{"id":5172,"date":"2016-07-19T11:14:18","date_gmt":"2016-07-19T15:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/?p=5172"},"modified":"2018-02-07T13:13:45","modified_gmt":"2018-02-07T18:13:45","slug":"product-spotlight-protecting-assets-room-alert-12e","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/5172\/product-spotlight-protecting-assets-room-alert-12e\/","title":{"rendered":"Product Spotlight: Protecting Your Assets With The Room Alert 12E"},"content":{"rendered":"

Data centers and many other facilities need reliable environment monitoring to protect their critical assets. We\u2019ve previously looked at a few of our Room Alerts that are great fits for smaller facilities, secondary locations, or hard to reach places. This week, we\u2019re going to move up the chain to the Room Alert 12E<\/a>; this Room Alert contains nearly all of the features of our flagship product, with a smaller footprint.<\/p>\n

The Room Alert 12E can be powered by either the supplied power adaptor, or by PoE (Power Over Ethernet). This can be a big advantage for a facility that needs monitoring but may not have power outlets nearby.<\/p>\n

Customers that need to mount their Room Alert in a rack can opt to order the Room Alert 12ER<\/a>, which is rack mountable.<\/p>\n

Although Room Alert is often found in data centers, we\u2019re also seeing more non-IT use from our customers. For example, a greenhouse needs to monitor air temperature, humidity, and liquid temperature but many not have the same power infrastructure as a server room. Getting power via PoE is an enticing benefit in this situation.<\/p>\n

Sensor Capabilities <\/strong><\/h3>\n

An internal sensor monitors temperature, while three external digital sensors can monitor other factors such as humidity, outside temperature, and fluid temperature up to 100 feet away.<\/p>\n

\"Room<\/a>The Room Alert 12E accepts up to four external switch sensors as well. One Room Alert 12E can monitor smoke, power, room entry, and airflow up to 900 feet away. The ability to monitor so many different environment factors makes the Room Alert 12E an indispensable part of keeping your facility safe. An analog input allows easy monitoring of sensors with a 0-5VDC analog output, like our Current Loop<\/a> and Extreme Temperature Sensors. The Extreme Low Temperature Sensor is a perfect solution for medical or cryogenic facilities that need to constantly measure extremely low temperatures, for example.<\/p>\n

Facilities that need immediate visual and audio notification of an alert can connect our Light Tower Adapter<\/a> directly to the Room Alert 12E. A Relay Switch<\/a> can alternatively be connected to our Light Tower Adapter, and can turn up to 3 low voltage devices on or off in response to an alarm detected by the Room Alert 12E. For instance, a flood alert could trigger a fan or water pump to turn on.<\/p>\n

Monitoring with the Room Alert 12E<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The Room Alert 12E comes bundled with our free Device ManageR software<\/a>, which customers can use to set up their customized alerts. For customers that prefer a cloud-based platform the Room Alert 12E is fully compatible with our GoToMyDevices<\/a> service. Combining multiple Room Alerts with GoToMyDevices can drastically increase the level of monitoring available to customers with multiple locations or assets.<\/p>\n