{"id":89,"date":"2024-08-01T09:42:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T09:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foundinfra.com\/?p=89"},"modified":"2024-10-30T23:09:00","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T23:09:00","slug":"an-alternative-to-vertivs-watchdog-15-and-100-avtech-roomalert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foundinfra.com\/?p=89","title":{"rendered":"An alternative to Vertiv&#8217;s Watchdog 15 and 100 &#8211; AVtech RoomAlert"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you are looking to monitor the temperature in your telco, IDF, BDF, MDF, or Datacenter, you&#8217;ve likely come across the IT Watchdog 100. Originally under the ITW brand, Vertiv acquired and resold Giest&#8217;s IT Watchdog in 2018. This May, Vertiv announced the immediate end of sale of the popular Datacenter monitor tool &#8211; causing Datacenter owners such as myself to frantically search for a replacement. The good news is AVtech has come to the rescue. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The original Watchdog 100 and its siblings offered a variety of sensors, relay controls, and alerting. It was a product unmatched at its time of release. In similar spirit, AVtech has a full parity feature set. POE powered, remote digital and analog sensors, relay control, and feature packed software supporting SNMP v3 &#8211; the Room Alert looks to be welcome addition to the datacenter tool kit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Room Alert 12SR shown below comes in packaged kits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>1 Room Alert 12SR Monitor<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 Digital Temp\/Humidity Sensor (25&#8242;)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 Digital Temp &amp; Air Flow<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 Flood Sensor w\/24&#8242; Cable<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 Digital Active Power (10&#8242;)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 Room Entry Sensor<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 MUPS Sensor<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 Light Tower &amp; LTA<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 Flood Protect &amp; Control Kit (Small)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 iBoot-IO<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1006\" height=\"357\" src=\"https:\/\/foundinfra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/room_alert.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foundinfra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/room_alert.jpg 1006w, https:\/\/foundinfra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/room_alert-300x106.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foundinfra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/room_alert-768x273.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1006px) 100vw, 1006px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can read more about AVTech&#8217;s Room Alert here: <a href=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/Products\/Environment_Monitors\/Room_Alert_12SR\/Responder.htm#compatible_sensors_and_accessories\">Room Alert 12SR Monitor &#8211; AVTECH.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read the product discontinuance from Vertiv here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.watchboot.com\/meikyo\/pdf\/Watchdog_EoL_Announcement_ENG.pdf\">Watchdog_EoL_Announcement_ENG.pdf (watchboot.com)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While we test these in our environment, we&#8217;d love to hear your feedback.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211; Marc<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are looking to monitor the temperature in your telco, IDF, BDF, MDF, or Datacenter, you&#8217;ve likely come across the IT Watchdog 100. 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