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AVT-150401.06
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  • Page 1 User’s Guide & Reference Manual AVT-150401.06 Order from www.sellcom.com/avtech.html 800-SELLCOM 919-401-0067...
  • Page 2 Fuel / Water Tank Level Analog Power & Temp Sensors Main / UPS Power Air Flow, Sound, Light Switch Sensors Flood / Water Motion, Room Entry Dry Contacts Current Loops (Amperage) Panic Button, Security Low Voltage Sensors Order from www.sellcom.com/avtech.html...
  • Page 3 On behalf of the entire team at AVTECH, we say, “Thank You!” It is our privilege to serve you, our valued customer.
  • Page 4 All Rights Reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced for commercial benefi t in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without prior written permission of AVTECH Software Inc., except in the case of brief quotations embodied in articles and reviews.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    How To Install Your Room Alert 4E ....................7 Step 1: Connect Your Room Alert 4E Hardware ..............7   Step 2: Open And View Your Room Alert 4E In Your Web Browser ........7   With The Built-In Web Interface ..................7  ...
  • Page 6 How To Download Firmware & Software Updates From AVTECH.com ......41   How To Update Room Alert 4E’s Firmware ................41   How To Discover Room Alert 4E When Your Network Blocks UDP Broadcasts ....42     How To Reset Room Alert 4E To Factory Defaults ..............42 Introduction To AVTECH’s Device ManageR ................44...

  • Page 7: Introduction To Room Alert 4E

    The Room Alert 4E monitor is AVTECH’s compact hardware solution for Temperature & Facilities Environment Monitoring... Made Easy. The Room Alert 4E has one (1) internal temperature sensor and four (4) external ports: two (2) external digital, one (1) external switch and one (1) custom Light Tower & Relay Switch Sensor port.

  • Page 8: Room Alert 4E Package Contents

    • One (1) External Digital Temperature Sensor • One (1) 10' Ethernet Cable • One (1) Room Alert 4E User’s Guide & Reference Manual (You’re reading it now.) • One (1) Package Of Literature & Additional Information The Room Alert 4E ID Box...

  • Page 9: Back

    Room Alert 4E NOTE Look for the AVTECH logo. Using another power adapter could damage the Room Alert 4E’s circuit board. If you need one, purchase it online at .com. AVTECH has an international power adapter with a compatible plug style for each and every country.
  • Page 10 Room Alert 4E Custom Light Tower & Relay Switch Sensor Port The custom port allows you to directly connect a Light Tower or Relay Switch Sensor to the Room Alert 4E. NOTE For more information about AVTECH sensors and accessories,...

  • Page 11: How To Install Your Room Alert 4E

    AVTECH.com. Step 2: Open And View Your Room Alert 4E In Your Web Browser With The Built-In Web Interface • Enter your Room Alert 4E’s IP address in your web browser’s address bar to access the interface. AVTECH Software, Inc.

  • Page 12: With Device Manager For Advanced Functionality

    Room Alert 4E With Device ManageR For Advanced Functionality • Download and install AVTECH’s Device ManageR via your customer account at AVTECH.com/Downloads. • Launch it in your web browser at http://localhost:8080. Step 3: Install Additional Components Connect Included External Sensor(s) AVTECH’s external Digital Temperature Sensor, shown here, comes standard with the Room...

  • Page 13: Connect Compatible Components

    Room Alert 4E Connect Compatible Components If you purchased additional components that are compatible, install them according to the Installation Notes included with them. NOTE Please refer to Status, Settings, and Alarm Options in this manual for instructions on viewing and configuring your external...

  • Page 14: How To Use Room Alert 4E's Web Interface

    • Select your Room Alert 4E in Device ManageR and click the “Open Web” button. • Type the IP address of your Room Alert 4E monitor directly into the address bar of your web browser. Your Room Alert 4E’s web interface has 4 tabs: •...

