Connecting a ProfiMessage D device to the cloud is possible for a range of application scenarios. Online measurement data can be transferred to a PC connected to the internet. The PC can then be used to access both current and historical data and to portray such data in trends (online applications). If the ProfiMessage D device is used as a stand-alone device for recording measurement data, the data can be automatically and regularly transferred to a cloud drive (offline applications). The data can then be accessed from the cloud and evaluated offline using the ProfiSignal software.
In online applications, the DataService software, which creates the connection to the ProfiMessage D devices, is run on a server in the cloud. Connection of the ProfiMessage D devices to the cloud takes place wirelessly via LAN/WLAN – secured via VPN. The required services, such as user authentication from a ProfiMessage D device, is provided as standard.
The DataService saves the measurement data to a database on the cloud server, and provides both online and historical measurement data for ProfiSignal trend diagrams. To set up such a solution requires a cloud server to enable the running of the DataService. The cloud server can be a server on the internet, a server on a company network, or a standard local PC.
Offline applications require only cloud-based server storage resources. The ProfiMessage D is connected to the internet via LTE or LAN/ WLAN and transfers its off-line measurement data using FTP, CIFS or NFS. When required, transfer to the server can also be made via a VPN. Users can download files from the cloud server and evaluate data off-line using ProfiSignal.