Verifying before and after deployment.
WHAT TO TEST ON THE BENCH
Function Power consumption, measured Communication Behaviour on power loss Behaviour on connection loss
WHAT TO TEST OVER TIME
Long-duration running, for memory and resource leaks Battery life, measured rather than calculated Clock drift
WHY LONG-DURATION TESTING IS ESSENTIAL
Faults appearing after weeks are common and invisible in short tests.
WHAT TO TEST ENVIRONMENTALLY
Temperature extremes Humidity Vibration, where relevant Water ingress, where rated
WHAT TO TEST IN THE FIELD
Signal at actual sites Sensor readings against a reference Installation procedures Full data path, device to application
WHAT A PILOT DEPLOYMENT PROVIDES
Real conditions, at a scale where problems are affordable.
WHAT TO RUN IT FOR
Long enough to cross a season, where conditions vary.
WHAT TO MEASURE DURING IT
Failure rate Battery performance against prediction Data completeness Support effort per device
WHY THAT LAST FIGURE MATTERS
It determines whether the deployment scales economically.
WHAT TO DO BEFORE SCALING
Resolve everything the pilot revealed.
