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Capabilities - Gauge & Meter Reading

Gauge & Meter Reading uses cameras to turn analog gauges, mechanical meters and numeric displays into digital readings. It is designed to read pressure gauges, temperature dials, flow meters, level indicators and digital number displays, without rewiring or replacing existing equipment. One camera can watch several gauges in its view, and readings can be taken on a schedule or continuously.

Gauge Conversion
Analog-to-Digital
Gauge Types
Dials & Displays
Single Camera View
Multi-Gauge

How it works - Gauge & Meter Reading in three steps

How Gauge & Meter Reading works with the cameras you already run.

  • Connect Cameras at Gauge Panels. Use your cameras that face gauge clusters, meter panels, or individual instruments. The calibration interface lets you outline each gauge face, mark the scale range, and define units.
  • Read and Interpret Values. The system finds each gauge and reads the needle against the gauge's scale. For digital displays, it reads the digits. Values outside the possible range are flagged as likely misreads.
  • Log Readings and Flag Limits. Readings are logged at the interval you choose. When a reading crosses a warning or critical limit, the system flags it for your operations team to review, with the value, the gauge location and a snapshot of the gauge face.

Features

What Gauge & Meter Reading can do.

  • Analog Gauge Reading. Reads circular and semicircular analog gauges, including pressure gauges, temperature dials, ammeters, voltmeters and flow indicators.
  • Digital Display OCR. Reads seven-segment LED displays, LCD panels, and mechanical counter wheels. Handles varying digit sizes, segment colors, and display orientations.
  • Level Indicator Reading. Reads sight glasses, tube level indicators and graduated tank markings.
  • Multi-Gauge Panel Monitoring. Monitors an entire gauge panel from a single camera, reading each gauge independently. Useful for boiler rooms, compressor stations, and process control panels.
  • Threshold Flags. Configure warning and critical thresholds for each gauge.
  • Historical Trend Logging. Stores every reading with a timestamp, building a time-series history for each gauge. Trend analysis reveals equipment degradation, seasonal patterns, and correlation between instruments.

Use cases

Applications of Gauge & Meter Reading across industries.

Legacy Industrial Equipment Monitoring

Older plants have many analog gauges that are costly to replace with digital transmitters. Camera reading can turn them into digital readings on a dashboard without changing the instruments.

  • Manufacturing
  • Energy
  • Chemical

Boiler Room and Utility Monitoring

Building boiler rooms, chiller plants, and pump stations contain gauge clusters that are checked manually on rounds. Automated reading can provide continuous monitoring between rounds and flag a reading that drifts out of range.

  • Utilities
  • Real Estate
  • Corporate

Oil and Gas Wellhead Monitoring

Remote wellheads often have analog pressure and temperature gauges with no digital output. A camera already on site that views them can log their readings for your operations team.

  • Energy

Water and Wastewater Flow Monitoring

Municipal water systems include mechanical flow meters at pump stations and treatment plants. Camera-based reading can add digital monitoring to these meters without interrupting service for meter replacement.

  • Utilities
  • Government

Substation and Electrical Panel Monitoring

Electrical substations and panels contain analog ammeters, voltmeters, and power factor gauges. Continuous camera-based monitoring can detect abnormal readings and log power quality data without installing additional current transformers.

  • Energy
  • Utilities

Laboratory Instrument Digitization

Research labs use analog instruments, such as vacuum gauges, pressure regulators and rotameters, that have no digital output. Camera reading can log their values during experiments.

  • Research
  • Pharma

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