Temperature monitoring
The importance of temperature monitoring and the benefits it offers
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Monitoring specialists
Spook's award winning remote monitoring service called OmniWatch monitors temperature. Measuring key thermal output across many different assets and areas; OmniWatch presents realtime readings in an easy to use real-time digital dashboard.
Spook and OmniWatch was voted Specialist Technology Company of the Year and Most Innovative Solution of the Year at the annual UK CIR Business Continuity Awards.
Whether it's a general area such as a server room or office space, or measuring a strategic thermal point such as an internal space in a computer rack or thermal output of an asset; OmniWatch is able to monitor temperature sensors from multiple sources and present them centrally within its temperature based digital dashboard.
Irregular temperatures can cause harm to a wide range of electrical equipment, ruin produce, encourage pathogen growth or even indicate unseen issues elsewhere.
Damage prevention
Ensuring that environments remain within their proper temperature range will help to extend the lifespan of equipment, perishable produce and structures.
Catching excessive or fluctuating temperatures and rectifying them before harm can be done, will save replacement costs and potential impact to business down the line.
Early temperature alerting by Spook provides valuable time for replacement plans and maintenance calls to be booked at more convenient times; further reducing negative impacts on an organisations uptime.
Energy efficiency and cost savings
Understanding thermal output can have a direct impact on reducing energy consumption and produce valuable cost savings.
Spook's historical trend data can be used to illustrate energy demands and utilisation of other systems such as air conditioning (AC) units or cooling units within fridges/freezers.
Areas with high temperature readings can point towards a previously unknown issue, such as a failing AC unit or broken fan.
High thermal demand areas can also exist where there is artificial demand; for example, after equipment is moved or after a high period of ambient temperature has passed and cooling hasn't been altered to reflect this.
Warranty protection
Equipment manufacturers often publish recommended operating conditions for their assets. By measuring temperature 24/7 users are able to set alarms for when the temperature is becoming too high or too low. This is true for equipment contained within an area or, if available, via an assets on-board temperature sensors.
Historical trend data readings can also be helpful in proving the correct temperature levels have been adhered to as recommended by equipment manufacturers. OmniWatch saves all sensor readings in perpetuity making creating evidence based reports a cinch.
OmniWatch key features
Cloud based
OmniWatch is cloud based and is accessed via any internet enabled device.
Digital dashboards
OmniWatch dashboards provide interactive and intuitive access to sensor readings 24/7.
Scaleable installations
Totally scaleable from a handful of sensors to a global solution monitoring 1000s of devices.
Trend analysis
Sensor readings are held in perpetuity; providing accurate historical trend analysis.
Automated reporting
Comprehensive reports can be scheduled to be auto emailed daily, weekly and monthly.
We had a catastrophic air con failure in one of our remote server rooms. We received alarms from Spook in the early stages but even though we knew of the problem, it was going to take time to replace the failed components and the staff on call were unfamiliar with OmniWatch. Spook support ensured they were in close contact with our on-call staff and to offer help and assistance overnight until the air con units were repaired.
NHS BSA, providing support services to the National Health Service in England and Wales.
Fun fact
Definition of temperature
The temperature of something is the result of the speed at which molecules move on an object. The more volatile the movement equates to a higher temperature being measured.
SI is the International System of Units established in 1960 and adopted by all the major countries of the world.
Kelvin (K)
Kelvin is the base unit of temperature in the International System of Units (SI). Celsius shares the same magnitude of change as Kelvin so ±1K is equal to ±1°C.
Kelvin's lowest value is 0K, absolute zero, and can go up to the theoretical limit of 1032K which is the highest temperature we believe possible according to the standard model of particle physics.
Celsius (°C)
Celsius, originally known as the centigrade, is based on 0°C for the freezing point of water and 100°C for the boiling point of water at 1 standard atmospherical pressure. Absolute zero is defined as exactly -273.15°C.
Fahrenheit (°F)
Fahrenheit was the first standardised temperature scale to be used but has been phased out by the metric system and Celsius. It is based on 32°F being the freezing point of water and 212°F for the boiling point of water at 1 standard atmospherical pressure.
Lord Kelvin
The Kelvin temperature scale was created by a British inventor and scientist called William Thomson (later Lord Kelvin). In the 1800s Lord Kelvin helped prove the theory that the volume and temperature of a gas share a relationship.
Lord Kelvin patented over 70 inventions during his life-time and was instrumental in the laying of the first transatlantic telegraph cable. Because of this that he was knighted by Queen Victoria in 1866. The Baron was raised to peerage in the 1890s and William Thompson was elevated to the title known as Lord Kelvin of Largs.
William Thompson (Lord Kelvin) (B: 26th June 1824 – D: 17th December 1907)
Spook monitors a wide range of climate conditions
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New to monitoring
We help organisations start monitoring projects from scratch. We have a wealth of experience that is free and helpful in creating an informed approach to monitoring.
We are also resellers to industry leading sensor and equipment manufacturers and can recommend the most appropriate hardware and sensors to fit any size monitoring project.
We had been considering monitoring for a while but did not have the resource or the knowledge to fully understand how to go about doing things from scratch.
We approached Spook as they have lots of experience in looking independently at monitoring projects. They recommended and provided the most appropriate hardware and sensors for us.
The sensors arrived pre-configured and were implemented on OmniWatch by Spook before we installed them.
Additional monitoring
Many of our customers have tried monitoring for themselves.
This ranges from institutions that rely on equipment onboard data loggers and communications cards; to organisations that have started monitoring projects but need help to extend monitoring to new areas and/or implement a central monitoring solution.
We needed a remote monitoring service that did not require an on premise PC and was independent of our network.
Spook provided pre-configured cellular routers for each of our five locations across the UK. The whole project was a simple plug-and-play solution with no involvement from us.
We had been considering monitoring for a while but did not have the resource or the knowledge to fully understand how to go about doing things.
When we Googled the various areas of interest we got more confused.
We approached Spook as they have a different outlook to simply buying hardware and sensors. Thankfully we now have a fully installed, joined up monitoring solution.
We had a series of climate monitors installed in our server rooms. Due to a change in our security policy we needed a remote monitoring service that did not require an on premise PC and was independent of our network.
Spook suggested a technology upgrade and provided pre-configured cellular routers for each of our five server locations across the UK. The whole project was a simple plug-and-play solution with no involvement from us.
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