Re: chep snmp temperature sensors

["Thomas Kernen" <tkernen () deckpoint ch>]

The easier answer is "define cheap". So this is my 2 cents, I'm about to try
this product (in a few weeks) across some POPs.

AKCP Sensorprobe2: http://www.akcpinc.com/company/sensorprobe.html

Thomas


> They're hard to find, at least inexpensively.  I've found several
> systems for >$700 that have some nice features, including cameras
> (http://www.rackbotz.com/) and multiple wireless measurement systems
> (http://www.microstrain.com/WWSN.html) but they've all been slightly
> out of range in the cost department, or have been aimed at a
> different market than what I was looking for.  Using the Cisco
> temperature MIB has been pretty much the standard to this point.
>
> After some extensive hunting a while ago, I found this:  These guys
> make a nice (fairly) inexpensive module that I think wins the
> competition.  It has a large number of measurement and switch inputs,
> runs a number of relays (built in) and seems to be fairly
> customizable.  The bad news: it's not "native" SNMP and requires some
> sort of little C or Perl module to do screen-scraping.  The vendor
> provides a sample MRTG script, so it can't be that hard.
>
>    http://rms.nethop.net/
>
> $395 plus a lot of features, including running on minimal voltage.
>
> I haven't purchased one of these yet, but they're close to what I've
> needed several times in the past, and I'm looking for excuses to
> purchase a few.  Any of you who pick one up, I'd appreciate it if you
> could send feedback to me personally.  It seems to me that there
> still is not any widely-advertised, inexpensive temperature gauge
> that is network-accessible (SNMP) which is surprising considering the
> amount of damage that can be done via overheating in a datacenter.
>
> [Note: before I sent this, I read Robert Boyle's followup message,
> which has some interestingly low-priced alternatives.  Perhaps I have
> been looking in the wrong places.  In any case, the RMS device has
> some additional features that may make it worth examining for the
> remote or low-voltage wireless sites that are starting to appear with
> some frequency here in in the Pacific Northwest American area.]
>
> JT
>
>
>
>
> > I've searched the archives, and didn't see anything current.
> >
> > I am looking for a small, cheap, simply device, that can measure temp and
> > be polled via SNMP. POE would be a plus.
> >
> > Any pointers?
> >
> >
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