Managing assets | Treon Knowledgebase

Creating assets

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Introduction

The Assets function lets you define Assets, which define items and machines that are equipped with one or multiple Treon Connect sensors.

Assets for data collection enable you to acquire and manage data from assets using Treon measurement points, third-party devices, or OEMs to enhance operational visibility. Resources:

Accessing the Assets management app

Log in to your Treon Connect account.
From the main menu, click the Assets app icon.

Creating new Assets

To create new Assets in your Treon Connect environment follow these steps:

Navigate to the Assets tab in the left-side menu.
Click the Create New button in the top-right corner.
In the pop-up window:
- Choose an identifiable Asset Name. It defines the asset with a unique name
- Add a short Asset Description to describe the asset.
- Choose the Asset Type or create a new one. The type of the asset can be defined freely. When defining a new Asset Type that is not yet in the pull-down list, type the new Asset Type into the field and then immediately select it from the pull-down list.
- Choose the Group or sub-Group this asset should belong to.
- Add the Asset Location to describe the geographical or relative location. The Installation Position of the device on the asset can be defined freely.
You can assign a picture to the asset through Select Image. The file type of the image can be png, jpg, jfif, jpg or jpeg.

An overview picture of the Asset that establishes its location and helps identify it to personel at location is recommended.
Your new Asset has now been created successfully!

After an Asset has been created successfully, sensors can be commissioned and attached to this Asset. See our article on Commissioning Sensors.

How to commission sensors

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The Treon Industrial Sensor C is a wireless battery- operated sensor device for collecting condition monitoring data of industrial equipment.

When the device is powered on and provisioned, it starts automatically to measure and transmit data.

The Treon Industrial Sensor C uses wireless Bluetooth connectivity to transmit sensor values to a gateway. The data is sent via the gateway to the Treon Connect cloud backend, for analysis or delivery to other systems.

Commissioning a sensor attaches it to an asset in your Treon Connect instance.

For commissioning a sensor you need an NFC-capable smart phone and the Treon Connect app, and you need to be in close proximity to the sensors you want to commission.

Step 1: Turn on NFC on your phone

To enable NFC on an Android device, go to Settings > Connected devices > Connection preferences > NFC, then toggle the switch to On. Once activated, the device can exchange data with other NFC-enabled devices or tags when they are nearby.

Step 2: Start Treon App

To start the Treon App, simply tap its icon from your Android device’s home screen or app drawer.

If your Treon Connect app is not yet connected to your Treon Connect instance, please log in with your user credentials.

Step 3: Choose the Asset

From the asset list in the Treon App, tap the specific asset you want to attach the sensor to in order to proceed with commissioning the sensor.

Step 4: Attach the Device to Start NFC Pairing

Bring the smartphone NFC field to the proximity of the sensor.

Press the Attach Device button in the Treon App to automatically initiate NFC pairing with the sensor.

Now hold the Treon Node C close to your phone’s NFC sensor until the pairing process begins automatically.

Step 5: Wait for successful NFC pairing

The Treon App displays the progress of the sensor commisioning on the screen.

Please keep the phone and the Treon Node C sensor steady during the pairing process. In case the NFC pairing fails, please start the process new by pressing the Try Again button.

Step 4 b / 5b: Manually attaching a sensor

Alternatively, you can attach a sensor to an Asset manually. This is only possible if a sensor has previously been commissioned to an Asset linked to your Treon Connect instance.

To start the process, press the Enter Manually button during the NFC pairing process.

In the menu, select the Treon Node C sensor you want to attach to the Asset from the list of available sensors.

If the sensor is not shown in the list, it likely has not been commissioned to an Asset in your Treon Connect instance yet. Please follow the NFC pairing process to commission the sensor.

Step 6: Specify Device Properties

After the sensor has been paired and commissioned successfully, you are asked to fill in the details of the sensor deployment.

Name: Name the sensor according to it’s deployment position. Choose a name that clearly identifies the specific sensor.

Examples for easily identifiable namings are:

“Conveyor belt B2, position 3, left side”
“Fork lift 3, motor top side”

Installation Position: Describe the positon of the sensor on the asset.

Device Class: Select a Device Class for the asset from the pre-defined list. Assinging the Device class will automatically enable class-based event-rules for alerts and warnings.

Take Picture: In order to identify the position of the sensor on the asset, you can take a photo. After pressing the button Take Picture, take a picture of the sensor with your phone’s camera.

After you have entered all necessariy data, press the Attach button to complete commissioning the sensor device.

Completion

Your sensor device has now been commissioned and is attached to an asset in your Treon Connect instance.

