Should we use online wireless monitoring or handheld data collectors such as Fluke or Pruftechnik?
DHMSCare recommends online wireless monitoring for machines you cannot afford to stop: its sensors take their own readings, while a handheld route reading shows a machine only when someone visits it. Handheld instruments still have a place for detailed checks on a few machines.
Why route readings miss failures
A handheld data collector is a portable instrument that a technician carries from machine to machine on a set route. It shows a machine's condition only at the moment of the visit. Problems that grow between two visits, at night or on a weekend shift, go unseen until the next round.
Manual rounds are good at finding problems that have already developed. They are much harder to rely on for slow trend changes, off-shift behavior and the same standard across several sites.
How online monitoring changes this
An online wireless sensor stays on the machine and measures on its own schedule. The reading interval is configurable per measuring point and set at commissioning. Each machine is judged against its own baseline, so a change stands out early.
Mina, the industrial AI agent, explains each alert in plain words and names the next step. Of the alerts DHMSCare sends in working plants, 90%+ prove accurate.
What 100 motors look like
Plans start from one sensor per machine, so 100 motors need about 100 sensors, plus more where a machine has more measuring points.
One gateway connects 60 sensors at most, so 100 sensors need at least two gateways. The final count depends on the layout: inside a plant a sensor typically reaches a gateway from 60–80 m, and a DR100 repeater can carry the signal past weak spots.
Sensors mount on the motors and pair with a tap of a phone, without stopping them.
Next step
Compare the options on our alternatives page and see the DS400 sensor with its selectable interval. The power plant case shows misalignment caught eight days early.
Questions buyers also ask
Should we stop using handheld instruments?
Not for every task. Keep them for detailed checks on a few critical machines, and let online sensors take readings on the rest of the fleet.
How often does a DHMSCare sensor measure?
The reading interval is configurable per measuring point and set at commissioning. Default values are in the full spec sheet, sent on request from the product page.
Do we need a vibration analyst to read the data?
No. Mina states the likely fault and what to do next in plain words, so your maintenance team can act directly.