Android App as a Part of IoT Solutions for Smart Cities
Industry: IoT, Smart City
Location: Denmark
Mobile App for Managing Connected Devices
The IoT app enables on-the-go access to the smart city system and helps track and control configurations of streetlight properties in such tasks as Install, Replace, Update, or Remove.
Tools and Technologies
Android SDKDagger 2RxJavaRetrofitNFCCamera APIFirebase Cloud MessagingFirebase ML KitGoogle PlacesGoogle Maps
Problem
Inefficient electricity use and maintenance of city street lamps
A smart solution of our client that helps with city light management required a mobile application to simplify the lighting assets installation process and maintenance for field crews. The Android app had to track 2m connected devices all over the world, collect and store vast amounts of metric data, have a plugin system to connect multiple device vendors, and be a part of high current, high load smart city IoT solution.
Solution
An Android app for IoT device management and installation
One Euristiq engineer developed a fully working Android app for iot device management in 6 months.
Apart from front-end and back-end development, we’ve also covered UI/UX design and quality assurance. This mobile application is used for service tasks management and new lighting assets installation.
The app helps track and control configurations of streetlight properties in such tasks as Install, Replace, Update, or Remove. New device installation, for example, is tracked in the app via device scanning (QR-code or NFC), location setting, properties information filling, and light profile uploading.
The application is integrated into the system that allows visualizing the entire street light installation and monitoring its operation. It can also evaluate the consumption and intensity of the light emitted from the street lamp, individually or in groups.
Results
Optimized field maintenance and deployment of lighting assets
This Android application is a tool for field service of lighting assets manufactured by our client. The app is synchronized with the maintenance and service platform in the cloud.
Being a part of a larger IoT solution, it helps with an easy and fast configuration of the connected network and cost-effective field installation of new nodes. Field maintenance crews can easily look through assigned maintenance work and its priority.
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