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AVTECH Room Alert Room Alert ® Temperature & Environment Monitoring... Made Easy! AVTECH Software, Inc. Temperature & Environment Monitoring... Made Easy! AVTECH.com...
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& software. Nothing on any AVTECH website or in documentation shall be construed as conferring any license under any of the AVTECH Software (AVTECH) or any third party’s intellectual property rights, whether by estoppel, implication, or otherwise.
B. If Your Network Is Not Power Over Ethernet (PoE) Enabled ....6 Step 2: Connect External Sensors And Other Compatible Components ..6 How To Use Your Room Alert 32S Web Interface .......... 7 Status ....................7 Banner & Header ................8 Sensor Display Area ................
Room Alert 32S (RA32S-DAP-RAS) Room Alert 32S Hardware Front Power Ethernet Alarm Light Tower & Digital Port LEDs Relay Adapter Sensor Ports (PoE enabled) Ports Back Power Relay Analog Switch Reset Output Input Port Sensor Button Ports Ports Ports Battery...
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32S for up to 15 minutes. A standard power port connects Room Alert to an Power Port electrical outlet with any AVTECH 5V 1A Power Adapter. Models are available for all countries. An RJ-45 port connects Room Alert to your network Ethernet Port via an RJ-45 Ethernet cable.
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Room Alert 32S (RA32S-DAP-RAS) Standard Room Alert 32S Package The standard package includes: • One (1) Room Alert 32S ID Box • One (1) External Digital Active Power Sensor • One (1) AVTECH 5V 1A Power Adapter • One (1) Ethernet Cable (10’) AVT-200325-1.0.0...
Your Room Alert is now powered and discoverable on your network! Use only AVTECH’s 5V 1A Power Adapter. Other voltages could damage the Room Alert hardware and void your warranty. If you don’t have an AVTECH NOTE 5V 1A Power Adapter, please visit our online store at AVTECH.com...
Room Alert 32S (RA32S-DAP-RAS) How To Use Room Alert’s Web Interface You may configure your Room Alert through its built-in web interface. To access the interface, you may either: • Type the IP address of your Room Alert monitor directly into the address bar of your web browser.
At the top of the page runs the red Room Alert banner. • You may visit AVTECH.com by selecting the AVTECH logo in the banner. Header Below the banner is the header, where you may view basic information about your device.
Room Alert 32S (RA32S-DAP-RAS) Sensor Display Area In the main viewing pane of the Status tab is the sensor display area. Here you may view your sensor data and temporarily change Status page settings. Temporary Status Page Settings You may temporarily change the refresh interval of the Status page and default temperature scale here.
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Room Alert 32S (RA32S-DAP-RAS) High And Low Reading Icons Arrows are displayed next to the highest and lowest readings on a sensor since the Room Alert last rebooted: Red upward arrow ....Highest reading since last reboot of Room Alert. Blue downward arrow ....Lowest reading since last reboot of Room Alert.
2. Next, enter your credentials in the Username and Password fields. • If you did not save custom credentials to your Room Alert 32S already, enter these default credentials: ○ Username: admin ○...
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Room Alert 32S (RA32S-DAP-RAS) • A Save Settings button. Clear Changes • A button. You may navigate among the Settings pages, making changes in different places, and then save the changes all at once. When you are ready to save all the modifications you’ve made,...
Sensors and Accessories sections of AVTECH.com. Notice the Use Alarm Profile drop-down menu next to each sensor. If you have an AVTECH Light Tower, Relay Switch or built-in relays on your Room Alert, Note you may configure Alarm Profiles to toggle them on and off when alarms are detected.
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1. In Sensor Label, you may leave the default label, “Internal Sensor” (or “Ext Sensor 1,” etc.) or rename it to something more descriptive, such as “Server Rm Temp.” Room Alert 32S sensor labels may be up to 30 characters and can include the following: letters, numbers, spaces, and special characters.
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• In Sensor Label, you may leave the default, “Analog 1” or choose something more descriptive, such as “Current Loop 1” or “Cryogenic Temp.” Room Alert 32S sensor labels may be up to 30 characters and can include the following: letters, numbers, spaces, and special characters.
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Profile 1, or choose another Alarm Profile from the drop-down menu. If you have an AVTECH Light Tower, Relay Switch or built-in relays on your Note Room Alert, you may configure Alarm Profiles to toggle them on and off when alarms are detected.
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Alert defaults to alarming on “Closed,” as you can see above; you may, however, need to change that depending on your sensor. AVTECH’s Motion Sensor, for example, is “Open” when it detects movement and “Closed” when it doesn’t; in that case, you’d likely want to configure the sensor to alarm on “Open”...
