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How To Set The Sensor Type For Your External Digital Sensor

If you connect a Temperature & Analog sensor, Temperature & Active Power sensor or Temperature & Air Flow sensor to your Room Alert Monitor, you must manually set its Sensor Type; otherwise, the sensor type is set to “Temperature / Humidity” by default.

To set the Sensor Type in your Room Alert Monitor’s web interface follow these steps:

1. First 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. Next, navigate to the device’s Settings –> Sensors page.

3. Scroll to your external digital sensor(s), the total number of which will vary depending on the Room Alert model.

4. Find the digital sensor interface that matches the port you connected your sensor to.

5. Notice that the drop-down list in Sensor Type defaults to Temp/Humidity.

– If you’re working with a Temperature & Analog sensor, select Temp/Analog.

– If you’re working with Temperate & Active Power sensor, select Temp/Active Power.

6. Select Save Settings at the top or bottom of the page. Your Room Alert Monitor will automatically reboot and commit your changes.

7. Your Room Alert Status page will now show the correct sensor type.

– This will be updated at RoomAlert.com and Room Alert Manager, as well.

The Temperature & Analog sensor, Temperature & Active Power sensor, and Temperature & Air Flow sensor do not have the capability to measure humidity. If you leave the Sensor Type set to Temp/Humidity, you will not get an accurate humidity reading from these sensors.
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Room Alert Link- Supported Firmware Updates



Current S modelsCurrent E models
Room Alert 32SRoom Alert 32E
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Room Alert Manager - Compatible Devices

The latest version of Room Alert Manager supports only the devices below.

It does not support any legacy Room Alert or TemPageR models.

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Room Alert 32SRoom Alert 32E
Room Alert 12SRoom Alert 12E
Room Alert 3SRoom Alert 4E
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