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Continuously
Monitor
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Temperature and humidity in the general warehouse area at
fixed locations |
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Temperature in cold rooms and freezers at fixed locations |
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Product temperature using battery operated data loggers |
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Temperature, humidity, pressure, and air flow in HVAC
systems |
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Door ajar and other contact inputs |
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Utilities (power, gas, oil, steam, water) |
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Flexible
Alarm Processing
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Both analog and digital inputs can trigger
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Compare each datapoint against high and low
warning levels, limits, and rate of change. |
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Reference any number of alarm strategies (how
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Automatically display specific instructions on
how to react to an alarm condition. |
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Send user-defined alerts automatically via
Telephone, E-Mail, Pager, or PA System. |
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Record each alarm condition change in one or
more log files. |
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System
Features
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Event-Driven System |
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Five Level Alarm Detection |
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Database Centered Architecture |
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Automatic Messaging Option |
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Client-Server Application |
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Full Data Recall and Analysis |
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Standards-Based (TCP/IP, etc.) |
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Accessible from Remote PC's |
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Flexible Distributed I/O |
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Links to Existing Databases |
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Fully User-Configurable |
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Uses Existing Networks |
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No Programming Required |
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Maintained by Local Technicians |
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Scalable and Extensible |
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Very Low Cost I/O Components |
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Object Oriented Graphics |
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Uses Standard Windows PC's |
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Typical
System
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The diagram below shows a typical large warehouse with
temperature and humidity sensors (red) located throughout the
general warehouse area and temperature only sensors (yellow) in
two refrigerated rooms.
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The green and blue boxes represent I/O Pods and eLink controllers
(if an Ethernet LAN is used for I/O communications). The
diagram below illustrates a typical client-server configuration
using eLinks to interface with the I/O devices.
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A lower cost, single user system is also available. In
addition, the I/O Pods and wireless I/O receivers can be connected
directly to the computer's serial ports to reduce the hardware cost
even further. (Of course, the installation cost will be higher.)
Click here to learn more about eLink
Controllers and I/O Pods.
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Automatic Messaging
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CIMScan has the ability to create any number of user-defined text
messages containing the current values from the real-time database.
CIMAlert is a server application that adds automatic message
delivery to CIMScan. CIMAlert can transmit messages to one or
more recipients via Telephone, E-Mail, Pager, or over a PA System.
Spoken messages are first converted from text to high quality,
intelligible speech before they are delivered. A typical use
would be to transmit a message when a database point reached an
alarm limit. The message could include variables, like the name of
the database point, the data value, the units of measure, alarm
limits, plus any pre-defined text you wish
Click here to find out more about CIMScan
and the CIMAlert messaging system.
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...and what does all this cost?
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One would think such a comprehensive
system would be very expensive. On the contrary, we know of no
other system that can provide cost-effective solutions like
CIMScan. How do we do it? It's simple. We
use the latest high-volume, low-cost technology and put it together
in a system that people with average computer skills can configure
and use. CIMTechniques can provide
all the components you will need to implement your own monitoring
system, or we can provide a complete turnkey package based on your
requirements. Click here to see
a comparison of the cost of different ways of integrating a system
or contact our sales
department for a comprehensive proposal for a system that meets your
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Additional Information
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Click
here to go to our "Requests" page to ask for additional
information. We have a color brochure that completely
describes our Warehouse Monitoring
System. |
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The
CIMScan System is ideally suited to continuously monitor the environment
in a warehouse or distribution center that stores materials, such as
pharmaceuticals or food, which can be adversely affected by extremes of
temperature and humidity. Museums or their associated storage
facilities are also ideal candidates for a CIMScan monitoring system.