Flownexus offers an easy way to setup, configure and manage several IoT devices such as wastewater pump monitors. This open source project is led by Akarshan Kapoor and supported by BeST Berliner Sensortechnik GmbH.
Users do not need special training to use Flownexus. Once given access with credentials, they can use any web browser to remotely browse the functions of connected devices. Pumping data can be monitored and displayed as graphs. This allows train maintenance staff to monitor proper operation and detect irregularities.
Akarshan Kapoor was invited to present the project at the Ubuntu Summit in The Hague, Netherlands from 25.–27. Oct. 2024. Ubuntu is a leading Linux distribution and its summit is a major gathering of international software experts.
Ubuntu Summit: https://events.canonical.com/event/51/
Akarshan's presentation: https://events.canonical.com/event/51/contributions/551/
Video begins at 5h59m38s: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byPpJW5l6pg&t=5h59m38s
In his presentation, Akarshan begins by describing the problem of manual and inefficient monitoring of depot wastewater systems. We propose a digital solution using BeST IoT sensor modules.
Flownexus is a local server-based IoT system that uses the Lightweight Machine to Machine (LwM2M) protocol to communicate between IoT devices running the open source Zephyr OS, and a backend server using Django. Django is a free and open source web framework based on Python.
Flownexus does not require external cloud services or other proprietary software. It is currently being developed specifically for pump monitors, but can be extended to other applications.






A month ago, the Flownexus software was shown in action for the first time at the Innotrans trade fair in Berlin: https://www.bestsensor.de/en/post/innotrans-2024-in-berlin-1
New partners are invited to join the Flownexus project: