International Gas Detectors' remote monitoring platform provides users with smarter, more connected gas detection management.
GasNet at a Glance
- GasNet™ is IGD's latest remote monitoring platform
- Monitor alarms, malfunctions, and detector status remotely
- Get quick SMS and email notifications
- Access historical event records and detector data
- Reduce site visits and enhance response times
- Available now with free live demos from IGD
GasNet: Remote Cloud Monitoring for Fixed Gas Detection
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Remote Monitoring: The Basics
GasNet, designed to work alongside IGD's Sentinel+ fixed gas detection system, provides customers with secure remote access to real-time gas detection data via phones, tablets, and laptops.
Whether monitoring a single facility or multiple sites, GasNet keeps customers connected to their gas detection systems wherever they are.
As facilities look to avoid unnecessary site visits while improving visibility and compliance reporting, remote monitoring is quickly becoming one of the most crucial components of a contemporary gas detection system.
But what exactly does GasNet do, and why has it sparked such interest in industries as diverse as breweries, manufacturing facilities, laboratories, and renewables?
Here are five important features of IGD's new remote monitoring technology.
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1. Real-Time Remote Monitoring
GasNet enables users to remotely monitor their gas detection systems in real time.
Live detector readings, alarms, warnings, and faults can all be accessed remotely through a secure platform, providing users with quick visibility into site conditions without the need to physically visit the site.
This is especially useful in large or infrequently attended facilities, where instant access to gas detection data can dramatically enhance response times and operational awareness.
GasNet enables businesses with various locations to swiftly transition between sites using a single remote monitoring platform.
2. Instant SMS and Email Alerts
When an alarm goes off, speed matters. GasNet users can set up automatic SMS and email notifications for alarms, problems, and system status updates, ensuring that essential information is delivered to the right people immediately.
Rather than relying entirely on on-site alarms or routine inspections, facilities can respond faster to emerging issues and cut escalation times.
Instant gas detection warnings can enhance worker safety and operational responsiveness in industries such as brewing and beverage production, where CO2 hazards can arise during fermentation or packaging.
3. Advanced Event Logging and Historic Data
Modern gas detection systems produce valuable operational data. GasNet enables customers to make better use of it. These data-driven decisions will ultimately increase operational efficiency.
The platform enables remote access to alarm history, event logs, and historical detector data, helping facilities improve traceability, maintenance planning, and compliance reporting.
This historical data can also support broader sustainability initiatives and carbon capture reporting in brewery and beverage applications by providing better visibility into CO2 monitoring trends and operational performance.
Instead of only responding to alerts, facilities can start analyzing repeating trends, strengthening preventative maintenance methods, and making better operational decisions.
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4. Reduced Site Visits and Faster Diagnostics
One of the most significant benefits of remote monitoring is the ability to diagnose problems without traveling to the site. GasNet enables engineers and facilities teams to remotely analyze problems, alarms, and detector status before dispatching staff, thereby reducing unnecessary site trips and enhancing maintenance efficiency.
For multi-site operators, this can lead to significant time savings and lower operating expenses associated with reactive callouts. In many cases, engineers may remotely diagnose the nature of a defect before arriving on-site, which helps to optimize preparation and save downtime.
5. Seamless Integration with Sentinel+
GasNet can only track this data if you have a system that generates it. While GasNet can be integrated into any addressable system, it is specifically designed to work with IGD's Sentinel+ digital gas detection platform.
When combined with Sentinel+ technology, users benefit from a unified gas detection environment that integrates remote visibility with sophisticated digital capabilities such as event logging, system diagnostics, and easier device management.
Sentinel+ already provides significant advantages with its cost-effective 2-wire cables, plug-and-play sensors, and automatic system setup. GasNet expands on these benefits by providing system visibility outside the control panel. Together, they form a more intelligent, connected approach to stationary gas detection.
Sentinel+ Addressable Gas Detection from IGD – Swift. Simple. Safe.
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The Future of Remote Monitoring
Remote monitoring is rapidly becoming an operational expectation.
As facilities seek to improve and modernize existing safety measures, forward-thinking tools such as GasNet are reshaping how gas detection systems are maintained daily.
From breweries and food processing facilities to laboratories and medical facilities, the ability to remotely monitor gas detection systems delivers operational and safety benefits that previous systems did not provide.