{"id":14851,"date":"2019-09-12T12:31:47","date_gmt":"2019-09-12T16:31:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/?p=14851"},"modified":"2026-03-14T13:39:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T17:39:38","slug":"an-overview-of-room-alert-link","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/14851\/an-overview-of-room-alert-link\/","title":{"rendered":"An Overview Of Room Alert Link"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If your organization&#8217;s Room Alert Account is at the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Professional upgrade level (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/account.roomalert.com\/pricing\" target=\"_blank\">Professional upgrade level<\/a> or higher, you may take advantage of Room Alert Link. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is Link?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Link is local software that you can install on your computer. It runs in the background as a Windows service. Link sits between RoomAlert.com and your Room Alert Monitors, communicating in both directions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why use it?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Room Alert Link makes it easy to discover your devices locally; plus, it allows RoomAlert.com to more quickly recognize when devices have stopped communicating. With Link, you can manually refresh the sensor data in RoomAlert.com at any time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-row\"><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>Default communication with RoomAlert.com<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By default, your Room Alert Monitors communicate with RoomAlert.com in one direction: the devices push their sensor data up to the account, as shown below. RoomAlert.com waits to receive this data from the device.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/DefaultComm.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/DefaultComm.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27521\" width=\"297\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/DefaultComm.png 593w, https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/DefaultComm-231x300.png 231w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 297px) 100vw, 297px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>Link communication with RoomAlert.com<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Room Alert Link effectively allows for bidirectional communication; RoomAlert.com can ask Link which devices are online and request updated sensor data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/LinkComm.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/LinkComm.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27523\" width=\"746\" height=\"769\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/LinkComm.png 746w, https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/LinkComm-291x300.png 291w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 746px) 100vw, 746px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discovery Features <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-row\"><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">   <strong>NOT USING LINK<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>RoomAlert.com recognizes a device as &#8220;disconnected&#8221; after it misses 2 scheduled pushes. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>As a result, it can take up to two hours (two 1-hour scheduled pushes) for RoomAlert.com to notify you if a device is disconnected.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For more information, please see our FAQ, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/15801\/how-to-configure-a-not-pushing-alert-in-your-roomalert-com-account\/\" target=\"_blank\">How To Configure A &#8216;Not Pushing&#8217; Alert In Your RoomAlert.com Account.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">   <strong>USING LINK<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Link scans your network at a selected interval (15 seconds by default) to determine which Room Alert Monitors are online. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Link sends this information to RoomAlert.com. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If Link reports that a device has dropped off the network, RoomAlert.com can notify you right away.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For more information, please see our FAQ, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Room Alert Link Connection Status (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/14989\/discover-devices-with-link\/\" target=\"_blank\">How To Discover Room Alert Devices With Link<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#bcc3cd;border-radius:5px;-moz-border-radius:5px;-webkit-border-radius:5px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#d6dde7;border-color:#ffffff;color:#305d8c;border-radius:5px;-moz-border-radius:5px;-webkit-border-radius:5px;\">\n\n\n\n<p>For information about installing Link, please see our FAQ, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/14898\/how-to-install-link\/\" target=\"_blank\">How to Install Link<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If your organization&#8217;s Room Alert Account is at the Professional upgrade level or higher, you may take advantage of Room Alert Link. 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