Introducing the Notion Pro System > What does Notion Pro do?

IceSpy Notion Pro enables you to configure and monitor temperature sensors installed in (typically) refrigerated storage units or other temperature-sensitive environments.

Notion Pro is a System, containing software and hardware. For details of the hardware, see The Notion Pro Hardware, also https://hanwell.com/hanwell-icespy-wireless-temperature-monitoring/

The Notion Pro software (described in this Help) gives a graphical user interface (GUI) which works through all the main web browsers, for display on a desktop PC, laptop or mobile device such as a tablet or smart phone.

Summary of Functionality

Data is mainly generated by wireless sensors and collected by wireless receivers. The data is relayed to the server by TCP/IP, USB or GPRS and is stored in an SQL database. The data is then available for viewing using a local management application or via a standard Web Browser.

Notion Pro is:

Scalable	Notion Pro can be installed on a single site with 1 user up to 100s of sites with 1000s of users.
Browser-based	Notion Pro uses commercially available browsers such as Internet Explorer, Chrome or Firefox to view the data.
SQL Database	Notion Pro uses an SQL database - the modern method making it easy to access data. The SQL database could be used by 3rd-party tools if required/commercially desirable.

Notion Pro:

•allows you to rapidly change what you need to, given the necessary permissions

•allows you to select any combination(s) of sensors to form ‘Views’ with all subsequent operations (alarms, reporting) only operating on that subset

•gives you control of exception handling protocols, the various options do not have to be generically configured by the Administrator

•has extensive reporting capabilities, with custom reports available as easily accessible plug-ins to the main system (future proofing/ready customisation)

•has a totally separate GUI (Graphical User Interface) from the underlying hardware

•is a services-based system

•architecture ensures that support for as yet unknown hardware can be readily integrated (future proofing) by modularising the hardware services and accessing the database via a universal interface module

•uses Browser technology as the primary view (optionally over the web BUT NOT NECESSARILY, could be all Intranet). Browser support will likely be there as long as computers run, the risk of problems caused by Operating System Providers is therefore minimised

•allows seamless support for large numbers of sensor communication protocols, and very large numbers of sensors over multiple sites.