Avtech Room Alert 32S User manual

User’s Guide & Reference Manual
AVTECH Software, Inc. Temperature & Environment Monitoring... Made Easy! AVTECH.com
Room Alert 32S
AVTECH
Room Alert®32S
Temperature & Environment Monitoring... Made Easy!

Copyright Information
© Copyright 1988-2020 AVTECH Software Inc.
All Rights Reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced for commercial benet in any form or by any
means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without prior written permission of AVTECH Software Inc.,
except in the case of brief quotations embodied in articles and reviews. Making copies of any part of this book for
any purpose other than your individual use is a violation of United States copyright laws and international treaty
provisions. For information or additional copies, contact AVTECH Software Inc., as directed below. Published in the
United States of America.
Warning and Disclaimer
This publication is shipped as is, without warranty of any kind, either express or implied. While every precaution
has been taken in the preparation of this publication, the publisher and authors assume no responsibility for errors
or omissions. Neither is any liability assumed for damages resulting from the use of the information or instructions
contained herein. It is further stated that the publisher and authors are not responsible for any damage or loss to your
data or equipment that may result directly or indirectly from your use of this publication and the related hardware &
software. Nothing on any AVTECH website or in documentation shall be construed as conferring any license under any
of the AVTECH Software (AVTECH) or any third party’s intellectual property rights, whether by estoppel, implication, or
otherwise.
Trademark Acknowledgements
AlertScript, AVTECH, the AVTECH Logo, AVTECH Software, the AVTECH System Manager Character, AVTECH.com,
AVTECHSoftware.com, Environment Alarm, “Environment Monitoring Made Easy!”, EnvironmentMonitor.com, “IT
Environment Monitoring Made Easy!”, MUPS, Device Discovery, Device ManageR, “Protect Your Facility... Don’t Wait
Until It’s Too Late!”, “Protect Your IT Environment... Don’t Wait Until It’s Too Late!”, Room Alert, Room Alert Signal
Tower, Signal Tower, RoomAlert.com, RoomAlert.co.uk, RoomAlert.eu, TemPageR, TemPageR.com and “Temperature
Monitoring Made Easy!”, WiSH, and WiSPR, are trademarks or registered trademarks of AVTECH Software Inc. Any
other trademarks, product or company names mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners and used
strictly for the purpose of identifying compatibility. AVTECH Software Inc. cannot attest to the accuracy of any other
organization’s ownership claim to a trademark and use of any trademark in this publication should not be regarded as
aecting the validity of any trademark or service mark.
Contact Us
Worldwide Headquarters
AVTECH Software, Inc.
16 Cutler Street, Cutler Mill
Warren, RI 02885-2761 USA
Visit us on the web at AVTECH.com
Log in to your account at RoomAlert.com
Sales
Need to expand your monitoring capacity? Visit our online store 24/7 at https://AVTECH.com/Products/
Environment_Monitors/
Want expert advice? Contact our Product Specialists Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM EST (excluding holidays).
[email protected]
Quote Request at https://AVTECH.com/quote/
Live Sales Chat at https://AVTECH.com/
888-220-6700 (In the USA & Canada, toll-free)
401-628-1600 (Outside the USA & Canada)
Technical Support
Questions about your product? Get answers 24/7 at our online Support Center.
Need more help? Contact our Technical Support Specialists Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM EST (excluding
holidays).
[email protected]
Live Support Chat at https://AVTECH.com/support/
888-220-6700 (In the USA & Canada, toll-free)
401-628-1600 (Outside the USA & Canada)
AVT-200327-1.0.0

