Avtech room alert 32e/w, User Manual

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Page 4: ...on or otherwise Trademark Acknowledgements AlertScript AVTECH the AVTECH Logo AVTECH Software the AVTECH System Manager Character AVTECH com AVTECHSoftware com Environment Alarm Environment Monitoring Made Easy EnvironmentMonitor com GoToMyDevices com IT Environment Monitoring Made Easy MUPS Device Discovery Device ManageR Protect Your Facility Don t Wait Until It s Too Late Protect Your IT Enviro...

Page 5: ... Ethernet PoE Enabled 8 Step 2 Open And View Your Room Alert 32E In Your Web Browser 9 With The Built In Interface 9 With Device ManageR For Advanced Functionality 9 Step 3 Install Additional Components 10 Connect Included External Sensors 10 Connect Other Compatible Components 11 How To Use Room Alert 32E s Web Interface 12 Status 12 Current Sensor Status Bar 13 Sensor Display Area 14 Settings 15...

Page 6: ...nload Firmware Software Updates From AVTECH com 51 How To Update Room Alert 32E s Firmware 51 How To Discover Room Alert 32E When Your Network Blocks UDP Broadcasts 52 How To Reset Room Alert 32E To Factory Defaults 52 Introduction To AVTECH s Device ManageR 54 Protect Your Facility Don t Wait Until It s Too Late AVTECH com ...

Page 7: ...xpand its functionality with AVTECH s Device ManageR the powerful software bundled FREE with all Room Alert monitors Have the flexibility to monitor with any SNMP enabled 3rd party monitoring application Know immediately when physical conditions change Set alert thresholds for the built in and bundled external temperature sensor from 40 to 185 F 40 to 85 C Set alert thresholds for the built in hum...

Page 8: ...ture Additional Information The Room Alert 32W wireless package includes all of the above plus One 1 Internal Wireless Assembly Coaxial Port One 1 External Antenna w 13 Cable Magnetic Mount One 1 External Wireless Sensor Hub WiSH Ethernet Port Digital Ports 8 Light Tower Relay Adapter Ports 2 Power Status LED PoE WLAN GSM LEDs Wireless Coaxial Port RA32W only Analog Input Ports 2 Switch Sensor Por...

Page 9: ...gital Sensor Ports Eight 8 standard RJ 11 jacks connect any AVTECH digital sensor to your Room Alert 32E via a standard RJ 11 straight through telephone cord WiSH Signal Strength LEDs Wireless Model Only Three 3 LEDs indicate the signal strength of the last WiSH or WiSPR sensor to communicate with your Room Alert 32W 3 Strong signal 1 Weak signal POE WLAN GSM LEDs Three 3 LEDs indicate in use stat...

Page 10: ... Relay Adapter to your Room Alert 32E via a standard RJ 11 straight through telephone cord Back Relay Output Two 2 sets of contacts connect any low voltage device to your Room Alert 32E via standard speaker wire Analog Input Two 2 set of contacts connect any low voltage analog sensor to your Room Alert 32E via standard speaker wire Coaxial Port Wireless Model Only A coaxial jack connects your Room...

Page 11: ... to factory default settings Please push softly On Off Button A push button turns the Room Alert 32E s internal battery back up on and off Power Port A standard power port connects Room Alert 32E to an electrical outlet with any AVTECH International Power Adapter Look for the AVTECH logo Using another power adapter could damage the Room Alert 32E s circuit board and void the warranty If you need o...

Page 12: ...Is Not Power Over Ethernet PoE Enabled A Connect To Your Network First Connect one end of a standard Ethernet cable to the Room Alert 32E s Ethernet port Connect the other end to a network jack B Then Connect To A Power Source Plug one end of AVTECH s International Power Adapter into the Room Alert 32E s power port Plug the other end into a surge protected power source Your Room Alert 32E is now p...

Page 13: ...ilt In Interface Enter your Room Alert 32E s IP address in your web browser s address bar to access the interface OR 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 ...

Page 14: ...e standard with the Room Alert 32E and 32W packages Room Alert 32W Model Only AVTECH s wireless model the Room Alert 32W comes with the external sensors above plus the External Antenna w 13 Cable Magnetic Mount and a Wireless Sensor Hub WiSH Please install these items according to the Installation Notes that accompany them The Room Alert 32W has a capacity to monitor ten 10 Wireless Sensor Hubs Wi...

Page 15: ...onents If you purchased additional components that are compatible install them according to the Installation Notes included with them Please refer to Status Settings and Alarm Options in this manual for instructions on viewing and configuring your external sensors NOTE ...

Page 16: ...may either Select your Room Alert 32E in Device ManageR and click the Open Web button or Type the IP address of your Room Alert 32E monitor directly into the address bar of your web browser Your Room Alert 32E s web interface has 4 tabs Status Settings Help About Status To view your Room Alert 32E s current sensor status click Status in the navigation bar at the top of your screen ...

