected indoor and outdoor HVAC units. Daikin HERO Cloud Services also includes failure prediction for the compressors and sensors and refrigerant leak detection of the system. In some cases, it can help optimize the equipment's operation based on outdoor ambient temperatures. Daikin uses Amazon S3 to store telemetry data, uses AWS Lambda to perform transformations, and then stores the data on Amazon DynamoDB and Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS). End users can visualize data using a Web API interface that uses Amazon API Gateway. Daikin is currently deploying Daikin VRV systems connected to the HERO Cloud. These services are offered as 1 year, 3 year or 5 year licensing agreements.