Abstract: A system for gas monitoring includes a cooperative monitoring group for gas monitoring, which includes a plurality of gas monitors comprising a gas sensing element, a battery, a monitor wireless charging circuit, and a wireless communication interface. The cooperative monitoring group includes a gas station including a gas monitor coupling interface and a wireless communication interface. The gas monitor coupling interface includes a wireless charging pad and a gas station wireless charging circuit. The gas station includes a charging manager configured to operate the gas station wireless charging circuit to charge the battery of an associated gas monitor in response to being positioned in proximity to the wireless charging pad. The cooperative monitoring group includes a data manager comprising a wireless communication interface and an external communication interface. The cooperative monitoring group is configured to operate as a mesh network with external communications routed through the data manager.

Abstract: A system includes a gas monitor including a gas sensing element, a wireless communication interface, and a sensor calibration including an operability calibration. The system also includes a gas station comprising at least one gas monitor physical interface and a wireless communication interface and a data manager comprising a wireless communication interface and an external communication interface, and configured to implement external communications between a remote device and the gas monitor, and between the remote device and the gas station. At least one of the gas station or the data manager is configured to update the sensor calibration to a monitoring calibration.

Abstract: A system for gas monitoring includes a cooperative monitoring group for gas monitoring. The cooperative monitoring group includes a plurality of gas monitors comprising a gas sensing element and a wireless communication interface, a gas station comprising at least one gas monitor physical interface, and a wireless communication interface. an anchor comprising an independent power source and a wireless communication interface, and a data manager comprising a wireless communication interface and an external communication interface. The cooperative monitoring group is configured to operate as a mesh network, and wherein external communications of the cooperative monitoring group from the plurality of gas monitors, the gas station, and the anchor, are routed through the data manager.

Abstract: A system includes a cooperative monitoring group of gas monitors including a network of end points including at least one end point from each class selected from: a gas monitor class including a gas sensing element and a wireless communication interface, a gas station class including at least one gas monitor physical interface, and a wireless communication interface, and a data manager class including a wireless communication interface and an external communication interface. The cooperative monitoring group is configured to operate as a mesh network, and external communications of the cooperative monitoring group from end points of the gas station class and the gas monitor class are routed through end points of the data manager class. The system includes a fence-line comprising a plurality of gas monitors at selected locations.

Abstract: A system for gas monitoring at a facility includes a cooperative monitoring group of gas monitors, including a network of end points comprising at least one end point from each class selected from: a gas monitor class including a gas sensing element and a wireless communication interface, a gas station class including at least one gas monitor physical interface and a wireless communication interface, and a data manager class including a wireless communication interface and an external communication interface. The cooperative monitoring group is configured to operate as a mesh network, and external communications of the cooperative monitoring group from end points of the gas station class and the gas monitor class are routed through end points of the data manager class. The system includes a communications manager configured to provide a selected message to a selected group of the plurality of the gas monitors.

Abstract: A system for gas monitoring at a facility includes a cooperative monitoring group of gas monitors, including a network of end points including at least one end point from each class selected from: a gas monitor class, each gas monitor comprising a gas sensing element and a wireless communication interface. a gas station class comprising a gas monitor physical interface, and a wireless communication interface, and a data manager class, each data manager comprising a wireless communication interface and an external communication interface. The cooperative monitoring group is configured to operate as a mesh network, and external communications of the cooperative monitoring group from end points of the gas station class and the gas monitor class are routed through end points of the data manager class. At least one gas monitor is configured to operate in an anchor mode, and configured to operate as a node in the mesh network.

Abstract: Systems and methods for gas monitoring include gas monitors comprising a gas sensing element, a wireless communication interface, and a controller having firmware installed thereon with instructions executable by the controller to perform operations of the gas monitor. The systems and methods also include a gas station with a gas monitor physical interface, and a wireless communication interface, and a data manager with a wireless communication interface and an external communication interface. The systems and methods also include a firmware manager configured to apply the firmware for the gas monitor in response to the gas monitor coupling to the at least one gas monitor physical interface, wherein the operations to apply the firmware are performed within a maintenance time limit.

Abstract: A system includes a monitoring context circuit structured to interpret a monitoring circumstance value, a monitoring execution circuit structured to adjust a monitoring operational value in response to the monitoring circumstance value, and a gas monitor having a controller that adjusts monitoring operations for a gas constituent in response to the monitoring operational value.

Abstract: Systems for gas monitoring at a facility include a cooperative monitoring group of gas monitors including a network of end points, the end points comprising at least one end point from each class selected from a gas monitor class, a gas station class, and a data manager class. The cooperative monitoring group is configured to operate as a mesh network, and external communications of the cooperative monitoring group from end points of the gas station class and the gas monitor class are routed through end points of the data manager class.

Abstract: A system for gas monitoring includes a cooperative monitoring group for gas monitoring including a plurality of gas monitors comprising a gas sensing element and a wireless communication interface, a gas station, and a data manager. The gas station includes at least one gas monitor physical interface comprising a gas coupling, a wireless communication interface, and a test manager configured to perform a sensing element response test of the gas sensing element. The data manager includes a wireless communication interface and an external communication interface. The cooperative monitoring group is configured to operate as a mesh network, and external communications of the cooperative monitoring group from the plurality of gas monitors and the gas station are routed through the data manager.

Abstract: The systems and methods of this disclosure enable evaluation, verification, and testing of toxic gas sensors without the need for a target gas cylinder. The systems and methods for testing toxic gas sensors over a broad range of frequencies facilitates evaluation and diagnosis of mechanisms underlying sensor performance. The systems and methods of this disclosure may be incorporated into portable gas sensing equipment for in field diagnostics.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes a method for communicating sensor data to a remote server, the method according to one disclosed non-limiting embodiment of the present disclosure can include transferring network credentials to a sensing device, inserting a new battery into the sensing device, transferring the network credentials from the sensing device to the new battery, transferring a subset of data from one or more sensors of the sensing device to the new battery, establishing communications with a remote server using the network credentials, and sending the subset of data to the remote server.

Abstract: The systems and methods of this disclosure enable evaluation, verification, and testing of toxic gas sensors without the need for a target gas cylinder. The systems and methods for testing toxic gas sensors over a broad range of frequencies facilitates evaluation and diagnosis of mechanisms underlying sensor performance. The systems and methods of this disclosure may be incorporated into portable gas sensing equipment for in field diagnostics.