Page 17: ...X at the right To temporarily modify the refresh interval of the Status screen while viewing which is 60 seconds i e every 1 minute by default you may enter a value in seconds in the Update Every field Click outside the field to temporarily commit the change To temporarily toggle the temperature scale between Fahrenheit F and Celsius C click Fahrenheit or Celsius TIP Your Room Alert 32E must be co...

Page 18: ...ollows Relay Output 2 Internal Sensors Temp Humidity 1 Analog Input 2 when enabled in Settings Power 1 Digital Sensors 8 When enabled in Settings Light Tower or Relay Switch 2 Switch Sensors 16 Wireless Sensors Room Alert 32W only Sensors connected to the Analog Input ports and Light Tower Relay Switch ports do not appear in Status until you enable them in the Settings screen Refer to Settings in ...

Page 19: ... state Grey circle Sensor has no alarm threshold set Red circle with X mark Sensor is in an alarm state Settings To access your Room Alert 32E s settings click Settings in the navigation bar at the top of your screen TIP You ll see a prompt for your username and password whenever you click Settings If you have not set up a password for your Room Alert 32E simply click OK without entering anything ...

Page 20: ...Click Save Settings in the navigation bar to the left of your screen Your Room Alert 32E will automatically reboot and commit your changes IP Address Configuration DHCP To obtain an IP address automatically using DHCP 1 Select Obtain IP Address Automatically 2 Typically leave the BOOTP DHCP and AutoIP at their default Enabled 3 Click Accept Changes at the bottom of your screen to temporarily save ...

Page 21: ...t Changes 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 7 Click Save Settings in the navigation bar to the left of your screen Your Room Alert 32E will automatically reboot and commit your changes TIP Make sure that you do not use an IP address that is alre...

Page 22: ... 1024 or enter a value as low as 512 2 You may uncheck Auto Negotiate and choose For Speed 100 Mpbs or 10 Mbps For Duplex Full or Half 3 In Gratuitous ARP Broadcasts you may leave the default Enabled or choose Disabled 4 Click Accept Changes 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 s...

Page 23: ...to send a shorter email with a reduced character count 4 In Mail Server Port enter your mail server s SMTP port The default is 25 a commonly used port 5 In Timeout you may leave the default 5 seconds or enter another interval 6 In the Mail Server field enter the domain name or IP address of your mail server 7 In the Return Address From field enter an email address that resides on your mail server ...

Page 24: ...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 13 Click Save Settings in the navigation bar to the left of your screen Your Room Alert 32E will automatically reboot and commit your changes When your Room Alert reboots return to the Email Settings screen and cli...

Page 25: ...ems running 3rd party SNMP monitoring applications If you use a 3rd party SNMP monitoring application Obtain the Room Alert 32E MIB files through your customer account at AVTECH com Downloads and load them into your SNMP monitoring application Otherwise your application cannot properly translate the data it receives in the SNMP Trap Ensure that your application uses SNMPv1 Note that your Room Aler...

Page 26: ... 5 Click Accept Changes 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 6 Click Save Settings in the navigation bar to the left of your screen Your Room Alert 32E will automatically reboot and commit your changes TIP Room Alert 32E sends values to your 3rd pa...

Page 27: ...e IP address of the host system that runs your 3rd party SNMP monitoring application 2 In Trap Sent IP 2 and Trap Send IP 3 you may enter the IP addresses of other host systems that run 3rd party SNMP monitoring applications or leave the default 0 0 0 3 Click Accept Changes at the bottom of your screen to temporarily save your settings You may now navigate to another screen however if you close th...

Page 28: ...tch sensors connected to your Room Alert 32E in this screen Your Room Alert 32E sends alerts based on these thresholds Navigate to Settings Sensors to open the Sensor Settings screen For more information about AVTECH sensors and accessories please refer to the Appendix at the back of this manual or visit the Sensors and Accessories sections of AVTECH com NOTE ...

Page 29: ...d clear when it rises above 61º Internal Sensor Alarm Configuration Internal Temperature Humidity Sensor You may configure alert thresholds for the Internal Temperature Humidity Sensor in the Internal Sensor Alarm Configuration field The temperature range is 40 to 185 F 40 to 85 C and the humidity range is 5 to 95 RH 1 In Sensor Label you may leave the default label Internal Sensor or rename it to...

Page 30: ... Click Save Settings in the navigation bar to the left of your screen Your Room Alert 32E will automatically reboot and commit your changes Sensor 1 8 Alarm Configuration External Digital Sensors You may configure alert thresholds for the eight 8 external digital sensors in the Sensor 1 8 Alarm Configuration fields In the sample screen below you see the included external Digital Temperature Sensor...

