November 9, 2010 – Commtest releases Ranger, a permanent condition monitoring system, which can be built as an entirely wireless installation. Wireless ability gives a flexible twist to permanently mounted installations, a move that may save money in the long term. A great deal of machinery operates in dangerous or remote environments where it’s simply impractical to install wiring safely, or the cost of doing so is prohibitive. The cost of installing a traditional wired modules is weighed against the risk of potential machinery damage and costly downtime. Ranger solves this dilemma, offering a cost effective way of including this machinery in a condition monitoring program.
The entire system can be built using wireless data collection modules, or a combination or wireless and wired modules used, as each Ranger installation is built specific to each site. Ranger is a scalable system, adding in and moving around new modules as needs change, reducing the long term cost of installing a permanent system. Equipment is easily upgraded in the field, and support readily available. The wireless Ranger Sensors have a battery life of 18 months, while all modules (excluding sensor batteries) come under Commtest’s 5 year warranty. Ranger will also help track corporate and facility goals with accurate and relevant reporting, track improvements over time, and set measurement criteria and alarms with Commtest’s Ascent software.
Customers with existing Commtest portable devices and wired modules do not need to purchase additional software to run Ranger.