Vibration card

Who it’s for

Industrial maintenance engineers, facility managers, and structural health monitoring teams ask “is this machine or structure vibrating within safe limits right now?” They need an at-a-glance reading that immediately signals whether vibration has moved from background noise into a range that warrants investigation.

What it does

A sensor reading 5.2 m/s² shows an orange value — Moderate — indicating elevated but non-critical vibration on the monitored asset. The same card shows gray at 0.05 m/s² — Negligible — and dark red at 1 200 m/s² — Extreme.

• Large current vibration value color-coded across six bands from Negligible to Extreme
• Color-coded icon matching the value band so the status is visible at a glance
• Last-updated timestamp showing how long ago the reading arrived
• Shows one sensor’s data; it does not chart vibration trends or compare multiple sensors

How to set up

Data keys

Key	Role	Type	Description
vibration	Main value	Timeseries	Vibration acceleration (m/s²); change the key name to match your device’s telemetry key

The widget ships with a simulated function datasource key labeled Vibration, so it draws random values until you point the datasource at a device and rename the key.

To point it at your own device: open the dashboard in edit mode, open the widget’s Datasources, pick the entity or entity alias, and replace the function key with the key your device reports.

The card shows the value with two decimal places. If the key has never reported, the card displays the label and icon with an empty value, not an error.

Value ranges

Range (m/s²)	Level	Color
< 0.1	Negligible	Default
0.1–1	Low	Orange
1–10	Moderate	Orange
10–100	High	Red-Orange
100–1000	Severe	Red
1000+	Extreme	Dark Red

How to customize

• To use your own vibration thresholds — edit Icon color ranges and Value color ranges; set the same boundaries in both so the icon and the number always agree.
• To change the icon — set Icon to any Material or MDI icon name.
• To hide the label, icon, or timestamp — turn off Show label, Show icon, or Show date.
• To switch to an absolute timestamp — turn off Last update ago in the date format settings.
• To match your dashboard’s fonts — set Value font and Label font.

Tips

• The six bands align broadly with ISO 10816 / ISO 20816 machinery vibration guidelines; adjust the thresholds for your specific machine class, mounting direction, and regulatory requirement.
• A sudden spike from Negligible to Moderate or High suggests a loose fastener, unbalance event, or impact — set an alarm at the Low/Moderate boundary so it triggers before Severe is reached.
• Pair with a temperature card: a motor running hot and vibrating above its baseline simultaneously is a stronger indicator of imminent bearing failure than either signal alone.