Omniflex enhances Teleterm RTU alarm monitor

January 19, 2009 - The Teleterm 'Silent Sentry' SMS alarm monitor from Omniflex is an off the shelf, state-of-the-art Alarm Monitor capable of monitoring and controlling a wide range of input types and sending SMS Alarm messages upon detection of an alarm condition. The latest enhancements made to the Silent Sentry now provide the ability to query the I/O values and Control outputs and settings by sending SMS messages from mobile devices. The Silent Sentry is equipped with 12 direct Analogue or digital Inputs or outputs and a separate Modbus port, allowing alarms from a variety of sources to be monitored and controlled. The New on Demand message feature sends SMS messages from a mobile device to the silent sentry to read any of the digital and analog/counter I/O values. This feature also allows messages to be sent to switch on/off the Digital Outputs for controlling fans, pumps, etc, and write values to the Analogue Outputs for speed and temperature control, etc.On detection of an incoming alarm condition to the silent Sentry, it can send up to 64 different messages and can be configured to dial out to up to 10 message recipients (10 mobile phone numbers), each in one of three escalating priority groups. This allows messages to be sent to a selected group of recipients, and if not acknowledged within a set time, then sent to the next group of recipients, and so forth until acknowledged. Alarm Messages received can be acknowledged by sending an SMS to the Silent Sentry with the message "Yes" or "Ack."The addition of a daily update message capability confirms that the Silent Sentry is still operating normally, even when no alarms are occurring.Typical Applications for the Silent Sentry include: