Why MobiusFlow Middleware?
Our vision for MobiusFlow middleware started in 2004 (over 17 years ago!) as a commissioning solution to help our engineers install efficiently, quickly, reliably, and securely. In turn, we could take on more projects, reduce costs, and offer a wider range of solutions.
With a lack of reliable solutions to help us, we started to build our own scalable system which evolved over time with a better user experience, better handling of code, and a better way of organising the way a building flowed digitally. Commissioning a wide range of devices became easier and we could pick the best products for the job rather than be limited to a specific protocol or system.
MobiusFlow Middleware
Developed by our engineers with first-hand experience in project management and installation, now as a stand-alone company, focusing on developing this advanced middleware, MobiusFlow is now an essential component for system integrators that empowers businesses to connect, control, and communicate with thousands of sensors, monitoring, and control devices and has been successfully deployed as part of many solutions in various industries, including smart buildings, environmental monitoring, agriculture, healthcare and mining, by some of the biggest names in the business such as CBRE, TD Synnex, Iaconnects, Ingram Micro and IBM.
What’s the current problem?
The Global Issue – Monitoring your assets using different protocols, gateways, and systems is creating a global issue when it comes to commissioning and controlling sensors and devices within buildings and infrastructure. Especially when trying to visualise this data and implementing cost-cutting, reducing environmental impact, or managing your assets. The current systems can be:
– Complicated
– Have high commissioning costs.
– Use multiple gateways depending on manufacturer/devices.
– Require multiple control systems.
– Rely on cloud-based systems to control and monitor individual devices using combined solutions.
Why is MobiusFlow the solution?
MobiusFlow enables bidirectional communication between different systems and protocols. As an end user or system integrator, enabling new and existing systems to communicate with each other can be very problematic and time-consuming.
As a building operator, asset owner, or facilities manager you may be under the impression you need to start from scratch, however, in many cases the data you need may already exist or simply require additional devices to scale or improve the quality of your system, this requires a true IoT system integrator using MobiusFlow to expose it.
Scaleable from a single sensor to a multi-site organisation
As a versatile IoT solution, MobiusFlow enables initial proof of concepts to be deployed quickly and easily, and once approved, can be scaled up to a full solution with different sensor types and services to compliment the initial system when required. This in turn reduces financial risk and provides maximum return on investment through continuous improvement of the system.
Expand your existing solutions
As a system integrator, introducing MobiusFlow to your portfolio enables you to offer new sensors and devices to your existing user base as well as expanding your reach to new customers and offering additional solutions.
As a big data, visualisation, or analytics company MobiusFlow can connect and collate the right data, to the right place, in the right format for your end users. Adopting MobiusFlow into your organisation can:
– Open new revenue streams.
– Drive business efficiencies for you and your customers.
– Facilitate new business models.
– Improve the way existing services are delivered across many different sectors.
Features and Benefits of using MobiusFlow
MobiusFlow consists of 3 main components; The Engine, Toolbox, and Manager. The Toolbox is an intuitive web-based user interface for configuration of services and devices. The Engine is the core of the MobiusFlow product range containing all of the device drivers, logic engine, API, and Flows. The Manager is a self-service license and instance manager, simplifying the deployment and management of MobiusFlow instances.
The MobiusFlow ecosystem evolves based on customer requirements and runs a library of standard and customer-specific code (or nodes) to allow connectivity of an ever-increasing number of sensors, control systems, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC), lighting, office workflows (including people sensors and door entry systems), retail outlets and manufacturing monitoring equipment, to name but a few.
Where did the name come from?
The ‘Mobius loop’ is at the core of our brand. MobiusFlow promotes responsible data usage and consumption:
– Receive – Data from multiple sources for a detailed view.
– Report – Statistics, dashboard, document creation.
– Analyse – Actionable insights.
– React – Control manually or automate.
– Repeat – Continuous improvement.