Cold Chain Monitoring Documentation

Cold Chain Monitoring Documentation

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Administrator Functionality

  1. When first viewing the overall dashboard, it will look like the image below. You will be able to see the list of all entities/locations that are associated with the administrator account.
  2. Each widget (highlighted in a red box) has its own settings in the top right, such as export, filter, and full screen. (Shown in red circles)
  3. This dashboard includes list of locations, alarms and map widgets as seen below.
  4. Sign in at https://iot.rivercityinnovations.ca/login. Or by visiting the RCI website at rivercityinnovations.ca and clicking on "Dashboard Login" located at the top right corner. Login using your email (email is case sensitive, enter using all lowercase) and password. 


  1. In the Alarms widget (left) all alarms currently active for a given location will be displayed. Clicking on the alarm will open that location’s dashboard.
  2. Map pins will change to red if a specific location has an active alarm and green otherwise.
  3. Clicking the checkmark on the right side will acknowledge an active alarm.  Alarms will be cleared when an acceptable threshold has been reached.
  4. The location names and Latitude & Longitude on the “Locations” widget can be edited at any time by clicking the pencil on the right-hand side.


  1. By Clicking the  button beside a given location, you can set up automated reporting. You have the option to choose weekly, semi-monthly, or monthly reports to be sent to an email of your choice. The reporting dates are as follows:
    1. Daily: Each day @ 8:00am CST (Saskatchewan)
    2. Weekly: Mondays @ 12:00pm CST (Saskatchewan)
    3. Semi-Monthly: 1st & 15th of each month
    4. Monthly: 1st of each month
  2. To view the entities/devices at each location, simply click the location in the “Locations” widget, which will bring you to the location specific dashboard. (Shown below)

  1. On the left-hand side there is a list of devices and the status of each. Click  button to have a file of all device’s data from that location emailed to the email logged in with. A form will pop up to pick the date range to export, as well as the file type (PDF or Excel).
  2. Click the  button to the right of each device to toggle alarms, edit name and edit thresholds. 
    1. When  the alarms are toggled off, no alarms will show on the dashboard and the user will not get a notification.
    2. When the alarms are toggled on, the alarms will show up on the alarms widget and the user will get an email/text message if their information is entered.
  3. On the top right there is the Alarms widget which lists any active alarms which can be acknowledged the same way as in the previous dashboard.
  4. The bottom left widgets contain the gateways and the power monitoring sensors with their status’
    1. These widgets show the activity status of the devices themselves as well as the power status for the circuit that the power monitors are plugged into.
  5. The bottom right widgets allow you to enter contact information to receive alerts about alarms. You can enter up to 4 contacts (emails & phone numbers). Ensure the “+1” is included before the phones area code. (This is filled by default on first entry)
    1. To delete a number or email, click the edit pencil, remove the number, and click save.
    2. Toggle the sliders to choose which alerts to receive (SMS or Calls) – Same for Email Alerts

  1. To view the device specific dashboard, click on one of the devices in the “Location Devices” widget on the left-hand side. (Shown below)

  1. The above device dashboard now has more visual widgets for all the telemetry data including dials and graphs.
  2. The same Alarms widget can be seen in the top right where you can acknowledge active alarms just as before.
  3. To change the length of the history or view real-time data, click the “History” button on the top right and select either Realtime or History. (Shown on next page).
  4. The history can be set to see the last 30, 7, 5 days etc.
  5. To see specific history, click the advanced slider which will allow to the second accuracy.
  6. To see a time frame (from Day X to Day Y or Time X to Time Y) click on the “Time Period” radio button and enter your desired time period.
  7. These settings for history/real-time data can be set for each dashboard using the same tab.
     
  1. Once you have set your desired history/timeframe set, you can export any one of the widgets data by clicking the  button on the top right of a widget.

  1. On the right-hand side of the device specific dashboard there is a form for high & low thresholds for the device alarms as well as the reporting interval for the device.
  2. Thresholds can be changed by entering the new value and clicking the save button at the bottom of the form.
  3. These thresholds and reporting interval will also send a command to the device, changing its internal parameters. The current reporting interval will be displayed on the card below the form, and the status of the downlink command will either be, Pending, Successful, or Failed. If a failure occurs, re-enter the desired values again.

  1. The final function for the Administrator is to view and remove users by clicking the “User Groups” menu on the left-hand side. This will bring up the user groups page. (See below)
  2. You can open each group by clicking the button on the right to see the list of users in that group


User Functionality

  1. The main difference between user functionality and administrator functionality is that the user will only be able to see the locations assigned to them, and they do not have access to change thresholds, export data, or edit anything on the dashboard.
  2. The user also does not have access to the left-hand menu to view or edit user groups.
  3. All other functionality is the same for the specific location or device.

Examples of the User Dashboards can be seen in the following images.

Overall Dashboard:

 

Location Specific Dashboard:


Device Specific Dashboard:



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