Your Performance Platform™ hardware is all of the physical equipment and parts sent by Brewlogix. This article will help you understand your hardware.
Understanding your hardware:
The Sensor
Your Brewlogix sensor will have a black base and a silver top with black pads as shown above. Each sensor will be marked with its respective number (e.g. the sensor above is sensor #2). You will place your kegs on top of the sensors, and they will gather data. To learn more about the specific sensor components, click here.
The Gateway
The gateway is a crucial tool to allow your sensors to relay information to the Internet. The gateway device communicates data from your sensors into information that you can see and interact with on theperformanceplatform.com.
NOTE: If there is a problem with your gateway, the Performance Platform will inform you of this in the Notification Center. Also, note you run the risk of displaying inaccurate data until the issue is resolved.
On the side of the gateway is a square hole and round hole. The round hole is where you will plug in the power cord (described below). If you are using a wired gateway system, the square hole is where you will plug in the ethernet cord (described below).
NOTE: If you are using a wireless setup, you will not receive an ethernet cord and nothing will be plugged into the square hole on your gateway.
Power Cord
Along with your gateway, you will receive a black power cord, shown above. You will need to ensure that the gateway can remain plugged in at all times without interference as a part of day-to-day operations.
6-foot Ethernet Cable
If you have chosen a wired gateway setup, Brewlogix will supply a blue 6 foot ethernet cord as a part of your hardware. Again, you will only need this if you are using a wired (as opposed to wireless) gateway setup. Please ensure that the gateway is able to reach your Internet plug-in without obstruction.
The Tags
From left to right, above is a channel tag, an unpair deep sleep tag, and a line tag. These tags contain unique radio waves that communicate messages to your RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) reader on your sensor (to learn more about what a RFID reader is, click here). These RFID messages give signals to your sensors to perform different functions. To learn more about what your tags do, click here.