AVTECH Software, Inc. Page 2 AVTECH.com
Room Alert 32S (RA32S-DAP-RAS)
Table of Contents
Room Alert 32S Package Contents ............................................................. 3
The Room Alert 32S ID Box .................................................................. 3
Front ............................................................................................. 3
Back.............................................................................................. 3
How To Install Your Room Alert 32S ........................................................... 6
Step 1: Connect Your Room Alert 32S Hardware ..................................... 6
A. If Your Network Is Power Over Ethernet (PoE) Enabled ..................... 6
B. If Your Network Is Not Power Over Ethernet (PoE) Enabled ............... 6
Step 2: Connect External Sensors And Other Compatible Components........ 6
How To Use Your Room Alert 32S Web Interface .......................................... 7
Status................................................................................................ 7
Banner & Header............................................................................. 8
Sensor Display Area ........................................................................ 9
Settings ........................................................................................... 11
Sensors ....................................................................................... 13
Alarms......................................................................................... 20
Network....................................................................................... 23
Email........................................................................................... 25
SNMP .......................................................................................... 28
Security ....................................................................................... 31
Advanced ..................................................................................... 32
For More Information ............................................................................. 35
AVT-200325-1.0.0

AVTECH Software, Inc. Page 3 AVTECH.com
Room Alert 32S (RA32S-DAP-RAS)
Room Alert 32S Hardware
Front
92510 6
Power
Port
Internal Sensors
• Temperature
• Humidity
• Power
• Battery Back-up
Back
Battery
Back-up
On / O
Button
Switch
Sensor
Ports
(16)
Reset
Button
Relay
Output
Ports
(2)
8711
31
4
Power
LED
Digital
Sensor
Ports
(8)
Ethernet
Port
Alarm
LEDs
Light Tower &
Relay Adapter
Ports
(2)
Analog
Input
Ports
(2)
(PoE enabled)

AVTECH Software, Inc. Page 4 AVTECH.com
Room Alert 32S (RA32S-DAP-RAS)
Internal Temperature Sensor
An internal digital sensor monitors ambient
temperature with a range of -40° to 185° F (-40°
to 85° C).
Internal Humidity Sensor An internal digital sensor monitors relative
humidity with a range of 5% to 95% RH.
Internal Power Sensor An internal sensor monitors the power state (main
power or battery-back up power).
Internal Battery Back-up An internal battery back-up can power Room Alert
32S for up to 15 minutes.
Power Port
A standard power port connects Room Alert to an
electrical outlet with any AVTECH 5V 1A Power
Adapter. Models are available for all countries.
Ethernet Port An RJ-45 port connects Room Alert to your network
via an RJ-45 Ethernet cable.
Reset Button A small push button resets Room Alert to factory
default settings. (Please push softly.)
Switch Sensor Ports
Dry contacts connect Room Alert to any AVTECH
switch sensor or dry contact on a device (e.g.,
HVAC, generator, pump, fan, etc.) via standard
speaker wire or low-voltage 2-wire cable.
Digital Ports
Standard RJ-11 jacks connects any AVTECH digital
sensor to Room Alert via a standard RJ-11 (straight
through) telephone cord.
Light Tower & Relay Adapter Ports
A standard RJ-11 jack connects a Light Tower &
Relay Adapter to Room Alert via a standard RJ11
(straight through) telephone cord.
Analog Input Ports
Sets of contacts connect any low-voltage analog
sensor to your Room Alert via standard speaker
wire.
Relay Output Ports Sets of contacts connect any low-voltage device to
your Room Alert via standard speaker wire.
Power Status LED
An LED indicates the power status of Room Alert
32S (Green = Main or PoE, Red = Internal UPS
power).
Alarm LEDs
LEDs light red or green to indicate alarm or clear
status of Digital or Switch sensors (Green = Clear,
Red = Alarm).
Battery Back-up On / O Button A push button turns the Room Alert’s internal
battery back-up on and o.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Room Alert 32S Hardware Features

AVTECH Software, Inc. Page 5 AVTECH.com
Room Alert 32S (RA32S-DAP-RAS)
Standard Room Alert 32S Package
The standard package includes:
• One (1) Room Alert 32S ID Box
• One (1) External Digital Active Power Sensor
• One (1) AVTECH 5V 1A Power Adapter
• One (1) Ethernet Cable (10’)
AVT-200325-1.0.0

