Geohazards in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains

Monitoring rock movements in the Kirnitzsch Valley and Schmilka with AarteLink

Period:
2018 – 2021
Client:
TU Bergakademie Freiberg
Partners:
Aartesys AG
AarteLink Monitor for geohazard monitoring

Special Features

  • Simple installation (a climber with a drill), commissioning and configuration from a desk
  • Clear cockpit interface
  • API for integration into M2M and GIS
  • Permanent storage of all measurement data, export as CSV, Excel, and client-specific formats
  • Maintenance-free sensors: long battery life, wireless sensors, robust aluminum–ABS enclosure
  • Local alerts within seconds through remote alarm units (siren, traffic light, CB radio), using radio, cable, or SMS
  • High-resolution event measurements (logs) can be read wirelessly from the sensor
  • Public websites (national park administration, mayor, etc.) with live data, charts, and active vector graphics
  • Client extension options
  • Monitor available as a software package for the client’s own machine or as a hosted solution, also at a fixed price

Benefits for Clients

  • Installed and operational in very little time
  • Energy-autonomous GeoSensors for up to 10 years
  • All system components remotely configurable and maintainable
  • Very long radio range between sensor and gateway
  • Redundancy at every level
  • End-to-end solution including AarteLink Monitor
  • Easy integration into existing alarm control centers
  • Intelligent platform, easily extended to new applications
  • Extremely robust, sealed, and compact GeoSensor
  • Cost-effective

Optional Software Extensions

  • Automatic forwarding of sensor data and status to external systems and GIS over the internet
  • CZ language module for Czech
  • Integration of specialized online monitoring through client-owned modules
  • Automatic delivery of status emails with processed log data
  • Templating system for measurement data processing: Excel template + monitor + Excel report

General System Characteristics

  • Cost-effective installation
  • Low maintenance requirements
  • No cable installation required
  • Long sensor radio range, robust SMS gateway communication (alternatively UMTS / internet)
  • Remote monitoring, maintenance, and updates through the web platform (AarteLink Monitor)

Project Partners

  • Aartesys AG