EventSentry can monitor temperature, humidity, motion, smoke and water through external sensors attached to the serial port. The hardware sensors are sold separately and can either be obtained from https://store.netikus.net (if you are located in the US) or directly from PCMeasure in Germany if you are located outside the US.
The following features are available and are configured through the Environment option of the management application. All alerts generated by the environment monitoring feature are written to the Application event log.
EventSentry currently only supports sensors from PCMeasure, and some of the supported sensors require additional hardware. The table below outlines the requirements:
Sensor Description |
Manufacturer Model Number |
Connectors on sensor |
Requires USB port |
Requires serial port |
Requires adapter (RJ-45 to serial) |
Requires driver software (included) |
Temperature / Humidity (serial port) |
30106 |
9-pin serial, USB |
yes, for power |
yes |
no |
no |
Temperature / Humidity (USB) |
USB |
yes |
no |
no |
yes |
|
Temperature |
30101 |
RJ-45 |
yes, for power |
yes |
yes |
no |
Humidity |
30103 |
RJ-45 |
yes, for power |
yes |
yes |
no |
Water |
30115 |
RJ-45 |
yes, for power |
yes |
yes |
no |
Smoke |
30111 |
RJ-45 |
yes, for power |
yes |
yes |
no |
Motion |
30114 |
RJ-45 |
yes, for power |
yes |
yes |
no |
|
On all sensors/adapters except for sensor 30602, the USB connectors are only used to draw power. Data from the sensors is transmitted via the serial port. In order to use the sensors, you have to connect both the USB and the serial connector. |
For sensors requiring adapters (see right column "Requires adapter"), the following serial adapters exist. Each adapter as one 9-pin serial and one USB port, as well as one or more RJ-45 connectors to connect the actual sensors.
Adapter Description |
Manufacturer Model Number |
Number of RJ-45 connectors |
1-port serial adapter |
30201 |
1 |
2-port serial adapter |
30203 |
2 |
4-port serial adapter |
30205 |
4 |
|
Sensor connected to the serial adapters must be unique; you cannot currently attach one sensor type more than once on the same computer. You can only connect one 4-port serial adapter at one time. |
Temperature Monitoring
•Alert when the temperature is outside a configured range
•Record temperature in database for historical analysis in the web reports
•Fahrenheit / Celsius support
Temperature + Humidity Monitoring
•Alert when the humidity is outside a configured range
•Record humidity in database for historical analysis in the web reports
Motion Sensors
•Alert when motion is detected
•Records motion activity in database
•Requires serial adapter
Smoke Sensor
The smoke sensor is attached to the serial port and can alert you whenever smoke is detected.
Water Sensor
The water sensor is attached to the serial port and can alert you whenever water is detected.
Please see the next chapter for more information on the configuration of various sensors.
