interSeptor
- What is it?
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interSeptor is an ethernet environmental monitoring
system that is used to monitor a variety of environmental conditions
in critical IT and comms rooms and racks. |
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What
will I monitor with the interSeptor?
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interSeptor is supplied with a temperature/humidity
sensor as standard and this will usually be a key requirement.
Over-heating in IT rooms due to air conditioning failure is one
of the most common causes of system downtime. |
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Are
they any other uses for interSeptor?
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Yes. interSeptor can accommodate a variety of
optional sensors to detect other environmental alarm conditions:
Water, smoke, security, power. As well as dry contact cables
to provide for your own alarms. |
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How
will I know out about alarms?
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interSeptor can send out emails to up to 4 recipients
to notify both alarms and day to day status conditions. The optional Jacarta
Alert Centre package can also be used to provide SMS and
Voice message alerts. Also, as interSeptor is an SNMP device,
it can integrate into network management system (NMS) if required. |
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When
will interSeptor alerts be triggered?
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For temperature and humidity, it is possible
to configure high/low warning and critical alarm thresholds.
Once these are exceeded interSeptor will provide an alert. For
other sensors (security, water, power, smoke and dry contact),
interSeptor will provide an alert as soon as the sensor switches
to an alarm condition. |
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How
do the sensors connect to the interSeptor?
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All the interSeptor sensors have been designed
for quick and easy installation and monitoring. The temperature
/ humidity probes connect directly into the interSeptor and any
optional sensors are simply connected to the temperature/humidity
probe.
This is a key benefit of the interSeptor design as it helps to
minimise cabling runs to the additional sensors. |
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How
many temperature / humidity or temperature sensors can be
connected to the interSeptor?
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Two temperature or temperature / humidity sensors
can be connected to the interSeptor. |
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How
many optional sensors can be connected?
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Two to each temperature/humidity or temperature
probe. So if you have two temperature/humidity probes with your
interSeptor, you can connect up to 4 optional sensors. |
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What
types of optional sensors are available for interSeptor?
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There are currently five different optional sensors
: smoke, water leak, power, security and dry contact sensors. |
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How
does the interSeptor smoke detector work?
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The interSeptor smoke detector uses an ionosiation
type detection system to check for smoke. When smoke is detected
an audible alarm sounds and the smoke detector sends a signal
to the interSeptor to start the alarm process. |
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How
does the interSeptor water detector work?
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The interSeptor water detector uses a specially
designed cable to detect the presence of moisture at any point
along the length of the cable. The water detection unit will
sound an audible alarm upon detection and also sends a signal
to the interSeptor to start the alarm process. |
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How
does the interSeptor security sensor work?
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The interSeptor security sensors are based around
magnetic reed switches that signal the interSeptor when they
are moved apart. For instance, the two halves of the reed switch
could be located on a door frame and the door respectively, meaning
when the door is opened the alarm signal is sent. |
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How
does the interSeptor voltage sensor work?
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The interSeptor voltage sensor can be plugged
into any standard mains outlet to monitor for power outages.
When a power outage is detected the voltage sensor notifies the
interSeptor which starts the alarm process. |
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How
does the interSeptor dry contact cable work?
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The dry contact cable can be connected to any
device with a suitable normal open / normal close output, such
as a relay output, to give potentially unlimited uses when provided
with suitable sensors. |
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