Data center monitoring gets simpler with the new PoE BitSight2
Filed under: Data Center, environmental monitoring, Ravica News
It has been a long time coming, but due to customer demand, Ravica is pleased to announce the availability of the PoE (IEEE 802.3af Power over Ethernet) BitSight2 sensorprobe. Now all of your environmental monitoring needs can be met without even needing a separate power source.
That’s not to say you can’t still use the existing method of powering the device as the BS2 will retain the internal 7.5 VDC power supply and is a “Powered Device” so the power to the unit can be supplied from either the PoE or from the 7.5 VDC power adapter, acting as backup power in case of a PoE power supply failure.
Temperature and Humidity Monitor Demo from Ravica
Filed under: Data Center, environmental monitoring, humidity monitoring, Security Monitoring, SensorProbes, temperature monitoring
You’ve heard about temperature and environmental monitoring, and you understand its value. But have you seen one in action?
Check out our online demo to see some features of the BitSight2 environmental monitoring system. See the parameters we have selected for use in our own data room. These parameters are easily customizable to accommodate your specific environmental needs. Read more
Are you optimizing your environmental monitoring system?
Filed under: environmental monitoring, Intelligent Sensors
Here on the Ravica Blog, we talk a lot about temperature and humidity monitoring in data centers, but did you know 
that you can use the same Sensor Probes to create a centralized monitoring system that can provide information on almost any environmental condition? The following is a run-down of some of the other Ravica intelligent sensors that are available. All the sensors are plug & play, SNMP-enabled and easily integrated into the environmental monitoring system of your dreams. Read more
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Dog kennel temperature monitoring
Filed under: Security Monitoring, SensorProbes, temperature monitoring
I got an interesting call today from a woman who owns a dog kennel service out in Oregon. Apparently, she wants a way to monitor the temperature inside the kennels, without running out to check the thermometers. If it is too cold, she brings the dogs inside. It sounded like some serious puppy pampering to me, but being a dog lover, I understand.
At first, I gave her a demonstration of the BitSight2 for temperature and humidity monitoring. It has two sensor ports, so she could monitor inside and outside, then view the data via a web browser from inside her house.
Thoughts From the New Girl. . .
Filed under: environmental monitoring, temperature monitoring
Hey, I’m Jessica and I’m new here at Ravica. As I’ve been learning about the Ravica product line for environmental monitoring, I can’t help but think back to some situations where having this type of equipment in place would have been a real lifesaver.
In a previous life, I worked in the building maintenance department at a small university on the west coast. My job was basically to take all the calls from across the campus when stuff went wrong, and then send someone to fix the problem.
One of the frequent calls I received had to do with the walk-in coolers and freezers in the main dining hall. It seemed like those things were always going down, and the dining hall had hundreds of hungry college students to serve three times a day — this was a major problem!
Motion detector sensors add security to your data center
Filed under: environmental monitoring, motion detector, Security Monitoring
While working on a project recently, I was taught the importance of the motion detector sensor in the security monitoring toolset. The SecurityProbe is the first place to look for monitoring the temperature, humidity and other environmental variables of your server room, while at the same time adding a security presence with the pan-tilt dome camera support. However, for some customers with smaller or unconventional data centers, the budget for security and environmental monitoring can be in the hundreds of dollars, not thousands.
That’s where the motion detector comes in. It works not only with the SecurityProbe line, but with the BitSight2 and BitSight8 as well. The beauty of the motion detector sensor is that you can daisy chain up to 10 sensors to work off a single intelligent sensor port. And at just $125 per sensor, users can easily cover a good sized data room with motion detection and still have an extra intelligent sensor port on even a BitSight2 for monitoring temperature and humidity.
So keep the motion detector sensor in mind when speccing out a new data room or when adding security monitoring measures to an existing one. It is a very affordable alternative, when it is simply not possible to have eyes and ears on your secure locations.
For more information about our security monitoring solutions, call us at 207-324-8173.
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