SensorHost Information

How does it work? Small, low cost sensor boxes are connected to the internet via Wi-Fi using your existing internet connection and the items you wish to monitor. These sensor boxes communicate with our web server, providing both measurement and control. Using the SensorHost web site, you can assign conditions (triggers) to individual sensor box signals that can perform an action (alert) when the condition is met. Actions are capable of sending emails, SMS text messages, and controlling an output on any of your sensor boxes (where the sensor box has an output). What is a sensor box? Sensor boxes are small physical electronic devices that connect what you want to measure to the internet and our web server. A single sensor box can have inputs (for measuring) and/or outputs (for controlling) depending on its model and configuration. Various models of sensor boxes are available to measure various things such as temperature, humidity, pressure, switches (dry contacts) and more. New sensor box models are being developed all the time, with voltage, current, and solar radiation currently in the design stage. Why do I need it? Sensorhost was originally developed for monitoring and alerting of refrigerated medicine stores. Some medicines (including vaccines) are required to be stored at very specific temperatures to ensure it remains effective. A single medicine fridge may have tens of thousands of dollars of product being stored. A failure of the fridge could have various consequences from ineffective medicine to large replacement costs of product. Using Sensorhost to monitor the fridge, and alert the owner to a temperature problem if one occurs, allows the product to be relocated, or the fridge repaired before the product is no good. If you are business with cold storage (cafe', restaurant, food manufacturing), think what would be the cost to your business if the cold storage failed Sunday night? When you open for business Monday morning, you may need to replace thousands of dollars of stock! Sensorhost can alert you ...