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Alarm On drop-down menu to avoid confusion or false alerts. Internal Power Sensor Alarm Configuration You may configure the power sensor that is built in to the Room Alert 32S here. This internal power sensor triggers on loss of main power and can send a notification while the battery back-up keeps the Room Alert monitor powered for a short time.
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Profile 1, or choose another Alarm Profile from the drop-down menu. If you have an AVTECH Light Tower, Relay Switch or built-in relays on your Room Alert, you may configure Alarm Profiles to toggle them on and off when Note alarms are detected.
Room Alert 32S (RA32S-DAP-RAS) Alarms Navigate to Settings Alarms to open the Alarm Settings screen. Here you may configure → light towers and relays. Light Tower/Relay Profile Configuration In this example, we’ll select and name a Light Tower w/Audio in LTA 1 and then configure its Profile 1.
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The Room Alert 32S has 5 alarm profiles, plus a default profile. Light Tower & Relay Adapter (LTA) A Light Tower & Relay Adapter gives you the option to add an AVTECH Light Tower, Light Tower w/Audio or Relay Switch to your Room Alert 32S. You may also connect a low- voltage device directly to the built-in relay port on the Light Tower &...
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1. In Relay 1 Label, you may leave the default, “Internal Relay 1,” or enter something more descriptive, such as “Server Rm AC.” Room Alert 32S relay labels may be up to 30 characters and can include the following: letters, numbers, spaces, and special characters.
1. Select the automatically-assigned name in Device Name and enter a new one of up to 30 characters. Room Alert 32S device names may be up to 30 characters and can include the following: letters, numbers, spaces, and special characters.
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Room Alert 32S (RA32S-DAP-RAS) IP Address Configuration—Static IP To assign a static IP address: Use The Following IP Configuration. 1. Select 2. In IP Address, enter the new static IP address. 3. In Subnet Mask, enter the subnet mask. 4. In Default Gateway, enter the gateway IP address.
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Room Alert 32S (RA32S-DAP-RAS) 1. You may uncheck Auto Negotiate and choose: ○ For Speed, 100 Mpbs Mbps. ○ For Duplex, Full or Half. 2. Select Save Settings at the top or bottom of the page. Your Room Alert will automatically reboot and commit your changes.
→ Email Enabled. 1. Check Email Footer Enabled 2. You may leave checked to include AVTECH contact information with email messages. 3. You may check Use Short Message to send a shorter email with a reduced character count. AVTECH Software, Inc.
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Room Alert 32S (RA32S-DAP-RAS) 4. In Mail Server: • In Domain Name/IP, enter the domain name or IP address of your mail server. • In Secure Connection, select the checkbox if your mail server requires SSL or TLS encryption. • In Port, enter your mail server’s SMTP port. The default is 25, a commonly-used port.
Room Alert 32S (RA32S-DAP-RAS) Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Because your Room Alert is fully SNMP-compliant, you have the option to monitor it with -party monitoring application capable of performing SNMP queries. You may configure Room Alert to send SNMP Traps in response to a change in alarm states to up to three host systems running 3 -party SNMP monitoring applications.
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After you select SNMPv3, you’ll see new options appear on the SNMP Settings page. To begin configuring your Room Alert 32S for SNMP v3: 1. Select a Security Level from the drop-down menu. The default is No authentication or privacy.
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Room Alert 32S (RA32S-DAP-RAS) configured to use. The default is HMAC MD5 authentication protocol. • In Authentication Password, enter the authentication password that’s configured in your SNMP monitoring program. • In Privacy Password, enter the privacy password that’s configured in your SNMP monitoring program.
Room Alert 32S (RA32S-DAP-RAS) Security The username and password on your Room Alert 32S protect all of its Settings pages. Default Credentials By default, your Room Alert 32S has these credentials: • Username: admin • Password: password Custom Credentials Navigate to Settings →...
Room Alert 32S (RA32S-DAP-RAS) Advanced You may configure a number of advanced options here, including Status screen defaults, time & date, trace output and push to RoomAlert.com. Navigate to Settings → Advanced to open the Advanced Settings screen. General In the General section, you may set defaults for the Status screen: •...
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Port field. Enable HTTPS • Select the checkbox to enable your Room Alert 32S to use HTTPS for its local web interface. When enabled, your Room Alert Monitor’s local web interface is secured by an SSL certificate issued to *.roomalertmonitor.com.
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Room Alert 32S (RA32S-DAP-RAS) • To configure trace output, first select Enable. • In Port, you may leave the default port, 143, or enter another port number. You may then use any standard telnet or terminal application to view the trace on the configured port.
Room Alert 32S (RA32S-DAP-RAS) For More Information... Visit our Support Center. Go to https://AVTECH.com/Support/ to view our collection of: • Frequently Asked Questions • Installation Notes • Product Tours • and more Find us on YouTube. Go to the AVTECH Software, Inc. YouTube Channel, and let us walk you through the steps to configure alerts &...