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User’s Guide & Reference Manual Room Alert S Models (32S, 12S & 3S) AVTECH Software, Inc. AVTECH.com...
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Ports Ports Back Relay Analog Switch Reset Power Output Input Sensor Button Port Ports Ports Ports Battery (16) Back-up On / Off Button Internal Sensors • Temperature • Humidity • Power • Battery Back-up AVTECH Software, Inc. Page 4 AVTECH.com...
Internal Sensors Button Input Sensor • Port Ports Temperature Relay Output Port Room Alert 3S Front Back Internal Sensors Power Ethernet • Temperature Reset Switch Digital Port Port Button Sensor Sensor (PoE enabled) Port Port AVTECH Software, Inc. Page 5 AVTECH.com...
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 via an Ethernet Port RJ-45 Ethernet cable.
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 5V 1A Power Adapter, NOTE please visit our online store at AVTECH.com...
Your Room Alert’s web interface has 3 tabs: • Status • Settings • Help Status To view your Room Alert’s current sensor status, select Status in the navigation bar to the left of your screen. AVTECH Software, Inc. Page 8 AVTECH.com...
• Whether push to RoomAlert.com is enabled. • Whether the Room Alert monitor is connected to your RoomAlert.com account. • The time & date the Room Alert monitor last pushed sensor data to your RoomAlert.com account. AVTECH Software, Inc. Page 9 AVTECH.com...
Green circle with “ ” mark ....Sensor is in a clear state. Red circle with “X” mark ....Sensor is in an alarm state. No status icon ........Sensor has no thresholds set. AVTECH Software, Inc. Page 10 AVTECH.com...
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Sensors connected to analog input ports and light tower & relay ports do not appear Note on the Status page until you enable them in the Settings screen. Refer to Settings this manual for instructions. AVTECH Software, Inc. Page 11 AVTECH.com...
To save a setting, click out of the field you just modified and notice that a notification bar appears at the top and bottom of the page. This notification bar contains the following items: • A list of Settings pages you have unsaved changes on. AVTECH Software, Inc. Page 12 AVTECH.com...
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Before you save, if you decide you don’t want the changes you just entered, you may re-load the page(s) without them by using the Clear Changes button. Settings will re-load without your modifications. The Room Alert does not reboot, and any already-saved settings remain. AVTECH Software, Inc. Page 13 AVTECH.com...
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, you may Note configure Alarm Profiles to toggle them on and off when alarms are detected. Please...
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Profile 1, or choose another profile from the drop-down menu. 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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Analog Sensor Settings You may configure the 0-5 VDC analog sensor connected to your device’s built-in analog port(s) in these fields. In the example below, we are configuring AVTECH’s Current Loop 1. 1. First, enable the sensor by selecting Enabled in the set of fields to the right of the sensor configurations.
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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, Note you may configure Alarm Profiles to toggle them on and off when alarms are detected.
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“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” or when motion is detected.
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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, Note you may configure Alarm Profiles to toggle them on and off when alarms are detected.
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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, Note you may configure Alarm Profiles to toggle them on and off when alarms are detected.
Light Tower: Red/Yellow/Green/Audio for the Light Tower w/ Audio. 3. Once you choose your device, the Alarm Profile configuration grid beneath it expands. Notice that all features are set to -None- by default. AVTECH Software, Inc. Page 21 AVTECH.com...
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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. You may also connect a low-voltage device directly to the built-in relay port on the Light Tower &...
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Room Alert 32S, you can see we have 5 profiles to choose from: 1. Navigate to Settings → Sensors. 2. Find your sensor’s interface and choose the profile you’ve configured from the drop-down list in Use Alarm Profile. AVTECH Software, Inc. Page 23 AVTECH.com...
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Save Settings at the top or bottom of the page. Your Room Alert will automatically reboot and commit your changes. Alarm Profiles affect only light towers and relays; they do not affect email alerts. AVTECH Software, Inc. Page 24 AVTECH.com...
To obtain an IP address automatically using DHCP: 1. Select Obtain IP Address Automatically, which is the default setting. 2. Select Save Settings at the top or bottom of the page. Your Room Alert will automatically reboot and commit your changes. AVTECH Software, Inc. Page 25 AVTECH.com...
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Typically, you may leave the Ethernet Configuration section at the defaults, which are shown below. However, if you connect your Room Alert to a managed switch that controls your network traffic, you may need to change these settings: AVTECH Software, Inc. Page 26 AVTECH.com...
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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. AVTECH Software, Inc. Page 27 AVTECH.com...
1. Check Email Enabled. 2. You may leave Email Footer Enabled 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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Your Room Alert will automatically reboot and commit your changes. When your Room Alert reboots, return to the Email Settings screen and select Send Test Email to send a test email to the addresses you entered in Email Recipients. AVTECH Software, Inc. Page 29 AVTECH.com...
General SNMP Configuration 1. Select Download SNMP MIB File to download the Room Alert MIB files. 2. You may select Use 2 Digit SNMP if you prefer to receive values in 2-digit rather than 4-digit format. AVTECH Software, Inc. Page 30 AVTECH.com...
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• In Authorization Protocol, select the protocol that your SNMP monitoring program is 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. AVTECH Software, Inc. Page 31 AVTECH.com...
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2. In Trap Send IP 2 and Trap Send IP 3, you may enter the IP addresses of other host systems that run -party SNMP monitoring applications, or leave the default, 0.0.0.0. 3. Select Save Settings at the top or bottom of the page. Your Room Alert will automatically reboot and commit your changes. AVTECH Software, Inc. Page 32 AVTECH.com...
2. In New Password, you may create a password of up to 50 characters. 3. Re-enter the password in the Confirm Password field to verify. 4. Select Save Settings at the top or bottom of the page. Your Room Alert will automatically reboot and commit your changes. AVTECH Software, Inc. Page 33 AVTECH.com...
• In Unit of Speed, you may choose Feet Per Minute (f/m) Meters Per Second (m/s) from the drop-down list. Feet Per Minute (f/m) is the default. This setting is used with the Digital Temperature & Air Flow sensor. AVTECH Software, Inc. Page 34 AVTECH.com...
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You may configure your Room Alert for trace output, which is useful for troubleshooting. Trace output shows the communication between your Room Alert and your mail server, as well as other information, such as the current firmware version, IP address, MAC address, and requests to web pages. AVTECH Software, Inc. Page 35 AVTECH.com...
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• Your Room Alert can immediately send an update to the software when it detects an alarm, regardless of any intervals you have configured either in this section or in the Room Alert Manager discovery interval. AVTECH Software, Inc. Page 36 AVTECH.com...
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To reset your device to defaults: 1. Select the Reset To Factory Defaults button. 2. In the confirmation box that appears, select Reset Now to proceed with the reset process, or select Cancel to close the window. AVTECH Software, Inc. Page 37 AVTECH.com...
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