Core functionality

This section describes the core functionality provided by Trimble 4D Control. Some of the functionality is driven by the system and others by the user.

A sensor is created either as an automatic sensor or a manual sensor.

An automatic sensor is connected to a measurement feed received by Trimble 4D Control Server. Observations are automatically created as the measurements are received on the feed. More than one automatic sensor can be connected to the same measurement feed.

Observations for a manual sensor can only be created by importing measurements from template files or by entering measurements manually.

Trimble 4D Control periodically evaluates alarm definitions against the incoming stream of observations.

The alarm evaluation process entails generating alarm state changes (or alarm events), escalating second and third notifications, and sending notifications.

The system automatically creates logs for alarm state changes. Logs are also created automatically if users enable or disable an alarm, acknowledge an event or manually add observations to a sensor.

The system status functionality displays a dashboard page containing general health of the Trimble 4D Control system. This includes sensor data flow health, alarm states and unacknowledged events.

The charting and analysis functionality provides specialized charting capability to visualize and analyze observations from sensors. Many of these charts can receive real time observations for monitoring purposes.

The terrain visualization functionality visualizes the position and placement of sensors using geographic maps, custom georeferenced terrain images, photos or real time video feeds.