July 2024 Monnit News Briefs: New Sensor, Lead, and BOMA

Monnit News Briefs July 2024

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A New Meter to Measure Wheatstone Bridges

The new ALTA^® Wireless Resistive Bridge Meter connects to Wheatstone bridge circuit devices to assess ratiometric resistance parameters in quarter-, diagonal-, half-, and full-bridge configurations and precisely measure force, strain, pressure, displacement, incline, or torque.

In many use cases, such as those mentioned above, you can:

Connect the ALTA Resistive Bridge Meter to another transducer or sensor—like a strain gauge or inclinometer using the lead wires.
Configure the meter to deliver an excitation voltage to a device's resistive bridge.
Measure the bridge's precise voltage value across the leads.
Report the measured voltage differential in millivolts per volt (mV/V) and other units or values based on the type of bridge or device you measure.

Measurement examples:

If you use the ALTA Resistive Bridge Meter to measure strain in iMonnit, you'll see the unit of measurement expressed as microstrain (µe).
A force measurement of a load cell device provides a value in gram-force (gf), kilogram-force (kgf), ton-force (tf), newton (N), kilonewton (kN), pound (lbs), or ounce (oz).
Or, by measuring an inclinometer, you'll have a measurement unit as the degree, rad, or grade.

Like all ALTA Sensors, you can configure settings in iMonnit so that when the ALTA Resistive Bridge Meter's output gets above or below your pre-defined threshold, a wireless communication is immediately sent to the gateway. The gateway will then send the message securely to iMonnit and other approved data services.

Learn More About the Meter

A New Detachable, Mountable Lead

The ALTA Wireless Ultrasonic Ranging Sensor has a new, durable 3-foot lead that disconnects from the sensor's housing for simplified installation. The sensor's lead:

Detaches and connects with a circular, waterproof M12 5-pin connector.
Features an adjustable bulkhead adapter fitting to help you mount or install the lead in a tank, container, wall, or panel.
Has a horn at the sensing end that holds the transducer, which transmits high-frequency pulses and receives their echoes for precise measurement.

The new lead makes the ALTA Ultrasonic Sensor easier to deploy for tank level measurement, inventory height stacking monitoring, and object and vehicle detection.

Learn More About the Lead

Tech News

We’re Excited to Go Back to BOMA

Monnit will exhibit in booth 1519 from July 14 to 15 at the 2024 BOMA International Conference & Expo at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia. We’re thrilled to share our smart building solutions with the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International, a leading federation of commercial real estate professionals.

We expect our message—Monitor Smart Buildings on a Smartphone—to resonate with attendees because the show’s theme is Reimagine Commercial Real Estate. To please buyers, investors, and occupants by providing the best amenities, meeting sustainability initiatives, and ensuring facilities are in peak condition, commercial real estate professionals are always looking for smart building innovations.

Our Smart Building Solutions harness the power of the Internet of Things (IoT) to consistently level up commercial building management for all types, including office, industrial, medical, retail, or mixed-use. That’s why facilities management is one of the top industry applications of our wireless IoT sensors.

We can help commercial real estate professionals remotely monitor building equipment and systems 24/7—HVAC systems, climate conditions, plumbing, and electrical in server rooms, labs, offices, stores, factories, etc. Our ALTA Sensors and their data can also be easily integrated into your facilities maintenance management system (FMMS) and building management system (BMS).

See Our BOMA Resources

CX Shoutout

Tech Tip

Run Reports to Analyze Historical Sensor Data

Monnit Sensors can generate a lot of sensor data over time, which can be helpful for data analysts and decision-makers. Sensor data points can be collected at specific moments to eventually transform into time series or historical data effectively. Using the iMonnit Reports feature, you can export and analyze data in Excel-readable CSV spreadsheet reports for every sensor.

In the Monnit Knowledgebase article, Reports and Historical Sensor Data, you can discover how to generate daily, weekly, and monthly reports. The article includes instructions about how to create reports, including:

Create Reports in Advance
Report Storage Limit
Reports That Don’t Need to be Scheduled
If a Report Wasn’t Created in Advance
Using the Export/Download Feature

Analyzing historical sensor data can reveal critical information that prompts corrective action. For example, if you see increasing false positives or outliers before a machine failure or other issue, you can proactively prevent future potential problems and unplanned downtime.

Take advantage of using your historical data for time-based analysis. The data can help guide predictive analytics and maintenance, optimize processes, define ideal ranges and thresholds, and track trends.

Learn About Reports