AVTECH Software, Inc. Page 6 AVTECH.com
Room Alert 32S (RA32S-DAP-RAS)
How To Install Your Room Alert 32S
Connect Your Room Alert Hardware
If Your Network Is Power Over Ethernet (PoE) Enabled
• Connect one end of a standard Ethernet cable to
the Room Alert’s Ethernet port.
• Connect the other end to a PoE-enabled network
jack.
That’s it! Your Room Alert is now powered and
discoverable on your network.
If Your Network Is Not Power Over Ethernet (PoE) Enabled
A. Connect To Your Network First
• Connect one end of a standard Ethernet cable to the Room Alert Ethernet port.
• Connect the other end to a network jack.
B. Then Connect To A Power Source
• Plug one end of AVTECH’s 5V 1A Power Adapter into the Room
Alert power port.
• Plug the other end into a surge-protected power source.
Your Room Alert is now powered and discoverable on your network!
NOTE
Connect Included External Sensors And Other Compatible Components
Please install included external sensors and any other compatible components you may have
purchased according to their Installation Notes, available at AVTECH.com.
Use only AVTECH’s 5V 1A Power Adapter. Other voltages could damage the
Room Alert hardware and void your warranty. If you don’t have an AVTECH
5V 1A Power Adapter, please visit our online store at AVTECH.com
to acquire one. Models are available for all countries.
AVT-200325-1.0.0

AVTECH Software, Inc. Page 7 AVTECH.com
Room Alert 32S (RA32S-DAP-RAS)
How To Use Room Alert’s Web Interface
You may congure your Room Alert through its built-in web interface. To access the interface,
you may either:
• Type the IP address of your Room Alert monitor directly into the address bar of your
web browser.
• Discover your Room Alert monitor with Room Alert Link software, and select its IP
address from the Monitors list.
• Select your Room Alert monitor in your RoomAlert.com account and click the
Device Interface button.
Your Room Alert’s web interface has 3 tabs:
• Status
• Settings
• Help
Status
To view your Room Alert’s current sensor status, select Status in the navigation bar to the
left of your screen.

AVTECH Software, Inc. Page 8 AVTECH.com
Room Alert 32S (RA32S-DAP-RAS)
Banner & Header
Banner
At the top of the page runs the red Room Alert banner.
• You may visit AVTECH.com by selecting the AVTECH logo in the banner.
Header
Below the banner is the header, where you may view basic information about your device.
On the left side of the header, you may nd the following information:
• Device Name
• Model
• MAC Address
• Serial Number
• Firmware Version
• Local IP Address
• Power Status
On the right side of the header, you may nd the following information under Account Status:
• The account your Room Alert monitor is registered to in RoomAlert.com.
• Your RoomAlert.com account level.
• Whether push to RoomAlert.com is enabled.
• Whether the Room Alert monitor is connected to your RoomAlert.com account.
• The time & date the Room Alert monitor last pushed sensor data to your
RoomAlert.com account.

AVTECH Software, Inc. Page 9 AVTECH.com
Room Alert 32S (RA32S-DAP-RAS)
Sensor Display Area
In the main viewing pane of the Status tab is the sensor display area. Here you may view
your sensor data and temporarily change Status page settings.
Temporary Status Page Settings
You may temporarily change the refresh interval of the Status page and default temperature
scale here.
• To temporarily modify the refresh interval of the Status screen, which is 5 seconds
by default, you may enter a value in seconds in the Refresh this page every X
seconds eld. Click outside the eld to temporarily commit the change.
• To temporarily toggle the temperature scale between Fahrenheit (F) and Celsius
(C), select Fahrenheit or Celsius.
Tip
Alarm Status Icons
Status icons are displayed for sensors that have thresholds set:
Green circle with “” mark........Sensor is in a clear state.
Red circle with “X” mark ...........Sensor is in an alarm state.
No status icon.........................Sensor has no thresholds set.
Refer to the Advanced section in this manual for instructions on setting the
default status page refresh rate and temperature scale for Room Alert.

