Ambient Temperature Monitoring
Monitoring ambient temperature can easily be done with the right temperature monitoring equipment. Ambient temperature is the temperature in and around the room. It’s generally done by placing temperature sensors in different areas to take an average temperature.
What is the ambient temperature? This is a tricky question that when answered correctly involves several answers!
How to Monitor Car Storage Environments
Filed under: environmental monitoring, humidity monitoring, Security Monitoring, temperature monitoring, water leak monitoring
As a car aficionado, I love the idea of storing precious vehicles in the harshest of winter months, especially in a state like Maine. If I had my dream car (ahem, BMW M5) I would certainly put it in a place I know would keep my car safe from any harm. The question is, “How does a storage facility keep my car safe?” What precautions would it take to make sure Annabelle is safe? (yes, I named my fictional car) Implementing environmental sensors will certainly make me feel safe. Read more
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Road Construction Temperature Monitoring
Filed under: environmental monitoring, humidity monitoring, SecurityProbes, temperature monitoring
Monitoring road construction temperatures is imperative for paving and other important jobs. Considering spring and summer are short seasons in Maine, roadside construction needs to be efficient in their hard efforts so their work would have longevity. Knowing the temperature and having the ability to alarm on it is important for the maximum effective compaction of pavement. Read more
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Monitoring Cold Temperatures
Filed under: environmental monitoring, humidity monitoring, SensorProbes, temperature monitoring
Today, let’s take a look at an alternative way to use an environmental monitoring device. Monitoring temperatures in a data center or your corporate office is not the only way to use a temperature and humidity sensor. There are plenty of other commercial uses for these products as well. Let’s look at how to use it for a more… chill environment. Read more
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Summertime Data Room Monitoring: Part 1
Filed under: Data Center, environmental monitoring, humidity monitoring, temperature monitoring, water leak monitoring
It’s June and you know what that means? Summer is on the way. For most of us that means going to the beach, playing outside, and going to drive-ins with friends and family. But for IT Administrators, it’s all of that plus monitoring offices and Data Centers from being affected by the summer weather. This is the first part in an ongoing series to help those IT Administrators monitor and prevent a cataclysmic event from unfolding. Read more
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Mobile Temperature Monitoring Apps for the Data Center
Filed under: Data Center, environmental monitoring, temperature monitoring
Ravica sells many intelligent environmental sensors that help you keep your data centers, homes, or offices safe, secure and clean. All of these sensors can be monitored through a centralized interface on a server. Is this the only way to keep track of your sensors? What if you are away on the road and you do not have access to a computer? There must be another way to monitor your sensors while being mobile? AKCP have created both an iPhone client and Android smartphone application to do just that. Even when you are on the road you are still connected. Read more
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Monitor Airflow Around Critical Equipment
The Ravica Airflow Sensor is designed for systems that generate heat in the course of their operation and a steady flow of air is necessary to dissipate this generated heat. System reliability and safety could be jeopardized if this cooling airflow stops. Airflow Sensors monitor the circulation of air around critical equipment where a constant air-flow is required to maintain a consistent temperature and humidity status and reliable continual performance.
The Airflow Sensor is placed in the air stream path, allowing users to monitor the status of the flowing air. This device measures the presence or absence of air flow, then the sensorProbe environmental monitor displays the measurement using a graphical display via its web interface. Read more
Server Room Environment Moderated by Mother Nature
Filed under: airflow monitoring, Data Center, environmental monitoring, humidity monitoring, temperature monitoring
Recently, I saw a interesting post on Life Hacker about how to moderate PC temperature. It reminded me of a blog that I wrote a while back that talked about recycling expelled heat from the server room and using it to heat the office. The Life Hacker blog post demonstrated a method of cooling an over-clocked PC with fresh air from outside.
Although I think there are a few engineering flaws in the post, the design and concept are stable.
Using natural resources to cool your server room is clearly the next logical step in making server rooms green. Read more
Environmental Monitoring with securityProbe Devices
Filed under: environmental monitoring, humidity monitoring, SecurityProbes, temperature monitoring
The SecurityProbe 5E works with every intelligent sensor in the Ravica family. With the recent enhancements to Ravica’s securityProbe environmental monitoring devices, we’ve been talking a lot lately about this versatile piece of hardware. In order to explain the device’s basic functionality, we created a list of generalized Q&A.
If you have more specific questions, we would love to hear from you. Read more
Ravica Environmental Monitoring Equipment Enhancements
The securityProbe 5E is a complete environmental and security monitoring solution for your business. The securityProbe 5E has an embedded Linux Operating System. Accessible through it’s own web interface means there is no software to install on your PC. Setup is very simple, once the IP address is configured to match your network, all features and settings are accessible through the web interface which is available in several languages.
The SecurityProbe 5E works with every intelligent sensor in the Ravica family. Connect up to 8 of our autoSense sensors in any combination to create your customized environmental monitoring solution which can monitor temperature, humidity, water leakage, airflow, security, detection of AC power line voltage, measurement of Digital Voltmeter, control relays, and much more. The Ravica range of sensors also includes an integrated data collection and graphing package which is especially useful in trend and information analysis.
Recent updates and improvements to the securityProbe 5E have provided greater flexibility and performance. Read more