Provider of machine-to-machine (M2M) solutions, AVUDwireless, has said that it offers a full cloud-based plug-and-play solution for connected devices.

 

The company recognizes that most M2M customers have unique needs that require custom applications and often custom hardware, said Rod Montrose, CEO and founder of AVIDwireless.

 

The company has addressed this by offering solutions that provide the customer with the ability to plug in the controller, connect their equipment, machines or sensors and log on a web portal to immediately view readings and control their equipment via a single cloud based system, Montrose said.

 

The solutions are aimed at saving time and money for large and small companies in multiple industries, and each delivery comes completely configured for the specific needs of each customer.

 

Touted as the heart of system at the remote site, AVIDdirector controller follows user configurable rules to monitor and send information to the cloud-based Web-monitoring server through cellular, satellite, or other standardized network protocols.

 

AVIDwireless has an open source Java framework for customization of M2M applications. Company officials said that it allows developers to add additional functionality to the system.

 

The AVIDM2MFramework provides a "plug-in" framework to allow applications, sensors, protocols and radios to be dynamically loaded and operated on the device. With the open source AVIDM2MFramework, users can build new custom applications to handle their specific needs then download them to live devices in the field, said company officials.

 

Traditional M2M devices usually have a fixed hardware configuration that must be modified at considerable expense -- by going on site to add new features, purchasing devices with new functionality, or by returning the device to the provider to add the new functionality.

 

Company officials said that the AVIDdirector-M2M's use of a Cypress Microsystem's PSoC Mixed Signal Processor (News - Alert) enable hardware configuration of the device. Hardware can be delivered wirelessly to remote devices -- hardware over-the-air (HWOTA) -- configurability.

 

Additional feature of AVIDwireless' plug-and-play deliverable is the AVIDSmartSensors -- small, wireless sensors. Company officials said that this solves the hardware-interfacing problem and allow users to connect the devices to their hardware, and interface with the AVIDdirector controller.

 

For the plug-and-play flexibility, AVIDwireless has added a configurable back-end platform, AVIDdashboard. Company officials said that it completes the full spectrum of the solutions by providing the communications from the connected devices to the people.

 

Earlier this year in March, AVIDwireless unveiled a new easy-to-install solution for the oil and gas industry to monitor wells and tanks.