AKCP SensorProbe8-X20

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SKU

SP8-X20

£942.90 £785.75

Environment Monitor with 8 sensor ports + 20 dry contact inputs.

Connect up to 8 x sensors with a wide range of applications and 20 x dry contacts
Built-in web server and software
SNMP compliant including MIBs
Configurable alerts via email or SNMP traps. Lots more alerting options when using the free AKCess Pro software

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Details

The AKCP sensorProbe8-X20 is a self-contained out-of-the-box solution for remote monitoring and management of external devices such as data centre equipment, HVAC, security equipment, UPS, generators or industrial equipment. SensorProbe8 saves you the cost and hassle of installing a separate software application to monitor your environmental conditions.

Dry Contact Systems

Many different types of equipment and devices use dry contact outputs to send alarm signals to remote panels, remote monitoring systems, and building management systems. Communicating the status of these dry contact systems is important in a complex Enterprise network, or automation industry to protect mission critical installations.

The SP8X-20 comes with 8 full autoSense RJ-45 ports for connecting any AKCP intelligent sensor. An additional 20, 2-wire dry contact ports are provided giving a total of up to 28 dry contact ports or a combination of dry contact and sensor. The specially designed 2 wire dry contact ports are easy to use and allow you to make your own dry contact cables quickly and easily.

Features of the AKCP sensorProbe8-X20

Network enabled built-in web server and SNMP support
Notifications via email, SMS (via gateway) and SNMP traps
8 ports to connect any AKCP sensor
20 dry contact ports for monitoring and alerting to status of devices
Integrates easily into any existing SNMP based Network Management System
Unlimited lifetime support

Sensors for the sensorProbe8-X20

Any of the eight ports present on the sensorProbe8 can be used to plug in any of the wide range of AKCP sensors, including temperature, combined temperature & humidity, wetness, airflow, smoke, motion, power presence, combined siren & strobe light alarm.

All AKCP probes use CAT5 cables giving you the freedom to extend the range of the probes over your existing structured cabling infrastructure. You can make best use of your sensorProbe8 investment to monitor multiple locations without the need to install new non-standard wiring.

Industry Certifications and Network Management Systems

The sensorProbe-X20 is certified for use with:

AdRem NetCrunch
Big Brother
ECS
Castle Rock SNMPc
HP OpenView
IBM Tivoli
LoriotPro
Logalot
MRTG
Nagios
OpManager
OpenNMS
SiteScope
WebNM and Denika
WhatsUp Gold

Supported Sensors

The AKCP sensorProbe8-X20 is the monitoring base unit, it does not have any built-in sensors. In order to measure anything you need to attach one or more sensors to the base unit.

Sensor Connectors	8 x RJ-45 sensor connectors 20 x Two wire dry contact inputs
Built-in Sensors	None
Max. External Sensors	8
Supplied External Sensors	None
Supported External Sensors	AKCP Temperature Sensor AKCP Combined Temperature/Humidity Sensor AKCP Airflow Sensor AKCP Digital Voltmeter AKCP Dry Contact Sensor AKCP Smoke Detector Sensor AKCP Motion Detector Sensor AKCP Power Detector Sensor AKCP Security Sensor AKCP Spot Water Detection Sensor AKCP Rope Water Sensor AKCP ropeFuel Sensor

sensorProbe Range Feature Summary

	AKCP sensorProbe2	AKCP sensorProbe2 PoE	AKCP sensorProbe2+	AKCP sensorProbe4	AKCP sensorProbe4 PoE	AKCP sensorProbe8	AKCP sensorProbe8 PoE	AKCP sensorProbe8 X20	AKCP sensorProbe8 X60
Mounting	Wall	Wall	Wall	Rack	Rack	Rack	Rack	Rack	Rack
Sensor Ports	2	2	4	4	4	8	8	8	8
Extended Dry Contact Inputs	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	20	60
Built-in Sensors	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None
Supplied External Sensors	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None
Optional Built-in Cellular Modem
Power over Ethernet (PoE)

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AKCess Pro Server

Installations with more than one sensorProbe or other AKCP monitoring units greatly benefit from using AKCess Pro Server software. AKCess Pro Server is a free software application created by AKCP. The application enables you to group your entire estate of AKCP monitors into a single screen, giving you centralised data logging and alert configuration.