  • Page 15: Current Sensor Status Bar

    Room Alert 4E and make temporary adjustments to the sensor display. • You may find your Room Alert 4E’s name, current date & time, and MAC address here. • To determine if your Room Alert 4E’s firmware is current, you may click Room Alert 4E vX.X.X...

  • Page 16: Sensor Display Area

    Room Alert 4E Sensor Display Area In the main viewing pane of the Status tab is the “Sensor Display Area.” Here you may view the current readings for your sensors, which are displayed in a grid on the screen as follows:...
  • Page 17 Room Alert 4E Display All Sensors / Connected Sensors If you have no external digital sensor connected, you may temporarily hide Channels 2 and 3: Connected Sensors 1. To hide the disconnected digital sensor, click in the Current Sensors Status Bar as shown here.

  • Page 18: Settings

    Room Alert 4E Settings Settings To access your Room Alert 4E’s settings, click in the navigation bar at the top of your screen. You’ll see a prompt for your username and password whenever you click Settings. If you have not set up log in credentials for your Room Alert 4E, simply click without entering anything.

  • Page 19: Network

    Network Navigate to to open the Network Settings screen. Device Name To rename your Room Alert 4E: 1. Select the automatically-assigned name in “Device Name” and enter a new one of up to 15 alphanumeric characters. Accept Changes 2. Click at the bottom of your screen to temporarily save your settings.
  • Page 20 Room Alert 4E. Ethernet Configuration Typically, you may leave the “Ethernet Configuration” section at the defaults, which are shown below, for immediate use of Room Alert 4E. AVTECH Software, Inc.
  • Page 21 Room Alert 4E However, if you connect your Room Alert 4E to a managed switch that controls your network traffic, you may need to change these settings: 1. In “MTU Size,” you may leave the default, 1024, or enter a value as low as 512.

  • Page 22: Smtp Email

    Room Alert 4E SMTP Email You may configure your Room Alert 4E to send alerts via email and email-to-SMS.  Navigate to Settings SMTP Email to open the Email Settings screen. Email Enabled. 1. Check Email Footer Enabled 2. Leave the checked to include AVTECH contact information with email messages.
  • Page 23 Room Alert 4E 8. In “Display URL,” you may leave the default, which is the IP address and port of your Room Alert 4E, or overwrite it with another IP address. Authentication (Optional) Enable Authentication. 9. If your mail server requires SMTP authentication, check 10.

  • Page 24: Simple Network Management Protocol (Snmp)

    Because your Room Alert 4E is fully SNMP-compliant, you have the option to monitor it with a -party monitoring application capable of performing SNMP queries. You may configure the Room Alert 4E to send SNMP Traps in response to a change in alarm states to up to three host systems running 3 -party SNMP monitoring applications.
  • Page 25 Room Alert 4E SNMP Configuration To begin configuring your Room Alert 4E for SNMP: 1. In “Community Name,” you may leave the default SNMP protocol community name— “public”—or enter a new name. The community name you assign here must match the one in your 3 -party SNMP monitoring application.
  • Page 26 Room Alert 4E SNMP Sending Configuration You may configure your Room Alert 4E to send SNMP Traps in response to a change in alarm state to up to three host systems running 3 -party SNMP monitoring applications. Each host system you enter in these fields will receive the same SNMP Traps simultaneously.
  • Page 27 Room Alert 4E Accept Changes 3. Click at the bottom of your screen to temporarily save your settings. You may now navigate to another screen; however, if you close the web interface before the next step, you will lose your changes.