Page 31: ...sholds Your Room Alert 32E will generate alerts in response to these thresholds 4 Enter a value in the Adjust field to calibrate your digital sensor if its reading differs from a known value at that location 5 In Use Alarm Profile which controls devices connected through the Light Tower Relay Adapter Ports you may leave the default Profile 1 or choose another Alarm Profile from the drop down menu ...

Page 32: ...ngs You may configure your 0 5 VDC analog sensor in these fields In the example below we are configuring AVTECH s Current Loop 1 In the set of fields on the right of the screen click Enable to turn on the Reference Scale and Units fields In Reference enter values from 5 to 0 that represent the High and Low points of your analog sensor s output signal range In the case of the Current Loop which out...

Page 33: ...mple we entered a conversion scale of 0 to 10 amps in the previous step for the Current Loop and we ve chosen to generate alarms at the high and low thresholds of 6 and 2 amps Note that if you decided not to enable the Reference Scale and Units fields in the previous step you must enter numbers within the range 0 to 5 for 0 5 VDC In Sensor Label you may leave the default Analog Sensor 1 or choose ...

Page 34: ...ge 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 The Alarm And Clear State Of Your Switch Sensor To determine the alarm and clear state of your sensor you may either refer to its Installation Note or see for yourself by ph...

Page 35: ...eave the default Switch 1 2 3 or 4 or enter something more descriptive such as Ext Motion or Main Entry 2 In Alarm On select the alarm state Open or Closed which you determined on the Status page In our example the alarm state is Open 3 In Use Alarm Profile which controls devices connected through the Light Tower Relay Adapter Ports you may leave the default Profile 1 or choose another Alarm Profi...

Page 36: ...ted through the Light Tower Relay Adapter Ports you may leave the default Profile 1 or choose another Alarm Profile from the drop down menu 4 Click Accept Changes 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 5 Click Save Settings in the navigation bar to t...

Page 37: ...You may now navigate to another screen however if you close the web interface before the next step you will lose your changes 3 Click Save Settings in the navigation bar to the left of your screen Your Room Alert 32E will automatically reboot and commit your changes Alarm Options Navigate to Settings Alarm Options to open the Alarm Options screen Here you may configure devices connected through yo...

Page 38: ...itch Sensor You may also connect a low voltage device directly to the available relay port Shown here is a sample configuration Room Alert 32E RJ 11 Cable Light Tower Relay Adapter Light Tower Custom Cord Light Tower w Audio The Light Tower w Audio in this configuration can be replaced with a standard Light Tower or Relay Switch Sensor For more information about AVTECH sensors and accessories plea...

Page 39: ...nds Here you may select On or Off from the drop down list for each feature of the device In the On Boot column Select what each feature does response to the Room Alert 32E rebooting The default is Off In the Profile 1 5 columns Create up to 5 different sets of on off actions to associate with sensors when they go in and out of an alarm state The default for each feature is Off 4 Above you see the ...

Page 40: ... and out of an alarm state In this example we ve configured Profile 1 and left Profiles 2 through 5 at the default of None Associate Alarm Profiles With Sensors Each sensor is set at Profile 1 by default the Light Tower built in LTA Relay Relay Switch Sensor and built in Relay Output execute Profile 1 when that sensor goes into an alarm state Once you have configured at least 1 more profile you ma...

Page 41: ...f your screen Your Room Alert 32E will automatically reboot and commit your changes WiSH Sensors Navigate to Settings WiSH Sensors to access your wireless sensor hubs A Wireless Sensor Hub WiSH is included with Room Alert 32W AVTECH also offers a Wireless Sensor Hub Powered Relay WiSPR Your web interface automatically detects WiSH and or WiSPR hubs that are in range Below you see the WiSH Sensor S...

Page 42: ...he interface automatically detects and displays the WiSH sensor s serial number In this example WiSH Sensor 1 s serial number is 123456789012 4 Record this number on the label on the bottom of your sensor so you ll know which physical WiSH corresponds to what you re seeing in the interface TIP Room Alert 32W can support up to 10 WiSH or WiSPR hubs at one time This adds a capacity of 40 additional ...

Page 43: ...Alarm Configuration in this manual for instructions on configuring the external switch sensor you connect to the WiSH External Switch Sensor Alarm Configuration Please refer to External Switch Sensor Settings 1 16 in this manual for instructions on configuring the external switch sensors you connect to the WiSH 6 In Alarm Profile which controls devices connected through the Light Tower Relay Adapt...

