Ethernet-enabled ultra-compact, stand-alone monitoring device protects critical resources from environmental and physical threats
AKCP, a Thailand based company that provides easy-to-use, web-enabled products for remote environmental monitoring, announces the release of its latest product in the Sensorprobe family of environmental monitoring devices, the Sensorprobe8 The Sensorprobe8 is a low cost monitoring device, with eight sensor ports for sale at just $645.00 including a one foot temperature sensor.
AKCP's products are designed to monitor valuable infrastructure environmental conditions, power and security.
The ethernet-enabled Sensorprobe8 is an ultra-compact, stand-alone monitoring device, which protects critical resources from environmental and physical threats.
Computer rooms, server rooms, network closets, cabinet and enclosure racks form key assets, and as these rooms are often unattended they must be monitored on a 24x7 basis to prevent disaster.
The SP8 is a handy compact device.
It features the capability of plugging in any of the intelligent sensors from AKCP into any of the eight ports.
These include temperature, humidity, airflow, water detector, voltage, security and dry contact, etc.
The SP8 connects directly to a standard 10 BaseT network via a built in RJ45 socket.
It comes with an enhanced web interface for easy navigation.
An optional 1U rackmount kit is also available.
The SP8 has user settable thresholds for each sensor that will alarm and notify users.
For example, if a server room or rack enclosure is tampered with, in an overheating situation, has experienced a loss of air flow, or there is a water leakage, the SP8 sends out an alarm.
User can select the alert type including e-mail, SMS, or SNMP trap.
The Sensorprobe8 is supplied with a MIB to allow its interface to SNMP based network management systems such as HP OpenView, IBM Tivoli, What's Up Gold and others.
