Amazon Monitron FAQs

Amazon Monitron is an end-to-end system that detects abnormal behavior in industrial machinery, so you can implement predictive maintenance and reduce unplanned downtime. Amazon Monitron captures vibration and temperature data from your equipment via wireless sensors, which can be set up in minutes using the Amazon Monitron mobile app with no ML experience or development work required. The Amazon Monitron gateway device securely transfers data to AWS, and the service automatically analyzes your data for abnormal machine conditions using machine learning. You can start monitoring equipment health in minutes through the Amazon Monitron mobile and web apps, and enable predictive maintenance with the same technology used to monitor equipment in Amazon Fulfillment Centers.

To get started with Amazon Monitron, purchase sensors and gateways on amazon.com (US , Canada , UK , Germany , Spain , France , Italy , Australia and Japan ) or Amazon Business. You can create a project by visiting the AWS console, and then using the Amazon Monitron mobile app, you can commission Amazon Monitron Gateways, register the equipment that you would like to monitor, and pair Amazon Monitron Sensors to one or more positions on the equipment. No special training is required. Once the sensors and gateways are set up, the sensors automatically connect to AWS via the gateway, and Amazon Monitron starts monitoring the equipment. You’ll receive push notifications when Amazon Monitron detects potential failures, and can visualize sensor measurements inside the app. Amazon Monitron offers a Starter Kit including five Sensors and one Gateway so that you can get started in an easy and cost-effective way.

Amazon Monitron is built on AWS Internet-of-Things (IOT) and machine learning (ML) technologies. No development or integration effort is required to use Amazon Monitron. Behind the scenes, Amazon Monitron uses multiple AWS services such as Lambda, S3, and DynamoDB.

Amazon Monitron service is available in US East (N. Virginia), Europe (Ireland) and Asia Pacific (Sydney), and will be available in additional regions soon. 

You can buy Amazon Monitron Starter Kits, Sensors and Gateways on amazon.com and Amazon Business.

Amazon Monitron devices are certified for use in US, Canada, Australia, Japan, UK and EU. 

No, there are no restrictions on the number of sites or sensors. Like every AWS service, Amazon Monitron has limits. Learn more in the Amazon Monitron Quotas documentation .

Amazon Monitron may store and use data processed by the service solely to provide and maintain the service and to improve and develop the quality of Amazon Monitron and other Amazon machine-learning/artificial-intelligence technologies. Use of your content is important for continuous improvement of your Amazon Monitron customer experience, including the development and training of related technologies. We do not use any personally identifiable information that may be contained in your content to target products, services, or marketing to you or your end users. Your trust, privacy, and the security of your content are our highest priority, and we implement appropriate and sophisticated technical and physical controls, including encryption at rest and in transit, designed to prevent unauthorized access to, or disclosure of, your content and ensure that our use complies with our commitments to you. Please see our data privacy FAQs  for more information. You may opt out of having your content used to improve and develop the quality of Amazon Monitron and other Amazon machine-learning/artificial intelligence technologies by contacting AWS Support and following the process provided to you.

Any content processed by Amazon Monitron is encrypted and stored at rest in the AWS region where you are using the service. Some portion of content processed by Amazon Monitron may be stored in another AWS region solely in connection with the continuous improvement and development of your Amazon Monitron customer experience, and that of other Amazon machine learning and artificial intelligence technologies. If you opt out of AWS using your content to improve the quality of Amazon Monitron and other Amazon machine learning and artificial intelligence technologies by contacting AWS Support, your content will not be stored in another AWS region. Contact AWS Support to request deletion of any associated account data processed by Amazon Monitron. Your trust, privacy, and data security are our highest priority. We implement appropriate and sophisticated technical and physical controls, including encryption at rest and in transit, designed to prevent unauthorized access to, or disclosure of, your content and ensure that our use complies with our commitments to you.  Please see our data privacy FAQ  for more information.

You can use Amazon Monitron out of the box to monitor the condition of an equipment. No development work is required. 

No. Amazon Monitron automatically analyzes sensor data using ML to detect potential failures in industrial equipment. It also automatically improves ML model performance based on the technician feedback provided in the Monitron mobile and web apps. No ML knowledge is required to use Amazon Monitron.

Once the sensor is installed and connected to equipment, Amazon Monitron captures temperature and vibration data and sends it to AWS. Amazon Monitron analyzes the data, assesses normal or healthy patterns, and trains a model specific to that equipment. Over time, the model continually improves based on technician feedback.

No. At this time, Amazon Monitron does not support third party sensors. If you have data from existing machinery sensors, Amazon Lookout for Equipment can help you quickly and easily unlock critical insights and enable predictive maintenance using the equipment data you already collect. Learn more »

Amazon Monitron can be used to monitor a variety of rotating machinery in production lines and warehouses. Gearboxes, motors, pumps, compressors and fans are common examples of equipment, or machine parts, that Amazon Monitron supports. 

Amazon Monitron is designed for industrial equipment. We do not recommend using Amazon Monitron to monitor consumer appliances. We recommend referencing technical specifications to make sure Monitron is a good fit for the intended environment and connectivity configurations. 

Yes. Amazon Monitron uses AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) to authenticate users to the Amazon Monitron app. Your organization must enable it inside AWS IAM Identity Center (successor to AWS SSO) in the same region where you want to use Amazon Monitron. If you don’t have AWS IAM Identity Center (successor to AWS SSO) set up, Amazon Monitron will automatically set it up for you during service onboarding.