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Orbalux - Cloud telemetry & analytics

A non-technical overview of Orbalux, WISE Group’s cloud platform for telemetry and environmental data.

Purpose

A concise, non-technical introduction to Orbalux, WISE Group’s cloud platform for collecting and presenting telemetry and environmental data. The article explains what Orbalux provides, how data typically reaches the cloud, the security and connectivity model, practical matters to agree early, and common operational benefits.

What Orbalux provides

Orbalux centralises telemetry and environmental data from multiple sites. It accepts secure, time-stamped data, applies agreed tag naming and unit rules, stores data with configurable retention and exposes dashboards and standard APIs for viewing, querying and exporting data.

Typical uses

Organisations use Orbalux to:

  • Operate central dashboards and compare data across many assets.

  • Use a single API or export point for downstream systems rather than many per-site integrations.

  • Maintain long-term records for reporting, audits and verification.

  • Ensure consistent tag names and units so data from different sites is comparable.

How data typically reaches Orbalux

Common patterns are:

  • Lightweight telemetry pushes such as HTTPS POST or MQTT carrying time-stamped measurements.

  • Periodic secure file uploads (for example CSV over SFTP) for bulk or historical transfers.

  • API pulls where authorised systems request data from Orbalux.

  • Buffered forwarding from edge systems so site data is kept locally during outages and forwarded when connectivity is restored.

Sharing data with third parties

Orbalux can be used to share data with authorised third parties. Sharing is typically achieved through the web interface (dashboards and exports), standard APIs, or via dedicated interface modules where required. Some customers use custom interface modules to meet third-party formats or operational requirements (for example specialised aviation interfaces). Third-party sharing is managed by the customer’s access controls and the platform’s export/API facilities so that recipients only receive agreed data and views. Projects should confirm the legal, regulatory and contractual terms that govern any third-party sharing, together with the technical format and delivery method.

Security and connectivity model

Key points:

  • Data is sent using secure transport (MQTT over TLS or HTTPS). Connections are outbound-only from the customer network; the cloud does not initiate inbound connections.

  • Client authentication is certificate-based and managed per gateway instance. The cloud broker is a managed EMQX Cloud deployment in the EU region.

  • Two gateway approaches are supported: a software gateway integrated into the on-site DADAS service, or a hardware gateway box that isolates the DADAS system from IP networks and publishes securely to the cloud. In the hardware option, the DADAS system communicates with the gateway box over a serial link (JSON messages), and the gateway box publishes to the cloud.

  • The platform supports redundancy, monitoring and logging under WISE Group operational control. Private peering or VPN options are available where traffic must remain off the public internet.

What Orbalux does with the data

Orbalux stores and organises time-series telemetry, applies agreed tag naming and unit rules, enforces retention policies and exposes the results through dashboards and APIs. It is intended to make site data accessible, comparable and exportable without bespoke per-site integrations.

Integration and downstream use

Orbalux complements on-site historians and per-site exports: it can act as a central ingestion and normalisation layer and feed historians, reporting tools or other consumers via APIs or exports. Units, timestamps and aggregation methods should be agreed across all participants.

Typical use cases

  • Central dashboards across a fleet of platforms.

  • Cross-site trend analysis and long-term reporting.

  • Single API for business systems that need consolidated site data.

  • Consolidated verification evidence and regulatory reporting across multiple installations.

Key takeaway

Orbalux centralises telemetry, making it straightforward to view, compare and export site data at scale. Agree ingestion, security and data conventions early so cloud integration and any third-party sharing are reliable and compliant.