Open-source system

Node-RED for IoT device integration

Alternative to proprietary IoT gateways

Connect sensors, production counters, and IoT devices to your system, displaying readings and alerts.

Available on request: We set it up for you when you ask for it.

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System facts

Alternative to
Proprietary IoT gateways
Built on
Node-RED (Apache-2.0 license)
Hosting
We host it for you in Egypt: Link Datacenter in Egypt or Huawei Cloud, Cairo region
Language
Interface in English
Sign-in
With its own account
Ordering
On its own or in a bundle
Status
Available on request
Price
We send it to you after a short call

What it does for you

Consolidate sensor and factory machine telemetry in one place: temperature, pressure, electrical consumption, production unit counts, and runtime statuses. Transform real-time signals into live operational dashboards, threshold breach alerts, and daily shift reports, routing data seamlessly into your core ERP systems. All telemetry resides on a server we host for you in Egypt, avoiding foreign cloud dependencies.

Alternative to

If you are looking for an alternative to cloud IoT services from Amazon and Microsoft, this replaces:

  • AWS IoT Core.
  • Azure IoT Hub.
  • Closed, proprietary IoT gateway boxes provided by hardware manufacturers.

What you get

  • Visual browser flow editor: wire data sources to processing logic and output endpoints via drag-and-drop.
  • MQTT message broker handling high-throughput telemetry from distributed hardware sensors.
  • Industrial protocol connectors via modules: Modbus, OPC UA, and BACnet.
  • HTTP, TCP, UDP, and hardware serial ports interfacing with PLCs, microcontrollers, and edge gateways.
  • Extensive node library developed by the open-source community for thousands of hardware devices and third-party APIs.
  • Real-time dashboard UI displaying gauges, charts, and status indicators per production line or machine.
  • Instant alerts via email, Telegram, and webhooks when sensor parameters exceed safety thresholds or sensors drop offline.
  • Time-series data storage in relational or time-series databases for long-term historical analysis.
  • Custom JavaScript functions for transforming, filtering, and enriching raw sensor payloads.
  • Edge computing execution: runs on local edge computers (such as industrial Raspberry Pi) on factory floors, on cloud servers, or hybrid setups.
  • Flow export and import with versioned Git backups.

Built on Node-RED, an open-source visual flow-based programming platform, accompanied by the Eclipse Mosquitto MQTT broker.

Arabic and hosting in Egypt

  • Arabic: the flow editor is in English, engineered for your technical specialists or our systems team; supervisor-facing dashboards and operational reports are authored in Arabic.
  • Hosting: we host it for you in Egypt, while edge runtimes can operate on-premises on your factory floor alongside machines. We size infrastructure to your sensor fleet and polling frequencies (infrastructure design).

From ready-made to built for you

  1. 01 As-is Node-RED runtime engine and Mosquitto MQTT broker with starter telemetry dashboards.
  2. 02 Configured for your work sensor protocol wiring, alert threshold rules, and notification recipient lists.
  3. 03 Customization dedicated dashboards per production line or facility building, with automated daily PDF summary reports in Arabic.
  4. 04 Built for you direct telemetry integration with maintenance CMMS or manufacturing MES, such as triggering work orders when motor temperatures spike.

Customization and building from scratch are part of our software and application development service.

Works with

Part of: Factory pack

  • Manufacturing

    ERPNext Manufacturing

    Asas module

    Bills of materials, work orders, and production costing, integrated with inventory and accounting.

    Alternative to: Odoo Manufacturing, SAP Business One

    • On request
    • Full Arabic
    • In Egypt
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  • Maintenance management (CMMS)

    Atlas CMMS

    Open-source system

    Maintenance requests, preventive maintenance schedules, and spare parts for every machine or asset.

    Alternative to: Proprietary maintenance systems

    • On request
    • English
    • In Egypt
    Details + Add to request

  • Smart buildings

    Home Assistant

    Open-source system

    Monitor sensors and building devices across your office on a unified dashboard, for monitoring, not critical control.

    Alternative to: Proprietary building-management systems

    • On request
    • Partial Arabic
    • In Egypt
    Details + Add to request

Who it is for

  • Factories wanting consolidated visibility over machine performance and power consumption on a single screen.

Frequently asked questions

Is it an alternative to AWS IoT or Azure IoT?

Yes, for collecting device telemetry via MQTT, processing data pipelines, and routing metrics to dashboards and enterprise databases. The difference is telemetry stays on a server inside Egypt or on your factory floor, with no recurring per-message consumption billing.

Does it directly control factory industrial machinery?

We architect deployments primarily for telemetry monitoring, alerting, and reporting. Any automated supervisory control on industrial machinery is implemented solely under the explicit approval and supervision of your designated plant engineer, and we never interface with safety-critical production loops.

Does it work with our existing factory equipment?

It interfaces with hardware communicating via standard protocols like MQTT, Modbus, OPC UA, or HTTP, which includes the vast majority of modern industrial PLCs. We audit your machinery before project commencement.

Does it continue operating if factory Internet connectivity drops?

Yes, when deploying an edge gateway component on the factory floor, buffering telemetry locally and synchronizing upstream when Internet connectivity is restored.

Our limits

  • Designed for monitoring, alerting, and analytics; we do not execute automated control over critical production machinery without the direct supervision of your plant engineer.
  • Hardware sensors, IoT meters, and physical electrical wiring are supplied and installed by equipment vendors or your internal engineering team.
  • The software is from its developer (Node-RED and Mosquitto); our work covers hosting, configuration, operations, and support.

IoT integration: Request it

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