  • Page 28: Sensors

    Room Alert 4E Sensors You may configure alert thresholds for the internal temperature, external digital and external switch sensors connected to your Room Alert 4E in this screen. Your Room Alert 4E sends alerts based on these thresholds. NOTE For more information about AVTECH sensors and accessories,...
  • Page 29 Room Alert 4E Sensor 1 Alarm Configuration (Internal Temperature Sensor) You may configure alert thresholds for the Internal Temperature Sensor in the “Sensor 1 Alarm Configuration” fields. The temperature range is -40° to 185° F (-40° to 85° C). 1. In “Sensor Label,” you may leave the default label, “Sensor 1,” or rename it to something more descriptive, such as “Internal Temp.”...
  • Page 30 Room Alert 4E NOTE The digital port also takes a Light Tower & Relay Adapter; however, you do not configure Light Tower or Relay Switch Sensor options here—refer instead to the Alarm Options section in this manual. In this example, we’ll configure an external Digital Temperature & Humidity Sensor: 1.
  • Page 31 Configuration” field. Shown below is the default setting for the switch sensor: Your Room Alert 4E monitors your switch sensors for an “Open” or “Closed” circuit state. Room Alert defaults to alarming on “Closed,” as you can see above; you may, however, need to change that depending on the type of sensor.
  • Page 32 Advanced Sensor Configuration Trigger Alarm If Sensor Is Disconnected? Check if you want to receive an alert if the external digital sensor becomes disconnected from the Room Alert 4E. This check box is blank by default. AVTECH Software, Inc.

  • Page 33: Ping Options

    Ping Options You may configure up to eight IP addresses to ping from your Room Alert 4E in this screen. Room Alert will send a ping to those addresses to check if the host is reachable. If the host is up, the ping will return as successful and register a normal state;...

  • Page 34: Alarm Options

    Alarm Options screen. Here you may configure devices connected through the custom Light Tower & Relay Switch Sensor port. NOTE For more information about AVTECH sensors and accessories, please refer to the Appendix at the back of this manual...
  • Page 35 The options on the Alarm Options screen vary somewhat depending on the device you select from this drop-down list. 2. If you want to enable actions when your Room Alert 4E returns to a “clear” state, click Alarm Clear Action. You may pick the specific “clear” actions in Step 4 below.

  • Page 36: Security

    Your Room Alert will automatically reboot and commit your changes. Security By default, the Room Alert 4E does not require log in credentials; you may, however, create a username and password for your Room Alert 4E for extra security. ...
  • Page 37 Your Room Alert will automatically reboot and commit your changes. NOTE If you forget your password, you can reset your Room Alert 4E settings to the factory defaults. Please see the How To Reset...

  • Page 38: Advanced

    Status screen defaults, Device ManageR “Push,” time & date, and trace output.  Settings Advanced Navigate to to open the Advanced Settings screen. Temperature Scale Configuration You may set the default temperature scale for your Room Alert 4E here by selecting “Fahrenheit” or “Celsius.” Fahrenheit is the default. AVTECH Software, Inc.
  • Page 39 Device ManageR Push Configuration By default, Device ManageR queries your Room Alert 4E for sensor values at defined intervals. However, you may configure your Room Alert 4E to proactively send sensor updates to Device ManageR by enabling “Device ManageR Push.”...
  • Page 40 Room Alert 4E • Your Room Alert 4E can immediately send an update to Device ManageR when it detects an alarm, regardless of any intervals you have configured either in this section or in the Device ManageR discovery interval. To enable Push to Device ManageR from your Room Alert 4E: 1.
  • Page 41 3. In “Time Format,” you may select either the MM/DD/YY and DD/MM/YY date format from the drop-down list. Month first is the default. 4. Select “Daylight Savings” if you would like your Room Alert 4E time setting to compensate by +1 hour for daylight savings time.
  • Page 42 Room Alert 4E Trace Configuration You may configure your Room Alert 4E for trace output, which is useful for troubleshooting. Trace output shows the communication between your Room Alert 4E and your mail server, as well as other information, such as the current firmware version, IP address, MAC address, and requests to web pages.

  • Page 43: Help

    You may find the version number and release date of the firmware that is installed on your Room Alert 4E on this screen. To check if your Room Alert 4E has the most current version, select Click Here To Check For Updates.