Page 44: ...r screen Your Room Alert 32E will automatically reboot and commit your changes Repeat the steps above for each discovered WiSH A maximum of ten WiSH or WiSPR hubs can be used with each Room Alert 32W monitor Please see the next section WiSH Options for more configurable WiSH features If you have a Light Tower or Relay Switch Sensor connected to your Room Alert via a Light Tower Relay Adapter you m...

Page 45: ...iss before an alarm is generated You may enter a value between 10 and 254 the default it 10 This prevents false alerts if the wireless signal is temporarily interrupted 3 In WiSH Sensors Enabled 0 10 you may specify the maximum number of WiSH or WiSPR units you want to monitor You may leave the default 10 or enter a lower number WiSH Sensor Filter Configuration In this section you may block your R...

Page 46: ...WiSH to highlight it Select Accept Changes at the bottom of the page to move that WiSH to the Blocked WiSH Sensors box 3 Then select Save Settings in the navigation bar to the left Your Room Alert 32W will automatically reboot and commit your changes To unblock that WiSH perform the same steps on it moving it from the Blocked WiSH Sensors box back to the Allowed WiSH Sensors box ...

Page 47: ...s 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 4 Click Save Settings in the navigation bar to the left of your screen Your Room Alert 32E will automatically reboot and commit your changes If you forget your password you can reset your Room Alert 32E settin...

Page 48: ...igure a number of advanced options here including Status screen defaults Device ManageR Push time date and trace output Navigate to Settings Advanced to open the Advanced Settings screen Status Page Configuration You may set defaults for the Status screen here ...

Page 49: ...Your Room Alert 32E will automatically reboot and commit your changes Device ManageR Push Configuration By default Device ManageR queries your Room Alert 32E for sensor values at defined intervals However you may configure your Room Alert 32E to proactively send sensor updates to Device ManageR by enabling Device ManageR Push Enabling Device ManageR Push is an advantage for two reasons Your Room A...

Page 50: ...n You may set the time and date defaults for your Room Alert 32E here 1 In Time Zone select your time zone from the drop down list Greenwich Mean Time GMT is the default 2 In Time Display you may select the 12 or 24 hour format from the drop down list The 24 hour setting is the default 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 ...

Page 51: ...t 24 Hours or choose another interval as frequent as 10 minutes from the drop down list You may also disable time synchronization by selecting Disabled from the drop down list You may manually synchronize the time by clicking Update Now Clicking this button does not affect the Auto Refresh interval 8 Click Accept Changes at the bottom of your screen to temporarily save your settings You may now na...

Page 52: ...ce output 1 Select Enable Tracing 2 In Trace Port you may leave the default port 143 or enter another port number 3 Click Accept Changes 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 4 Click Save Settings in the navigation bar to the left of your screen You...

Page 53: ...ECH support resources You may find the version number and release date of the firmware that is installed on your Room Alert 32E on this screen To check if your Room Alert 32E has the most current version select Click Here To Check For Updates TIP Your Room Alert 32E must be connected to the internet to check for newer firmware versions Thank you Day Month Year ...

Page 54: ... sales and support resources You may find the version number and release date of the firmware that is installed on your Room Alert 32E on this screen To check if your Room Alert 32E has the most current version click Click Here To Check For Updates TIP Your Room Alert 32E must be connected to the internet to check for newer firmware versions Thank you Day Month Year ...

Page 55: ...oducts you are currently enabled for To download click the Download Now button next to the appropriate product How To Update Room Alert 32E s Firmware 1 Download and save the most recent firmware update for Room Alert 32E from your customer account at AVTECH com Downloads 2 Open AVTECH s Device ManageR If you don t already have it installed download it from your customer account 3 Select the Room ...

Page 56: ...2E s IP address or the range of IP addresses assigned to DHCP devices on your network 5 Click Begin Scan which initiates a TCP scan on port 30718 6 When the scan is complete click Close Window and your Room Alert 32E should be automatically added to the list of discovered devices How To Reset Room Alert 32E To Factory Defaults You may need to reset your Room Alert 32E to factory defaults if You ar...

Page 57: ...rt 32E is not accessible on the network to reset it to factory defaults 1 With your Room Alert 32E 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 2 Your Room Alert 32E will automatically reboot and attempt to obtain an IP address via DHCP 3 To automatically discover your Room Alert...

Page 58: ...sor data for a comprehensive history of environmental conditions Control the log file size automatically Manage Unlimited Network Cameras View all of your Axis camera displays simultaneously and control who has access Automatically email Axis camera snapshots in response to alert conditions Customize your alerts with links to your Axis cameras for one click access to real time video Expand Device ...

Page 59: ...nagement of your contact and billing information During your active subscription to GoToMyDevices AVTECH will make all of the above available to the subscriber and those people they share their subscription with However GoToMyDevices is more than just a source for downloads technical support and managing your account It is AVTECH s advanced cloud solution for monitoring Room Alert devices the worl...

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