Methods and systems for equipment monitoring in an internet of things mining environment

A computer-implemented method for monitoring data collection in a production environment, the method comprising:

• providing a data collector communicatively coupled to a plurality of input channels, wherein a first subset of the plurality of input channels is connected to a first set of sensors measuring operational parameters from a production component;
• providing a data storage structured to store a plurality of collector routes and collected data that correspond to the plurality of input channels, wherein the plurality of collector routes each comprise a different data collection routine including collection of data from the production component;
• providing a data acquisition circuit structured to interpret a plurality of detection values from the collected data of the production component, each of the plurality of detection values corresponding to at least one of the first subset of the plurality of input channels;
• and
• providing a data analysis circuit structured to analyze the collected data from the first of the subset of the plurality of input channels and evaluate a first collection routine of the data collector based on the analyzed collected data,
• wherein based on the analyzed collected data the data collector makes a collection routine change, wherein the collection routine change is a change from the first collection routine comprising the first subset of the plurality of input channels to a second collection routine comprising a second subset of the plurality of input channels.

A monitoring apparatus for data collection in a production environment, the apparatus comprising:

• a data collector component communicatively coupled to a plurality of input channels, wherein a first subset of the plurality of input channels are connected to a first set of sensors measuring operational parameters from a production component;
• a data storage component structured to store a plurality of collector routes and collected data that correspond to the plurality of input channels, wherein the plurality of collector routes each comprise a different data collection routine including collection of data from the production component;
• a data acquisition component structured to interpret a plurality of detection values from the collected data of the production component, each of the plurality of detection values corresponding to at least one of the first subset of the plurality of input channels;
• and
• a data analysis component structured to analyze the collected data from the first of the subset of the plurality of input channels and evaluate a first collection routine of the data collector based on the analyzed collected data,
• wherein based on the analyzed collected data the data collector makes a collection routine change, wherein the collection routine change is a change from the first collection routine comprising the first subset of the plurality of input channels to a second collection routine comprising a second subset of the plurality of input channels.