Web based interface so you can manage from anywhere;
Extensive map support with drill down to cabinet level;
Extensive notification options taking into account sensor, power or access control status;
Easy notification configuration with the Notification Wizard. Extensive alert actions like SNMP traps, Email, Popup Messages, SMS, Remote Unlock;
Extend with your own scripts for complex sensor input or alert notifications.

What's in the Box?

1 x sensorProbe8-X20 base unit
1 x power adapter with power cord
1 x 5ft. ethernet cross over cable
Help CD
Printed manual

More Information

Connectivity

Ethernet (RJ45)

Built-in Sensors

None

Max External Sensors

8 x Sensors / Dry Contacts

20 x Dry Contacts

External Sensors Supported

AKCP Temperature Sensor

AKCP Combined Temperature/Humidity Sensor

AKCP Airflow Sensor

AKCP Digital Voltmeter

AKCP Dry Contact Sensor

AKCP Smoke Detector Sensor

AKCP Motion Detector Sensor

AKCP Power Detector Sensor

AKCP Security Sensor

AKCP Water Detection Sensor

AKCP Rope Water Sensor

AKCP ropeFuel Sensor

External Sensors Supplied

None

Mounting Options

Rack

Logging

Yes

User Interface

Built in web interface

Alerting

Email, Siren / Strobe Light, SNMP Trap

Supported Protocols

SNMP v1

Dimensions

Size 45.7cm x 12.7cm x 4.1cm

Inputs

8 x RJ-45 Sensor Ports / Dry Contacts

20 x 2 Wire Dry Contacts. Input only up to 5VDC and up to 40VDC in opto isolated mode using internal jumper setting.

Output

Configurable output signals (0VDC/5VDC) on any of the 8 RJ-45 sensor ports

Operating Environment

Temperature : Min. -35° C - Max.80° C

Humidity : Min. 20% - Max. 80% (Non-Condensing)

Network Interface

Standard 100MB Full Duplex

Ethernet RJ-45 Port

Status Indicators

LED indication for Power

LED for Network Connectivity

LED for sensor online and threshold status

Power over Ethernet

N/A

Components

Manufactured using highly integrated, low power surface mount technology to ensure long term reliability.

Power Consumption

1.90 Watt, 0.21A

Temperature Units

Celsius / Fahrenheit

FAQ (9)

Customer Questions

What is the difference between the AKCP sensorProbe and securityProbe ranges?

In very simple terms, the securityProbe range is more feature rich than the sensorProbe range. The sensorProbe range offers a more honed feature set and lacks some of the more advanced alerting options available on the securityProbe range like SMS text...

What is Akcess Pro Server

Akcess Pro server is a software product developed by AKCP to support their environment monitors. The software enables central data logging and alerting of sensorProbe and securityProbe monitors.

Do the sensorProbe and securityProbe monitors require calibration?

AKCP temperature and humidity sensors have a quite high accuracy and are calibrated by the supplier of the sensor. In general they do not need much calibration. The user could carry out calibration to verify accuracy. If needed you can adjust using the...

Is it possible to extend AKCP sensors?

AKCP sensors all use RJ45 connectors and can be extended using standard CAT5 cable and one or more inline couplers up to a maximum distance of 100m. Historically, AKCP did recommend extending their sensors using your structured cabling systems. AKCP...

Is it feasible to route sensor traffic over the network to a single sensorProbe unit so that I can get a view of all the sites status?

No. Only the securityProbe range is able to read information from remote sensorProbes using the Virtual Probe feature. If you wanted to merge information from a number of different sensorProbe units, you would need to either use a 3rd ...

What is the measurement range of the AKCP temperature sensor?

The AKCP Temperature Sensor has a temperature range of -55 to +125°C / -67 to +257°F with an accuracy of ±0.5°C from -10 to +75°C.

What is AKCPro Server?

AKCPro Server is a software application written by AKCP for logging and alerting you to environmental problems in your data center. The software is able to integrate all of the wide range of monitoring tools available from AKCP like inline power measurement...

How do we trigger the A/V alarms based on the alarm condition our system generates?

I assume that you would like to be able to have the siren/strobe light activated by your existing alarm system. If you have a dry contact coming from your alarm system into a port on the sensorProbe, and the siren/strobe from another port on the sensorprobe...

What is encrypted email?

When you send email using regular SMTP servers the email you send is sent plain text over the network. Plain text means that, with proper network sniffiing tools, the email can be read by anybody with access to the network traffic. The internet was ...

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