Design and build a management, control and monitoring system for devices produced by Interpuls for the Dairy management sector.
Back in 2014 the challenge was to collect as much data as possible from the devices made by Interpuls (pulsators, milking clusters, etc.) and make it visible on the farm itself: stored in a local database, viewable on the spot. That's how the IFC (Interpuls Farm Controller) was born: a Linux®-based industrial mini PC installed upstream of all the devices (connected via Interpuls' proprietary protocol over an RS-485 bus). Updates were carried out rarely, and manually.
Today more than 200 farms worldwide are connected to a cloud system from which the IFCs (and all devices) are updated automatically whenever a vulnerability is found: we cut the release, and the rollout is gradual and monitored, so the farms keep operating. The IFCs process data coming from the devices (edge computing), display real-time charts and connect to a cloud dashboard for monitoring, control, backups, and remote updates.
The extensive experience gained in this field has led us to collaborate on several fronts with the Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences at the University of Parma.
To learn more about the client company: milkrite-interpuls.com.
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