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In the context of the global digital development in Solvay, the R&I laboratories have identified that they need a solution to have global data acquisition solution, this solution must have some control lab equipment, automation functionalities.

Pibox Project is followed by :

• Barthélémy PINSON as Project Leader

• Paul Edouard KOELTZ as Digital Analyst for IOT hub

• Thomas CLERICO as Automation & Robotics manage

Pibox is a Data acquisition / automation solution based on a raspberry pi and the opensource software Node-Red.

Lab equipment such as pumps, heaters, stirrers, temp probe... can be connected to Pibox through RS232 / Modbus connection for controlling them or acquire their data.

Some functionalities can also run simple automation like pH regulation, Mass flow calculation, delay for starting a lab device...

Pibox can also send these Data in an IOT HUB (data base) with Google cloud platform through a connection to the WIFI Solvay network.

a Webcam can also be plugged on the Pibox for viewing / recording only live images.

3.Informations details please find all link used for Pibox Project below :

1- Pibox Website : general informations and tutorials for users

https://sites.google.com/solvay.com/pibox

2- Shared drive folder for Pibox :

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1mbul6G-70pQb3SmN0e_p9oiOAa-4XYrA?usp=sharing

in this folder you will find :

• technical documentation for the development with Raspberry and node red

• process documentation for any installation/management of Pibox

• code and SD images

• data sheet for lab devices

• all presentation about the project

3- IOT

Pibox use the Solvay IOT platform and you will find the links for manage IOT. 

1-bigQuerry data base :

https://console.cloud.google.com/bigquery?hl=fr&_ga=2.122546830.426421160.1614872990-723839092.1603191941

2-IOT devices Platform:

https://iothub.solvay.com/#/home/device/manager?path=%2Fsite_FR.RICL

3-Grafana for remote visualization :

https://grafana.solvay.com/login

4- Key Performance indicator

https://qliksensedev.solvay.com/solvay/sense/app/e82959ab-d538-4783-8203-f850fc5cf3ce/sheet/68d58a2d-2b8b-4c75-8027-f923b3b63ace/state/analysis

5 -Code Repository

https://gitlab.solvay.com/solvay-anr/Pibox