Knowledge Base / Frequently Asked Questions / Room Alert
You may configure alerts for your Room Alert Monitor in one or more of the following ways:
1. Open your Room Alert Monitor’s web interface through one of Room Alert’s discovery utilities. You may also type the IP address of the unit directly into the address bar of your web browser.
2. Select Settings in the navigation bar to the left.
If you’re working with a Room Alert 3 Wi-Fi, select Alert Options at the top of the page.
3. This will open the Sensor Settings page.
4. Here, you can configure thresholds for internal & external digital sensors and set the Alarm On value for switch sensors.
In the example below, we will configure a Digital Temperature Sensor:
– 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.”
– In High and Low, you may leave the default, 0, or enter values for high and low temperature thresholds. Your Room Alert will generate alerts based on these thresholds.
If you’re not sure what temperature or humidity thresholds to enter, please see our article: An Updated Look at Recommended Data Center Temperature and Humidity.
– For information about using the adjust field, please see How To Adjust A Sensor Reading On A Room Alert Monitor.
You may configure the alert state for the external switch sensors in the Switch Sensor Settings fields. Shown below are the default settings.
Your Room Alert 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 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.
To determine the alarm and clear state of your sensor, you may either refer to its Installation Note or check our Frequently Asked Question, What Open & Closed States Mean In AVTECH Switch Sensors.
After you’ve checked what “Open” and “Closed” mean on your switch sensor, configure the following options:
– In Sensor Label, you may leave the default, “Switch 1” (2, 3 or 4) or enter something more descriptive, such as “Ext Motion” or “Main Entry.”
– In Alarm On, select the alarm state (Open or Closed). In our example, the alarm state is Open.
If you’re not using a switch port, choose Disabled from the Alarm On drop-down menu to avoid confusion or false alerts.
5. When you’re done setting your sensor thresholds, select Save Settings. Your Room Alert will automatically reboot and commit your changes.
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You may find Windows Command Prompt at the following path:
To run Windows Command Prompt as an administrator:
If you are using this client, you should configure the general SNMPv3 Credentials, but leave the Read / Write SNMPv3 Credentials section blank.
| Current S models | Current E models |
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| Room Alert 32S | Room Alert 32E |
| Room Alert 12S | Room Alert 12E |
| Room Alert 4E | |
| Room Alert 3E | |
| Current S models | Current E models |
|---|---|
| Room Alert 32S | Room Alert 32E |
| Room Alert 12S | Room Alert 12E |
| Room Alert 3S | Room Alert 4E |
| Room Alert 3E | |
| Room Alert 3W |
