Proactive Monitoring for Automotive Test Benches

As a project for ZF Friedrichshafen AG, I designed and implemented a Proof-of-Concept for a proactive network monitoring system to enhance the stability of electric motor test benches. The primary challenge was that critical failures on Industrial PCs (IPCs)—such as high CPU load, low RAM, or full disk drives—were causing costly interruptions to test procedures.
Built on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux server, the system uses OpenNMS Horizon to monitor key system metrics from Windows-based IPCs via the SNMP protocol. The solution provides a centralized overview of the entire test bench landscape and generates automated alerts when critical thresholds are breached, enabling IT staff and operators to intervene before a failure occurs. This project successfully laid the foundation for a predictive maintenance strategy, significantly increasing the reliability and efficiency of the testing environment.