FuelCloud integrates with the Morrison Bros. 1218C Tank Gauge. This integration allows your tank's inventory to automatically update in FuelCloud based on data from the Morrison Bros. tank gauge.
What's required?
Morrison Bros. 1218 monitor installed on one of your tanks
In order for FuelCloud to have access to tank level data, you'll need to have a Morrison Bros. 1218 monitor installed on at least one of your tanks. Morrison Bros. Co. offers tank monitors with between 2 and 4 sensors. This allows you to monitor the levels of up to 4 tanks with a single 1218 system.
Add your tank monitor
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Navigate to your FuelCloud account in the Manage > Hardware section and click the Tank Monitor tab and click + Add Tank Monitor.
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Select the Morrison Bros. Co. option.
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Select a site to add your Morrison Bros tank monitor.
- Note: this step will be skipped if adding the device on the Site Detail page
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Note: if you are sharing this device with a customer choose any site at this step you will be able to share the device after the subscription is activated
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Activate your Subscription. You can choose 1, 3, 6, 12 month subscription lengths at the price of $10/month. Or Skip payment and save as inactive.
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Note: if you are an internal supporter you can have your billing set to free for testing and troubleshooting.
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Configure your tank monitor
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Select the Configure button next to your Morrison Bros. monitor.
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Select the channel that's connected to the Morrison Bros. sensor.
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Select the tank which you want to connect the tank monitor to.
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This will generate a code that you'll use to authorize your monitor from Morrison's dashboard.
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Copy the code and navigate to the Morrison Bros web portal.
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To access the web portal you will need a computer or laptop connected to the 1218C either directly using an Ethernet cable or through a network (LAN). Refer to the following link for more information: 1218C License instructions
- Click Configuration in the left side navigation
- Click FuelCloud Settings and select tank channel you wish to connect
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Enter activation code and click Activate button
- Once the monitor has been activated in FuelCloud and the Morrison Bros web portal, it will begin sending tank level updates to your account automatically. Unlike other tank monitor integrations Morrison Bros pushes updates to FC when Morrison Bros server triggers an event with updated inventory, rather than FC calling Morrison Bros for updates.
- Repeat steps C and D if you have multiple tank sensors you want to activate.
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To access the web portal you will need a computer or laptop connected to the 1218C either directly using an Ethernet cable or through a network (LAN). Refer to the following link for more information: 1218C License instructions
Share your tank monitor
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From the Hardware page click the Quick Menu icon (settings gear icon), then click Share.
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Select the Customer and Site to share the device with.
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Follow Configuration steps above to configure the channel.
- NOTE: From your Hardware page you can view your shared Tank Monitors and see what Customer they are shared with.
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