Spartakus APM Introduces Proconnect to Simplify Wireless Sensor Data Management

 Wireless sensors have become essential tools for monitoring equipment health in industrial environment. Yet, the sheer volume of raw data they generate often creates more challenges than solutions.

Maintenance and reliability teams face constant struggles with information overload, false alarms, and inefficient anomaly detection. To address these pain points, Spartakus APM introduces Proconnect, a new feature designed to transform how sensor data is managed.

The Challenge of Anomaly Detection

The challenge of anomaly detection in maintenance comes down to three main issues: information overload, data siloed, and inefficient alarm management. Wireless sensors are now widely deployed across plants, generating continuous streams of vibration, temperature, pressure and other types of data.

While this data has the potential to provide valuable insight, in practice it often overwhelms maintenance and reliability teams. Instead of pointing directly to the few critical events that matter, the system produces large volumes of raw readings that require hours of review. Teams must spend significant time filtering through irrelevant or redundant data just to identify what deserves attention, even more when the data is siloed in different software.

On top of this, alarm management itself creates additional complexity. Poorly configured thresholds frequently trigger false positives, which interrupt planning and waste resources as technicians chase problems that do not exist. On the other hand, if thresholds are set too loosely, real anomalies may pass unnoticed until they become serious failures. Balancing sensitivity and accuracy is a constant struggle, and managing alarms manually is both time-consuming and unreliable. This combination of too much data and too many false alerts makes anomaly detection one of the most persistent pain points for maintenance professionals.

What is Proconnect?

Proconnect is Spartakus APM’s new connector for wireless sensors. It establishes a direct communication channel between sensors (Emerson and others) and the Spartakus platform.

Instead of requiring manual data transfers or external middleware, Proconnect ensures that sensor readings flow automatically into Spartakus. Once connected, the system applies Spartakus’ alarm rules and filtering logic to detect anomalies and notify users.

In simple terms: Proconnect takes raw sensor data, analyzes it in real time, centralizes everything in one place and alerts maintenance teams when something requires attention, without the need for constant human supervision.

How Proconnect Enhances Sensor Data Management

Proconnect offers a range of features designed to make anomaly detection faster, more accurate, and easier to manage. By combining automated notifications, cross referencing technology, advanced filtering, real-time analysis, and adjustable thresholds, the platform reduces false alarms, ensures critical events are not missed, and gives maintenance teams actionable information without the need for constant manual monitoring. The following sections break down each functionality and explain how it contributes to more efficient and reliable asset performance management.

Centralized data and cross-referencing across technologies

One of the key advantages of Proconnect is its ability to break down data silos by centralizing information from multiple sources, vibration sensors, temperature probes, oil analysis, and other monitoring technologies, into a single, unified platform.

Instead of analyzing each dataset in isolation, Proconnect cross-references signals across technologies to provide a more holistic view of asset health.

By correlating data streams, maintenance teams can detect patterns that would otherwise remain hidden if each system were monitored separately. For example, a vibration anomaly may be better understood when combined with rising temperature data or lubrication quality metrics. This integrated approach not only improves the accuracy of root cause analysis but also helps prioritize interventions based on a complete picture of asset condition.

Automated email notifications

Proconnect introduces a set of practical features designed to make anomaly detection faster, clearer, and more reliable. Automated email notification system ensures that when an anomaly is detected, alerts are sent immediately to the right people. This eliminates the need to constantly monitor dashboards and reduces the risk of missing a critical event simply because someone was not logged in.

Advanced filtering

Advanced filtering options built into Spartakus APM give users precise control over how alarms behave and help reduce unnecessary noise.

• Latching – Time during which values must stay outside the limits before the alarm becomes inactive.

• Inhibit – Time during which values must remain within limits before the alarm is activated.

• Deadband – Percentage of tolerance applied before a change in alarm state is triggered.

Together, these functions help users filter out false positives and focus on the alarms that truly matter.

Real-time anomaly detection

In addition, Proconnect improves responsiveness by enabling real-time anomaly detection. Incoming sensor data is analyzed immediately, and alarms are triggered the moment thresholds are exceeded. This gives maintenance teams more lead time to plan corrective action before small issues escalate into failures.

Adjustable alarm thresholds

Finally, the system allows users to adjust alarm thresholds easily, ensuring that settings reflect actual operating conditions. This flexibility not only reduces false positives but also makes the monitoring process more accurate and aligned with asset behavior.

Benefits for Users

Proconnect delivers measurable benefits for both maintenance planners and technical reliability staff by reducing noise, improving data quality, and enabling more confident decision-making.

By automating anomaly detection and notifications, the platform allows teams to focus on what truly matters, improving both efficiency and reliability.

For reliability engineers, supervisors, and condition monitoring specialists

Proconnect provides cleaner, more accurate data, reducing the risk of missing critical anomalies. With access to precise, filtered insights, these professionals can fine-tune monitoring strategies, adjust thresholds, and optimize alarm configurations to better match actual equipment behavior. This level of control helps improve overall asset performance and strengthens proactive maintenance practices.

Where to Find Proconnect in Spartakus APM

Proconnect is fully integrated into Spartakus APM, making it easy for users to access and manage wireless sensor data without additional setup.

The feature can be found in multiple areas of the platform to ensure convenient workflow integration.

In the Wireless Technology module, users can view and manage all wireless sensor connections, configure alarm settings, and monitor incoming data in one centralized location.

Within the asset hierarchy, components equipped with wireless sensors are indicated by a small icon. By selecting these components, users can access all related sensor data, threshold settings, and alarm configurations directly from the asset view.

Conclusion

Proconnect marks a significant step forward in making wireless sensor data truly actionable. By combining direct integration, real-time analysis, automated notifications, and advanced filtering, Spartakus APM eliminates the inefficiencies that have long complicated anomaly detection.

For maintenance planners, it means less time wasted on irrelevant data and more reliable schedules. For reliability engineers and specialists, it provides cleaner insights and greater control over monitoring strategies.

Ultimately, Proconnect strengthens proactive maintenance practices, helping organizations improve asset performance while reducing downtime and resource waste.