Spydaq is the revolutionary, low-cost wireless monitoring system for use in all types of factory environment where measuring and logging temperature and humidity is essential.
Spydaq allows users to deploy sensors in various locations without the restrictions and cost of hard wiring and monitor results from a PC, either locally or any where in the world via web access with easy to use software.
Ideal for food and pharmaceutical manufacturing, cold stores and warehouse sites and even in transportation, Spydaq offers an affordable alternative to hard wired monitoring systems. There is no capital investment to make since the Spydaq manufacturers, Signatrol is offering the hardware free of charge in return for use of the software especially developed for use with Spydaq.
How does SpYdq work?
At the heart of the Spydaq system is a BaseStation which receives data from up to 16 remote transmitters and passes it to a PC either via USB to a local computer, Modbus RTU to a SCADA package or PLC or by GPRS direct to the Spydaq website.
Each remote transmitter can have up to three inputs – temperature, relative humidity and universal – and sends it via a licence-free ISM radio band using a sophisticated data redundancy system (patent pending) to ensure virtually error free data acquisition. Antenna diversity is another feature that is also provided and which enables multiple antennas to be connected to ensure reliable radio connection from diverse areas
Users can choose from up to 16 transmitters to be located at points for monitoring. Types available include a range of room sensors, duct sensors, external sensors, immersion sensors, pipe mount sensors and fridge/freezer/oven sensors, which can be combined to suit the required application. A typical application would be around six sensors, with larger more complex sites requiring all 16 sensors.
A choice of operating frequencies means that four systems can be run concurrently side by side providing up to 32 transmitters for even larger applications
Spydaq’s wide range of inputs means that by connecting to the appropriate sensor, virtually any parameter can be measured and accurately logged.
The BaseStation also checks locally for alarm conditions via its inbuilt audio and visual alarms. Alarming locally means that any potential trouble spots can be identified quickly and corrective action taken, often saving vulnerable goods from damage or rapid decay. SMS alarm messages can also be automatically sent to a number of mobile phones to advise users remotely that an alarm has occurred.
Ideal for factories with multi-site operations or complex shift patterns, Signatrol has recently added a new feature called ‘Soft Alarms’ to the SpYdaq system. This allows the user to manage alarms from any internet-enabled PC rather than requiring access to the local Basestation.
While SpYdaq has always catered for Hi and Low alarms that can annunciate locally and/or send SMS warning messages to up to two mobile phones, the new Soft Alarm feature is web-resident and so, access to the Basestation is not required to add, change or remove alarms.
Soft Alarm allows users to set, accept or remove high, low or deviation alarms. Email and/or SMS alarm messages can then be sent to any number of recipients.
The new Soft Alarm feature also has a ‘shift planning’ option enabling alarms to be sent by SMS or email to different people depending on the day and time they occur. And since these features are web-site resident, the administrator can have access to setup and control any of these features direct from his or her desk top anywhere in the world.
Day, week or monthly summary reports can also be sent automatically by email and a historical, auditable alarm log is maintained on the web site.
With management of the Spydaq system via PC, accurate results are available on-line at any time allows for accurate monitoring of temperature even from remote locations. This is particularly suitable to multi-site operations allowing the site or operations manager to easily track temperature control at any site, using real time information rather than having to rely on paper based readings.
For more information on Spydaq, contact Signatrol on 01684 299399 or visit www.signatrol.com
