Amazon Monitron is no longer open to new customers. Existing customers can continue to use the service as normal. For capabilities similar to Amazon Monitron, see our [blog post](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/machine-learning/maintain-access-and-consider-alternatives-for-amazon-monitron).

# Amazon Monitron concepts
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An Amazon Monitron implementation is structured in the following way:




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|  **PROJECT** **→** **SITE** **→** **ASSET** **→** **SENSOR** **→** **POSITION**  | 

The following table explains the Amazon Monitron concepts and terminology you need to know to get started with Amazon Monitron:


| Concept name | Concept definition | Key facts | Common users | 
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| **[Project](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/Monitron/latest/user-guide/projects-chapter.html)** |  +  Where you set up the gateways, assets, and sensors used by Amazon Monitron <br />+  Captures details of Amazon Monitron detected machine abnormalities that can lead to equipment failure   |  +  Resources can't be shared between projects <br />+  Can only be created on the [Amazon Monitron console](https://console.aws.amazon.com/monitron ) <br />+  Can only be created and managed by IT managers or users with access to the [Amazon Monitron console](https://console.aws.amazon.com/monitron )   |  +  IT administrators/managers   | 
| **[Site](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/Monitron/latest/user-guide/site-management-chapterSM.html)** |  +  A collection of assets, gateways, and sensors that share a purpose <br />+  Used to organize projects to make them easier to manage   |  +  Helpful for organization if your project has a large pool of assets, gateways, and sensors <br />+  Can be used to control access and permissions <br />+  Can create up to 50 sites within a project and add up to 100 assets and 200 gateways to each site <br />+  Must be a project-level admin user to add a site to a project <br />+  Can be configured using both the mobile and web app   |  +  IT administrators/managers <br />+  Reliability managers   | 
| **[Gateway](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/Monitron/latest/user-guide/gateways.html)** |  +  Wi-Fi or Ethernet devices that transfer the data collected by Amazon Monitron senors to the AWS Cloud.   |  +  Helpful for keeping track of whether sensor data is being correctly transferred to the Cloud. <br />+  Must be commissioned using the mobile app   |  +  Reliability managers <br />+  Technicians   | 
| **[Asset](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/Monitron/latest/user-guide/assets-chapter.html)** |  +  The pieces of equipment on your factory floor <br />+  Can be:   individual machines   sections of a large piece of equipment   part of an industrial process   any element of your manufacturing model     |  +  Basis for viewing the health of your machines <br />+  Amazon Monitron sensors are paired to assets and their parts <br />+  Can place sensors on up to 20 positions on an asset <br />+  Can be configured using both mobile and web app   |  +  Reliability managers <br />+  Technicians   | 
| **[Sensor](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/Monitron/latest/user-guide/as-sensor-positions1.html)** |  +  Collects temperature and vibration data from your equipment <br />+  Amazon Monitron uses the data to detect developing issues   |  +  Can place sensors on up to 20 positions on each asset <br />+  Can be assigned a machine class corresponding to the machine part it's placed on <br />+  Can be configured using mobile app only   |  +  Technicians <br />+  Reliability managers   | 
| **[Position](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/Monitron/latest/user-guide/as-where-sensors.html)** |  +  The place on the asset where you mount a sensor <br />+  Important for collecting and analyzing data   |  +  Can place sensors on up to 20 positions on each asset <br />+  Positions on the same asset can be assigned different machine classes for a fine-grained view of machine health   If you have complex machinery with more than one potential point of failure, we recommend that you collect data from multiple positions.   |  +  Technicians <br />+  Reliability managers   |