Quectel Features Senquip Product
Senquip is honoured to be featured on the Quectel stand at Electronex Australia in Melbourne. Visit Quectel at stand C15 from 7-8 May 2025 at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre.
Modbus Chaos
One of the biggest frustrations with Modbus! Floating point numbers. Modbus only defines 16-bit registers—it doesn’t specify how multi-register values like 32-bit or 64-bit floats should be formatted. Different manufacturers use different byte orders, leaving you with a puzzle to solve. 🔄 Big-endian or little-endian?🔄 Word-swapped or standard?🔄 IEEE 754 or custom format? If you’ve …
💥The Silent Killer of RS-485 Networks: Common Mode Voltage.
RS-485 is known for its ruggedness and reliability, but there’s one invisible problem that can silently destroy your devices—Common Mode Voltage (CMV). 🔍 What is Common Mode Voltage?CMV is the voltage difference between the ground of two connected devices. In an ideal world, all grounds would be at exactly 0V relative to each other. But …
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🚀 100 Million Data Points Per Day – We’re Almost There! 🚀
Senquip is processing over 63 million data points daily, and at this pace, we’re on track to hit 100 million by June! 📈🔥 From heavy equipment monitoring to environmental tracking, our telemetry solutions continue to prove their scalability, reliability, and efficiency across industries. A huge thank you to our customers, distributors, and team for making …
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Quarterly Update Q1 2025
💥Senquip Vision💥 A Powerful New Dashboard for Your Operations Senquip is pleased to announce the upcoming release of Senquip Vision, a highly customisable dashboard designed to provide businesses with a clear and intuitive interface for monitoring and analysing key operational metrics. Whether for management, maintenance, or operational teams, Senquip Vision enables real-time tracking, historical trend …
🌟 Welcome Rajkot Disel Machines to the Senquip Family! 🌟
We are thrilled to announce Rajkot Diesel Machines as our official Senquip distributor in India, Egypt, and the GCC countries! 🎉 With 20+ years of expertise in marine, oil & gas, power-gen, and automation, Rajkot Diesel Machines and its subsidiary 4JB AUTOMATION bring deep industry knowledge and technical excellence. Their commitment to quality and customer …
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Shoutout to Sugih and Rahmat
Big thanks to Sugih and Rahmat from AssetFindr, our Indonesian distributor, for completing a complex Senquip install this week! Their expertise keeps fleets connected and running efficiently. Great work, team! 💪👏
Why is RS485 Better
After yesterdays post on the differences between RS232 and RS485, we have been asked a few times why RS485 is more noise immune. It is because RS485 uses a differential signalling method. Here’s how it works, and why it’s effective: 🔗 Differential Signalling in RS485: RS485 uses two wires to carry a pair of signals that …
RS232 vs RS485
RS232 and RS485 are standards for serial interfaces that each specify the transmission media and a defined set of logic levels, data rates and timings. These are some of the oldest serial interfaces around, yet they are still very widely used in control and measurement equipment, mainly due to their simplicity and low cost. RS232: …
Quarterly Update Q4 2024
Senquip Cloud API V2 Senquip is pleased to announce the availability of an updated self-service API. The Senquip Cloud API allows you to seamlessly integrate with the Senquip platform, providing real-time access to asset data and to streamline the management of multiple devices from a central platform. Whether you need to track performance, manage diagnostics, …
Boost Converters
Senquip devices can power external sensors even when input power is disconnected. The QUAD can generate an output voltage from 5V to 25V, and the ORB 12V; both from the internal 3.7V backup battery. We are often asked how this is possible. Senquip uses a boost converter, also called a step-up converter, that converts a low …
Measure Sensor Current
Senquip devices that power external sensors can also actively monitor the supply voltage and current? 💡 If the supply voltage starts to drop, it may indicate that the supply is overloaded. 💡 A drop in current could point to a failing connection. 💡 A sudden current increase could indicate a short circuit. By simultaneously supplying …
Word Salad
This week I was interfacing an RFID card reader to a Senquip device, and I came across expressions in the manual like “inform type serial” – essentially meaningless. They made me think of the term “word salad”, a phrase used often in a recent election. I realised that without good instructions, a Senquip device is little more …
Comprehensive API V2 Available Now
Senquip is pleased to announce the availability of an updated API. The Senquip Cloud API allows you to seamlessly integrate with the Senquip platform, providing real-time access to asset data and to streamline the management of multiple devices from a central platform. Whether you need to track performance, manage diagnostics, or leverage advanced analytics, this …
Scale
From 10s to 100s to 1000s – Senquip continues to scale! Exciting times as we ramp up production to meet growing demand. Grateful to our team and partners for making this possible. 🚀
Quarterly Update Q3 2024
Senquip Connect App The Senquip Connect App is a mobile application that allows users to connect to nearby Senquip devices using Bluetooth to configure networks and for data viewing. The app is available for both Android and iOS devices running recent firmware. See the Senquip Device Firmware Changelist for more information on compatible firmware versions. …
Own a Drill Rig?
Real-time drill depth measurement is essential for optimising drilling operations. By accurately monitoring drill depth, operators can: 🎢 Enhance Operational Efficiency: Ensure the drill bit operates at the correct speed and pressure for the formation, reducing equipment wear and minimizing downtime. ⛰ Improve Geological Data Collection: Accurately correlate geological data with specific depths, aiding in …
CAN vs J1939
In the world of automotive and heavy machinery, the terms CAN Bus and J1939 are often incorrectly interchanged. What exactly sets them apart? 📞 CAN Bus (Controller Area Network): Think of CAN Bus as the telephone system that connects different parts of a vehicle. It’s the physical wires and the way in which messages are communicated, …
Genius!
The 4–20 mA convention was born in the 1950s out of the earlier highly successful 3–15 psi pneumatic control signal standard which had the same features of being able to power some remote devices and have a “live” zero. With the advent of faster, networkable protocols, why has a 1950s protocol persisted? 🔌 In so …
Meet Rekarma, Senquip Distributor in Turkey
Rekarma, Senquip distributor for Turkey are finding opportunities in control and monitoring of agricultural equipment. Cenk and Emre recently started installing Senquip ORBs on frost fans. The ORB enables remote start, stop of the equipment, and remote monitoring of ambient temperature, location, fuel level, engine hours, rpm, fault codes, and the built in accelerometer assures …
Power Your Sensors
One of our very first customers used a Senquip ORB to detect movement in bridges. The application was solar powered and required a sensor that needed 5V power. The ORB can produce 12V at night by boosting the internal backup battery, but the customer had to use an external 12V to 5V converter which was frustrating. When …
Device to Device Communications
Did you know that Senquip devices can communicate with each other over large distances? One Senquip device can request and receive data from another device. A pump could request water level from a remote tank. Two flow meters could compare values to detect a leak. Many devices could request weather information from a single weather station. …
Modbus Madness
A customer recently got caught out when interfacing to an engine controller with Modbus. The data to be read was shown with register numbers 400001 onwards. Of course, in Modbus land, 400001 means the data is contained in a holding register (4) and the register number is 1 (00001). Register 1 has address 0 and a …