Please note that the sensor will not begin transmitting data immediately after commissioning. Commissioning initiates the sensor’s internal clock cycle, during which it will send measurements at regular intervals. It may take several measurement cycles before the first data is successfully transmitted to the cloud. Once transmission begins, the sensor will continue sending data consistently.

Troubleshooting

Error: "Oops! Something went wrong!" in the login view.

This error occurrs when the phone has no network connection, or very bad network connection. Please make sure your phone has network connection via SIM card or Wi-Fi to continue.

Error: "There are no assets."

No Assets have been created in Treon Connect. Commissioning requires an asset to which the device is commissioned to. Resolve by creating Assets before commissioning the sensors.

Error: Sensor commissioning failed due to NFC disactivation

NFC is switched off on the phone while commissioning a sensor. The Treon Connect app checks that NFC is turned on before starting the commissioning process but not while the process is ongoing. If NFC is turned off during commissioning, the commissioning process will fail. To resolve, please turn on NFC and start the commissioning process of the sensor again. )

Error "Device commissioning failed" during NFC pairing

If the phone with its NFC sensor is moved during the pairing process, it might fail. To resolve, start the commissioning process again and keep the phone steady until the pairing has successfully been finished.

If pairing fails multiple time even if the phone is held completely steady, please contact Treon Support.

Error: Treon Node C sleep cycle

After failing the commissioning, the Treon Node C does a sleep cycle. If the timing of the next attempt is unfortunate (~3-5s after the previous one), the new attempt will fail as well. This can result in a loop where the commissioning never gets the change to start. To resolve this issue, please wait for 10s before starting the commissioning process again.

Error: "Permission Denied. You cannot commision this device."

If the Treon Node C has been commissioned already, and the user does not have access rights to the device in Treon Connect, it is not possible to continue with this sensor. Please contact a user with higher or admin access rights in your organization.

Working with classes

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As step in Treon Connect condition monitoring, you can assign classes to your individual assets. These classes will then automatically define the levels for alerts and warnings.

Accessing the Assets management app

Log in to your Treon Connect account.
From the main menu, click the Assets app icon.

You will see two main sections in the left-side menu:

Assets – View and manage all Assets.
Classifications – Manage Asset classifications.

Preset ISO 20816 classes

ISO 20816 is an international standard that provides guidelines for evaluating the vibration severity of rotating machinery based on measurements taken at the machine’s bearing locations. It helps classify machinery condition into zones ranging from acceptable to potentially damaging, enabling predictive maintenance and operational safety. The standard applies to various machine types, including motors, pumps, and compressors.

ISO 20816 Class I
Individual parts of engines and machines, integrally connected to the complete machine in its normal operating condition e.g. Small electric motors (up to 15 kW)

ISO 20816 Class II
Medium-sized machines without special foundations e.g. Motors (15-75 kW), rigidly mounted machines (up to 300 kW)

ISO 20816 Class III
Large machines with rotating masses on rigid and heavy foundations e.g. Large prime movers, industrial machines

ISO 20816 Class IV
Large machines with rotating masses on soft foundations e.g. Turbo-generators, gas turbines (>10 MW)

ℹ️ Classes are still under development. In future release versions of Treon Connect it will be possible to create your own Classes.

Deleting assets

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Removing an Asset deletes the asset permanently in the system.

ℹ️ Please note that for deleting an Asset, all assigned devices need to be removed first. You cannot delete an Asset that has any devices attached to it.

Accessing the Assets management app

Log in to your Treon Connect account.
From the main menu, click the Assets app icon.

Deleting Assets

To delete an Asset, follow these steps:

Click on the name of the Asset you want to delete in the Assets list. A new menu with the details of the Asset will open up.
Select Edit in the top right corner and choose Delete from the pull-down menu.
Confirm you want to delete the Asset by clicking Delete Asset.
You have now successfully deleted the Asset!

Removing attached devices

Before deleting an Asset, you have to remove all attached devices from the asset first! If you try to delete an Asset that has devices attached, you will receive an error message:

Only after you have removed the attached devices, the asset itself can be deleted.

To remove a device from an Asset, follow these steps:

Click on the name of the Asset you want to delete in the Assets list. A new menu with the details of the Asset will open up.
Select the *Edit Attached button on the right-hand side. A new menu with the list of attached devices will open up.
1.In the list of devices, click on the X on the right-hand side of the device you want to remove.
The device has now been removed from the Asset.

ℹ️ Repeat this procedure until you have removed all devices from the Asset before deleting the Asset itself.