AVTECH Software, Inc. Page 10 AVTECH.com
Room Alert 32S (RA32S-DAP-RAS)
High And Low Reading Icons
Arrows are displayed next to the highest and lowest readings on a sensor since the Room
Alert last rebooted:
Red upward arrow ...................Highest reading since last reboot of Room Alert.
Blue downward arrow...............Lowest reading since last reboot of Room Alert.
Navigating The Status Page
Your Room Alert displays your sensors in the following order:
• Digital Sensors
• Switch Sensors
• Light Towers and Relays
• Built-in Analog Sensors
To navigate to the dierent types of sensors in the Sensor Display Area, you may scroll down
the page or select the sensor category from the navigation bar to the left of your screen.
Note
Sensors connected to analog input ports and light tower & relay ports do not
appear on the Status page until you enable them in the Settings screen. Refer
to Settings in this manual for instructions.

AVTECH Software, Inc. Page 11 AVTECH.com
Room Alert 32S (RA32S-DAP-RAS)
Settings
Accessing Settings
To access your Room Alert’s settings:
1. Select Settings in the navigation bar to the left of your screen.
2. Next, enter your credentials in the Username and Password elds.
• If you did not save custom credentials to your Room Alert 32S already, enter these
default credentials:
○Username: admin
○Password: password
• Then select Click Here To Access Settings.
Navigating Settings
Settings has the following sub-tabs shown in the navigation bar to the left of your screen.
• Sensors
• Alarms
• Network
• Email
• SNMP
• Security
• Advanced
You may navigate to each of these sections by selecting the appropriate sub-tab. Settings
opens by default to the Sensor Settings page.
Saving Settings
To save a setting, click out of the eld you just modied and notice that a notication bar
appears at the top and bottom of the page.
This notication bar contains the following items:
• A list of Settings pages you have unsaved changes on.

AVTECH Software, Inc. Page 12 AVTECH.com
Room Alert 32S (RA32S-DAP-RAS)
• A Save Settings button.
• A Clear Changes button.
You may navigate among the Settings pages, making changes in dierent places, and then
save the changes all at once. When you are ready to save all the modications you’ve made,
select the Save Settings button. Your Room Alert will automatically reboot and commit your
changes.
Before you save, if you decide you don’t want the changes you just entered, you may re-load
the page(s) without them by using the Clear Changes button. Settings will re-load without
your modications. The Room Alert does not reboot, and any already-saved settings remain.

AVTECH Software, Inc. Page 13 AVTECH.com
Room Alert 32S (RA32S-DAP-RAS)
Sensors
Navigate to Settings →Sensors to open the Sensor Settings screen.
You may congure alert thresholds for your Room Alert’s sensors in this screen. Your Room
Alert sends alerts based on these thresholds.
Note
Note
Digital Sensor Settings
You may congure alarm thresholds for the digital sensors—both internal and external—in
this section.
For more information about AVTECH sensors and accessories, please visit the
Sensors and Accessories sections of AVTECH.com.
Notice the Use Alarm Prole drop-down menu next to each sensor. If you have
an AVTECH Light Tower, Relay Switch or built-in relays on your Room Alert,
you may congure Alarm Proles to toggle them on and o when alarms
are detected. Please refer to the Alarms section in this manual for further
information.
The Room Alert 32S has an internal temperature sensor and an internal
humidity sensor.

