TobeTwin
Online IoT platform for consuming live data into a Tobe Scene.
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Core Concepts
What is Tobe Twin
- What is Tobe TwinThis guide provides an overview of the core concepts, components, and practical applications of the Tobe Twin platform.
- Tobe Twin Use CasesThis section breaks down the primary operational problems Tobe Twin is designed to solve.
- Device Datums, Paths & WorkspansLearn how Tobe Twin processes raw telemetry records (Datums), aggregates them into time-bounded activities (Workspans), and visualizes historical movement trails (Paths) across 3D site models using the Four-Layer Analytics Model.
Getting Started
Getting Started
- Log In to the SensGrid PlatformThis guide explains how to authenticate and log in to the SensGrid platform using Microsoft Azure Active Directory (AAD) Single Sign-On (SSO).
- Load a Project in 4D ViewerThis guide explains how to select, load, and activate projects in the SensGrid 4D Viewer.
- Quickstart: Navigate the 4D Viewer InterfaceThe 4D Viewer integrates 3D GIS mapping, Building Information Modeling (BIM), and telemetry device tracking into a single unified space. This article explains how to navigate the 4D Viewer interface,…
General User Guides
General User Guides
- GIS MenuThis guide explains how to manage base maps, customize layer visibility, and configure terrain options in the 4D Viewer using the GIS Menu.
- Tobe Projects and the Concept of Linking (4D BIM)This guide explains how the 4D Viewer visualizes pre-linked construction schedules (Gantt charts) with 3D building models (BIM) to animate construction progress over time.
- Devices Menu (Instruments)This guide explains how to browse, search, filter, and locate telemetry devices and sensors on the map using the Devices Menu.
- Alerts PanelThis guide explains how to monitor, search, and inspect sensor alerts and trigger conditions in the 4D Viewer.
- BIM Hierarchy PanelThis guide explains how to navigate, search, and control the visibility of Building Information Model (BIM) structural components in the 4D Viewer.
- Event FiltersThis guide explains how to create, configure, and apply logical rules to filter and highlight devices based on real-time telemetry conditions.
- View StatesThis guide explains how to save, edit, share, and apply 3D scene viewpoints, layer configurations, and camera coordinates in the 4D Viewer.
- Devices TimelineThis guide explains how to play back, scrub, and analyze historical telemetry sensor data using the Devices Timeline.
- Tasks Timeline (Programme)This guide explains how to view, search, and navigate construction schedule Gantt charts and animate building models in the 4D Viewer.
- Selection InspectorThis guide explains how to use the Selection Inspector to view detailed asset attributes, edit event filters, configure view states, and analyze device telemetry.
Hardware
Hardware Options and Setup
- What is a DeviceLearn about the different types of telemetry devices, sensors, and BLE tags used across the SensGrid and Tobe Twin platform to track equipment, vehicles, plant, tools, and workforce personnel.
- Wired Installation StepsLearn how to wire and install hardwired telemetry devices (such as the Digital Matter Dart3 / Arrow Global BLE) into light vehicles, generators, and site plant using the preferred 3-wire…
- Battery Device - Barra Fusion Cat1BizLearn about the Barra Fusion Cat1Biz (Barra Edge) battery-powered asset tracker, designed for tracking non-powered site equipment, gang boxes, site containers, trailers, and site facilities.
- Battery Device - Remora GlobalLearn about the Remora Global heavy-duty battery-powered asset tracker, engineered for long-term location and movement tracking of non-powered heavy plant, attachments, trailers, and site infrastructure.
- Battery Device - Hawk Data LoggerLearn about the Hawk Data Logger (Digital Matter Hawk Pro), an industrial IoT data logger and BLE gateway designed for remote environmental sensing, structural monitoring, and site utility logging.
- Wired Device - Arrow Global BLELearn about the Arrow Global BLE (Digital Matter Dart3 BLE) hardwired vehicle tracker and mobile BLE gateway, deployed across light vehicles, site machinery, and generators.
- ODBII Device - BoltLearn about the Bolt (Digital Matter Bolt / Bolt2) OBD-II plug-and-play vehicle tracker, designed for rapid deployment on light vehicles, site utes, and hired passenger fleets.
- Battery Device - Manta FusionLearn about the Manta Fusion (Digital Matter Manta Fusion BLE) compact battery-powered tracker and BLE gateway, deployed for tracking low-cost site plant, tool stores, gang boxes, and scanning surrounding BLE…
- BLE Device - Minew Helmet TagsLearn about Minew Helmet Tags and BLE Eddystone beacons, deployed for workforce personnel safety, driver identification, tool inventory tracking, and material management.
User Flows
This folder contains end-to-end operational workflows that combine multiple 4D Viewer features to accomplish specific tasks.
- User Flow: Creating and Applying Custom Event FiltersLearn how to build multi-channel logical rules (AND/OR), target specific device types, save and share custom event filters, and dynamically highlight threshold breaches on the 3D map canvas.
- User Flow: Daily Site Briefing and View State HandoffLearn how to configure 3D camera angles and layer visibilities, capture them into View States, share them with your project team, and quickly present interactive viewpoints during site briefings.
- User Flow: Device Fleet Tracking and Historical Path PlaybackLearn how to search deployed telemetry devices, focus the 3D camera on specific assets, configure 3D models and movement path overlays, and play back historical vehicle trajectory trails.
- User Flow: 4D Construction Progress & Schedule VerificationLearn how to visualize pre-linked Gantt project schedules with 3D BIM models, animate planned versus actual construction progress, and scrub timeline dates to verify physical milestones in the 4D Viewer.
- User Flow: Fleet Visibility DashboardLearn how to monitor all deployed site equipment, filter assets by project, zone, or plant type, view real-time and last known locations on the 3D map canvas, check status indicators,…
- User Flow: Trip & Work Span AnalysisLearn how to select individual equipment assets, inspect timeline work spans and trip segments, evaluate start/end timestamps, distance, duration, speed, and alarm counts, use Workspan Investigation Mode, and zoom the…