[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":158},["ShallowReactive",2],{"use-case-remote-device-management":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"architecture":6,"extension":7,"industries":6,"meta":8,"problem":9,"sections":10,"seoMeta":152,"slug":155,"stem":156,"values":6,"__hash__":157},"useCases\u002Fuse-cases\u002Fremote-device-management.yml","Remote Device Management for Industrial Equipment",null,"yml",{},"FlowFuse runs Node-RED next to your PLCs and governs it from one place with remote device management, editing, snapshots, and fleet-wide controls.",[11,31,66,90,111,128,137],{"type":12,"layout":13,"heading":14,"text":15,"image":16,"ctas":19,"quote":26},"hero","feature","Remote device management \u003Cspan class='text-red-600'>for every machine in the field\u003C\u002Fspan>","FlowFuse runs Node-RED next to your \u003Ca href='\u002Flanding\u002Fplc\u002F'>PLCs\u003C\u002Fa> and governs it from one place with remote device management, editing, \u003Ca href='\u002Fdocs\u002Fuser\u002Fsnapshots\u002F'>snapshots\u003C\u002Fa>, and fleet-wide controls.",{"src":17,"alt":18},"\u002Fimages\u002Fuse-cases\u002Fedge-connectivity.jpg","Machines on a factory shop floor",[20,22],{"cta":21},"book-demo",{"cta":23,"variant":24,"icon":25},"sign-up","ghost","i-lucide-arrow-right",{"text":27,"author":28,"role":29,"avatar":30},"It's not just about connecting machines; it's about creating the foundation that makes everything else possible.","Felix Reck","IT Application Manager, Walter","\u002Fimages\u002Fcustomer-headshots\u002Ffelix-reck-walter-tools.png",{"type":32,"eyebrow":33,"heading":34,"items":35},"results","Results","\u003Cspan class='text-red-500'>Customer results\u003C\u002Fspan> with remote device management",[36,44,51,59],{"before":37,"after":38,"unit":39,"company":40,"text":41,"linkText":42,"linkName":40,"href":43},"1","130+","instances","Walter Tools","scaled from a single Node-RED instance to over 130 across four continents and unified five separate machine-connectivity systems — with the same seven-person IT team.","Read the case study with Walter Tools","\u002Fcustomer-stories\u002Fscaling-industrial-iot-operations-while-maintaining-competitive-edge\u002F",{"before":45,"after":37,"unit":46,"company":47,"text":48,"linkText":49,"linkName":47,"href":50},"15","deployment","Aperia Technologies","replaced a USB-stick walk across five lines with one device-group deployment, and freed 8–12 hours a day of idle end-of-line test equipment.","Read the case study with Aperia Technologies","\u002Fcustomer-stories\u002Faperia-technologies-plc-replacement\u002F",{"after":52,"unit":53,"company":54,"text":55,"linkText":56,"linkName":57,"href":58},"½","shift returned","Paloma Irrigation and Drainage District's","team spent half of every shift driving between remote pumping stations. Remote access and automated alerts ended the routine visits across 30,000 acres.","Read the case study with Paloma Irrigation","Paloma Irrigation","\u002Fcustomer-stories\u002Fleveraging-node-red-and-flowfuse-to-revolutionize-irrigation\u002F",{"after":60,"unit":61,"company":62,"text":63,"linkText":64,"linkName":62,"href":65},"7,000 km","of grid","Energinet","monitors substation health at hundreds of critical nodes across Denmark's transmission grid — 24\u002F7, with a small operations team.","Read the Energinet case study","\u002Fcustomer-stories\u002Fenerginet-streamlining-critical-infrastructure-data-management\u002F",{"type":67,"background":68,"columns":69,"eyebrow":70,"heading":71,"items":72,"note":89},"features","gray",2,"Visibility","See and manage \u003Cspan class='text-indigo-600'>every remote device from one place\u003C\u002Fspan>",[73,77,81,85],{"icon":74,"title":75,"text":76},"i-heroicons-cpu-chip","Every device, one view","Instance state and last seen. CPU and memory over time. Agent and Node-RED versions. \u003Ca href='\u002Fdocs\u002Fuser\u002Fdevice-groups\u002F'>Device groups\u003C\u002Fa> by site or line.",{"icon":78,"title":79,"text":80},"i-lucide-history","What changed, and who changed it","\u003Ca href='\u002Fdocs\u002Fuser\u002Flogs\u002F#audit-log'>Audit log\u003C\u002Fa> across the team. \u003Ca href='\u002Fdocs\u002Fuser\u002Fsnapshots\u002F#comparing-snapshots'>Snapshot comparison\u003C\u002Fa>. \u003Ca href='\u002Fdocs\u002Fuser\u002Fsnapshots\u002F#timeline-view'>Version history\u003C\u002Fa>. Attribution on every deployment.",{"icon":82,"title":83,"text":84},"i-heroicons-lifebuoy","When something goes wrong","\u003Ca href='\u002Fdocs\u002Fuser\u002Flogs\u002F#node-red-logs'>Node-RED logs\u003C\u002Fa> without SSH. Health checks and auto-restart. Diagnostic emails with the logs attached. Structured JSON logs for Loki or Elastic.",{"icon":86,"title":87,"text":88},"i-heroicons-signal","Reach a machine you can't touch","Open the editor from your browser. Developer Mode tunnel for live debugging. Restart a device remotely. 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No round trip, no inference bill, no data leaving the plant.",{"icon":121,"title":122,"text":123},"i-heroicons-chat-bubble-left-right","Ask the factory a question","\u003Ca href='\u002Fdocs\u002Fuser\u002Fexpert\u002F'>FlowFuse Expert\u003C\u002Fa> Insights Mode connects to the MCP servers in your instances, so you can query live state in plain language instead of building a report for it.",{"icon":125,"title":126,"text":127},"i-heroicons-bolt","Allow an agent to act","Expose your flows to our \u003Ca href='\u002Fchangelog\u002F2025\u002F10\u002Fmcp-nodes\u002F'>MCP integration\u003C\u002Fa> so Copilot, Claude or your own AI agent can read live operational state and act on it, inside the role-based access control you already run. Read-only stays read-only. Every action is logged.",{"type":129,"layout":130,"heading":131,"description":132,"ctas":133},"cta","banner","Make your remote devices intelligent","Your first operational application could be running this week. Request a demo to see how, or explore pricing to find the right fit.",[134,135],{"cta":21},{"cta":23,"variant":24,"color":136,"icon":25},"white",{"type":138,"items":139},"faq",[140,143,146,149],{"question":141,"answer":142},"What is remote device management?","Remote device management lets teams monitor, troubleshoot, update, and deploy application flows to devices without being physically present at the device.",{"question":144,"answer":145},"What is a remote device management platform?","Remote device management platform provides centralized tools for monitoring and managing devices across multiple machines, sites, or facilities.",{"question":147,"answer":148},"Can FlowFuse manage Node-RED on remote devices?","Yes. FlowFuse lets teams remotely monitor, edit, deploy, restart, and manage Node-RED instances running across their device fleet.",{"question":150,"answer":151},"Can FlowFuse deploy changes to multiple remote devices?","Yes. 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