  • Page 44: About

    You may find the version number and release date of the firmware that is installed on your Room Alert 4E on this screen. To check if your Room Alert 4E has the most current version, select Click Here To Check For Updates.

  • Page 45: Updating & Troubleshooting Your Room Alert 4E

    6. Open AVTECH’s Device ManageR. (If you don’t already have it installed, download it from your customer account.) 7. Select the Room Alert 4E option under the Device Status tab in the navigation bar to the left of your screen.

  • Page 46: How To Discover Room Alert 4E When Your Network Blocks Udp Broadcasts

    Manually Add Device(s) Via 3. In the “Advanced Discovery Options” dialog box, click Address. 4. Enter your Room Alert 4E’s IP address or the range of IP addresses assigned to DHCP devices on your network. Begin Scan, which initiates a TCP scan on port 30718.
  • Page 47 Device ManageR. (If you don’t already have it installed, download it from your customer account at AVTECH.com/Downloads.) If your Room Alert 4E is not accessible on the network, to reset it to factory defaults: 1. With your Room Alert 4E connected to the network and powered on, press and hold the reset button for at least 10 seconds until the left LED over the network jack turns off and then on again.

  • Page 48: Introduction To Avtech's Device Manager

    Automatically text or call contacts with alerts using a text, voice or GSM (satellite) modem. A license for Device ManageR is included FREE with the purchase of any AVTECH environment monitor. Download it now from your customer account at AVTECH.com/Downloads.
  • Page 49 Compatible with Room Alert 32E/W, 26E/W, 24E, 12E, 11E, 7E, 4E, 3E, 3W, WiSH & WiSPR. • Max sensor cable distance up to 900', includes 25'. • Plugs in-line with AVTECH’s 5V Power Adapter. • Compatible with Room Alert 32E/W, 26E/W, 24E, RMA-PS1-SEN RMA-MUPS-SEN 12E, 11E, 7E, 4E, 3E, 3W, WiSH &...
  • Page 50 Can be extended by adding additional 8' extensions. • Alert triggered when sensor is activated or power lost. • Designed to extend the length of the AVTECH Flood Sensor Cable to several hundred feet. • Flood cable can be extended by 8' lengths.
  • Page 51 11E, 7E, 4E, 3E, 3W, WiSH & WiSPR. RMA-SS1-SEN RMA-PB1-SEN INCLUDES: Smoke Sensor w/Escape Light, 25' Cable, 9V Alkaline Battery, INCLUDES: Panic Button 1 With 25' Cable & Installation Note. Mounting Screws & Installation Note. More Sensors, Cameras, Packages & Accessories Online. Order from www.sellcom.com/avtech.html 800-SELLCOM 919-401-0067...
  • Page 52 INCLUDES: Light Tower w/Audio, Red, Yellow & Green Lights, 15' Cable, Mounting Bracket & Installation Note. 25’ Light Tower w/Audio Extension Light Tower & Relay Adapter • Designed to extend the length of AVTECH’s Light • Required to connect the Light Tower, Light Tower w/ Tower w/Audio.
  • Page 53 Plugin Bundles For Device ManageR Easy-To-Use Plugins Enhance The Capabilities Of AVTECH’s Device ManageR Plugin - Windows Bundle (Shutdown, Reboot, Log Off & Script) ADM-WINB-PAS • Shutdown Windows Systems Remotely Across The Network. When used with the Device ManageR, this plugin can perform a forced power-down of target systems. Use it to shutdown an unlimited number of Windows systems across the network...
  • Page 54 Plugin Bundles For Device ManageR Easy-To-Use Plugins Enhance The Capabilities Of AVTECH’s Device ManageR Plugin - Unix / Linux Bundle (Report, Windows, Unix / Linux, Dial Out) ADM-UNLB-PAS • Shutdown Unix / Linux Systems Remotely Across The Network. When used with Device ManageR, this plugin can perform a forced power-down of the target system.

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