The IP Sensor Starter Kit offers an inexpensive Ethernet/WiFi interface for a wide array of Environmental Sensors. It is designed to enable the efficient monitoring of Temperature, Humidity, Barometric Pressure and Light from numerous points through out a facility. The IP Sensor Starter Kit allows the use of industry standard Ethernet or WiFi products (switches, hubs, etc.) to build the backbone of the Environmental sensor / control system. This provides several important benefits:

The IP Sensor Starter Kit is composed of two key components:

The OW-SERVER maintains the latest readings of its sensors with updates of new data every 2 seconds. This provides the quick delivery of current readings without waiting for a time intensive temperature conversion (or other conversion) to be performed. Also, the OW-SERVER is designed to push data when a user defined alarm occurs via SNMP traps. This significantly reduces the necessary polling rate for many applications while still supplying assurance that any problem will be detected in a timely manner.

A number of Ethernet protocols are used by the OW-SERVER including HTTP and SNMP. The HTTP interface is a simple webpage which shows the current overview of each connected sensor. By default, this page uses AJAX techniques to automatically update itself, ensuring the data being displayed is current. The SNMP interface is divided into 3 sections: edsEnterprise, owTrap and owDevices. The edsEnterprise section presents basic product information, such as name and version. The owTrap section is where you define the IP address the trap should be sent, the high alarm, low alarm, and the hysteresis. The owDevices section contains data similar to the Overview and Devices webpage.