AVTECH Software, Inc. Page 14 AVTECH.com
Room Alert 32S (RA32S-DAP-RAS)
In the example below, we will congure a Digital Temperature Sensor:
1. 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.”
Tip
2. The Alarm On eld automatically lls in—in this case with “Temperature (F).”
Note
3. The High and Low elds are disabled by default.
• To enable a High or Low threshold, select the check box in that eld.
• You may then leave the default value or enter a custom temperature threshold.
• Your Room Alert will generate alerts based on these thresholds.
4. In Adjust, you may enter a value to adjust the temperature reading if it diers from a
known value at that location.
5. In Use Alarm Prole, which controls light towers and relays on your Room Alert, you
may leave the default, Prole 1, or choose another prole from the drop-down menu.
Note
6. Select Save Settings at the top or bottom of the page. Your Room Alert will
automatically reboot and commit your changes.
Tip
Room Alert 32S sensor labels may be up to 30 characters and can include the
following: letters, numbers, spaces, and special characters.
Refer to the Advanced section in this manual for instructions on setting the
default temperature scale.
If you have an AVTECH Light Tower, Relay Switch or built-in relays on your
Room Alert, you may congure Alarm Proles to toggle them on and o when
alarms are detected. Please refer to the Alarms section in this manual for
further information.
The options in the Sensor Alarm Conguration elds vary slightly depending on
the type of digital sensor.

AVTECH Software, Inc. Page 15 AVTECH.com
Room Alert 32S (RA32S-DAP-RAS)
Analog Sensor Settings
You may congure the 0-5 VDC analog sensor connected to your device’s built-in analog ports
in these elds.
In the example below, we are conguring AVTECH’s Current Loop 1.
1. First, enable the sensor by selecting Enabled in the set of elds to the right of the
sensor congurations. The built-in analog sensor will not appear in the Room Alert web
interface, RoomAlert.com account or SNMP program unless it is enabled.
2. In the set of elds toward the bottom of the sensor congurations, select Enabled to
turn on the Reference, Scale and Unit elds.
• In Reference, enter values from 5 to 0 that represent the High and Low points of
your analog sensor’s output signal range. In the case of the Current Loop 1, which
outputs a signal of 0-5 VDC, we’ve left the default values.
• In Scale, enter the High and Low points of the scale you want the Reference reading
to be converted to. In our Current Loop example, we would like to convert 0-5 volts
to 0-10 amps, so we’ve replaced the default of 5 in High with 10 and left the default
of 0 in Low.
• In Unit, enter a 1 to 3-character label for the unit type that your readings will be
measured in. If you are measuring amperage, as with the Current Loop, you might
enter “A” or “Amp,” for example. Note that this eld is merely a label and does not
aect any of the calculations.
3. Return to the upper section of the sensor congurations to enter your sensor label and
thresholds:
• In Sensor Label, you may leave the default, “Analog 1” or choose something more
descriptive, such as “Current Loop 1” or “Cryogenic Temp.”
Tip Room Alert 32S sensor labels may be up to 30 characters and can include the
following: letters, numbers, spaces, and special characters.

AVTECH Software, Inc. Page 16 AVTECH.com
Room Alert 32S (RA32S-DAP-RAS)
4. The High and Low elds are disabled by default.
• To enable a High or Low threshold, select the check box in that eld.
• You may then leave the default value or enter values that fall within the Scale range
from the previous step. In our example, we entered a conversion scale of 0 to 10
(amps) in the previous step for the Current Loop, and we’ve chosen to generate
alarms at the high and low thresholds of 6 and 2 (amps).
Tip
• The Adjust eld is not available if custom scale is enabled. When custom scale is
disabled, you may enter a value to adjust the reading if it diers from a known
value.
Tip
5. In Use Alarm Prole, which controls light towers and relays on your Room Alert, you
may leave the default, Prole 1, or choose another Alarm Prole from the drop-down
menu.
Note
6. Select Save Settings at the top or bottom of the page. Your Room Alert will
automatically reboot and commit your changes.
Switch Sensor Settings
You may congure the alert state for the external switch sensors in the Switch Sensor
Settings elds. Shown below are the default settings.
With the custom scale enabled, you may enter positive and negative whole
numbers in High and Low that fall within the Scale range; with the custom scale
disabled, you may enter decimal numbers in the range of +/-5.0 (for 0-5 VDC).
With the custom scale disabled, you may enter decimal numbers in the range of
+/-5.0.
If you have an AVTECH Light Tower, Relay Switch or built-in relays on your
Room Alert, you may congure Alarm Proles to toggle them on and o when
alarms are detected. Please refer to the Alarms section in this manual for
further information.

