Centeron Tank Monitoring Discontinued: What to Do Next

Schneider Electric has notified customers that its Centeron tank monitoring line — LTE radar monitors, float monitors, and pressure sensors — is being discontinued, with the WebView reporting service that these devices depend on scheduled to go offline in 2027. If you operate sites with Centeron hardware, the devices themselves won't necessarily fail on that date, but they will stop reporting the moment the backend they rely on is shut down. That turns a software sunset into a hardware replacement project on a fixed deadline.

What the Discontinuation Actually Means

Centeron monitors are only useful because they phone home to a cloud service that turns raw sensor readings into the dashboards and alerts operators actually use. Once that service is retired, the physical monitor still sits on the tank, but it's no longer producing usable data — no live level readings, no threshold alerts, no historical trend. For any site where remote monitoring replaced manual gauging, losing that visibility is effectively the same as if the hardware failed outright.

The practical deadline isn't 2027 itself — it's however long it takes your team to audit every Centeron-equipped site, select a replacement, and get it installed before reporting stops. For an operator with monitors spread across dozens of tank batteries or wellheads, that's a real logistics project, not a one-afternoon swap.

What to Evaluate in a Centeron Replacement

A forced hardware transition is also a chance to fix anything the outgoing system got wrong. A few questions worth asking before picking a replacement or alternative platform:

Does it reuse your existing probes, or does everything get swapped? Some replacement platforms are built to work with the same sensor types already installed (float, radar, pressure), which can meaningfully cut down on reinstallation cost and downtime per site.

Does it cover your hazardous-location requirements? If any of the affected sites are wellheads, tank batteries, or chemical storage facilities, confirm the replacement hardware is actually rated for classified hazardous locations (CID1/CID2) — not every monitoring platform is.

What happens when cellular coverage is weak or absent? Centeron's monitors were cellular-only. If any of your sites sit in coverage gaps — a common problem for rural wellheads and remote agricultural tanks — a cellular-only replacement just recreates the same blind spots with new hardware. A gateway with automatic satellite fallback avoids that.

How is the cutover actually managed? Migrating dozens or hundreds of monitored sites is its own project. Ask what the transition process looks like site-by-site, and whether there's a gap in reporting during the swap.

Planning the Migration

A multi-site Centeron migration goes more smoothly as a short, deliberate project rather than a site-by-site scramble as the 2027 deadline approaches:

1. Audit every Centeron-equipped site. Note the sensor type (float, radar, pressure), connectivity, and whether the location has any hazardous-location classification — this becomes your replacement spec sheet.
2. Match each site to a replacement configuration. A rural wellhead with no cell coverage has different requirements than a chemical tank farm with strong LTE, and a single replacement model rarely fits every site in a mixed fleet.
3. Schedule cutovers before the deadline, not at it. Reporting only needs to stop once — plan installation dates with enough margin that a shipping delay or a busy field crew doesn't push a site past the 2027 shutoff.

Where LevelCon Fits

LevelCon's gateway lineup was built around the same use cases Centeron served — remote tank and asset monitoring in industrial field environments — and covers a couple of the gaps above directly. The F200 supports universal sensor I/O across RS-485, RS-232, 4–20 mA, and 0–5V inputs, with a Class I, Div 1 hazardous-location rating. For sites with cellular coverage gaps, the SC300 adds satellite (Iridium/Globalstar) connectivity as a primary link or automatic fallback, so a dead zone doesn't mean a monitoring blackout. The XSync family goes a step further and combines the sensor and gateway into a single unit, with a CID1-rated enclosure (certification applied for) for wellheads, tank batteries, and chemical storage sites.

If you're mapping out a Centeron replacement plan, our tank monitors and gateways pages break down which configuration fits which site type, or you can talk to our engineering team directly about a multi-site migration.

Frequently Asked Questions

When will Centeron tank monitors stop working? Centeron's WebView reporting service is scheduled to go offline in 2027, per Schneider Electric's discontinuation notice. The physical monitors will stop producing usable data — no live readings, no alerts — once that backend service is retired, even though the hardware itself keeps running.

What is replacing Centeron tank monitoring? Schneider Electric discontinued the Centeron line without naming an official successor, so operators need to independently select a replacement monitoring platform before the 2027 service shutdown rather than wait for a direct migration path from Schneider Electric.

Can I reuse my existing Centeron sensors and probes? It depends on the replacement platform. Some replacement gateways are built to accept the same float, radar, and pressure sensor types Centeron used, which reduces reinstallation cost per site; others require a full hardware swap, probes included. Confirm sensor compatibility before committing to a replacement.

Is there a hazardous-location rated alternative to Centeron? Yes. LevelCon's F200 gateway and XSync telemetry units are rated for classified hazardous locations (Class I, Div 1 / CID1), making them suitable for wellheads, tank batteries, and chemical storage sites — the same site types Centeron hardware was commonly deployed at.