AVTECH Software, Inc. Page 17 AVTECH.com
Room Alert 32S (RA32S-DAP-RAS)
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 congure
the sensor to alarm on “Open” or when motion is detected.
The Alarm And Clear State Of Your Switch Sensor
To determine the alarm and clear state of your sensor, you may either refer to its Installation
Note or see for yourself by physically connecting your sensor to your Room Alert and then
observing what happens to its circuit state in the Status page.
After you connect your sensor and before you congure it in the Settings page, follow these
steps:
1. Select the Status tab in the navigation bar to the left of your screen.
2. Scroll down to the Switch Sensors and look at the circuit state of the channel you
connected your sensor to. If you connected your sensor to the rst switch sensor port
on Room Alert, look at Channel 1; if you connected it to the second, look at Channel 2,
etc.
3. Notice the circuit state of Switch 1. It should show the normal state, which in this case
is “Closed.” (Ignore the red color coding for now. We haven’t congured the sensor yet,
so it’s still set at the default: alarm on closed.)
4. Now put the sensor into an alarm state. To put a Motion Sensor into an alarm state, for
example, wave your hand in front of it.
5. Look at the circuit state at the same time. You should see it switch to
the opposite of normal. In this example, if normal is “Closed,” you see
the alarm state as “Open.” (Again, ignore the green color coding for now.)
Now that you’ve checked what “Open” and “Closed” mean on your switch sensor, navigate
to Settings →Sensors to congure your options in Switch Sensor Settings:

AVTECH Software, Inc. Page 18 AVTECH.com
Room Alert 32S (RA32S-DAP-RAS)
1. In Sensor Label, you may leave the default, “Switch Sensor 1” (2, 3 or 4, etc.) or enter
something more descriptive, such as “Ext Motion” or “Main Entry.”
Tip
2. In Alarm On, select the alarm state (Open or Closed). In our example, the alarm
state is Open.
3. In Alarm Prole, which controls light towers and relays on your Room Alert, you may
leave the default, Prole 1, or choose another Alarm Prole from the drop-down
menu.
Note
4. Select Save Settings at the top or bottom of the page. Your Room Alert will
automatically reboot and commit your changes.
Tip
Internal Power Sensor Alarm Conguration
You may congure the power sensor that is built in to the Room Alert 32S here. This internal
power sensor triggers on loss of main power and can send a notication while the battery
back-up keeps the Room Alert monitor powered for a short time.
1. In Internal Power Sensor Label, you may leave the default “Power Sensor” or enter
something more descriptive, such as “RA32S Power.”
Tip
2. In Alarm On Power Loss, you may leave the checkbox lled in if you wish to receive
an alert when your Room Alert 32S loses its main power source. Otherwise, you may
uncheck it.
Room Alert 32S sensor labels may be up to 30 characters and can include the
following: letters, numbers, spaces, and special characters.
If you have an AVTECH Light Tower, Relay Switch or built-in relays on your
Room Alert, you may congure Alarm Proles to toggle them on and o when
alarms are detected. Please refer to the Alarms section in this manual for
further information.
For any of the switch sensor sets you leave unused on your Room Alert, choose
Disabled from the Alarm On drop-down menu to avoid confusion or false alerts.
Room Alert 32S sensor labels may be up to 30 characters and can include the
following: letters, numbers, spaces, and special characters.

AVTECH Software, Inc. Page 19 AVTECH.com
Room Alert 32S (RA32S-DAP-RAS)
3. In Alarm Prole, which controls light towers and relays on your Room Alert, you may
leave the default, Prole 1, or choose another Alarm Prole from the drop-down
menu.
Note
4. Select Save Settings at the top or bottom of the page. Your Room Alert will
automatically reboot and commit your changes.
If you have an AVTECH Light Tower, Relay Switch or built-in relays on your
Room Alert, you may congure Alarm Proles to toggle them on and o when
alarms are detected. Please refer to the Alarms section in this manual for
further information.