Onset announces Wi-Fi Remote Monitoring System
Posted by Dennis Sellers 
May 15, 2008 at 11:03am
Onset Computer Corp. has unveiled the US$724 HOBO U30/Wi-Fi Remote Monitoring System, a web-based monitoring system that provides real-time, remote access to energy and environmental data over any Wi-Fi network.
As the latest addition to Onset’s line of HOBO U30 Remote Monitoring Systems, the HOBO U30/Wi-Fi provides a means of verifying the effectiveness of green roofs, solar power systems, wind turbines, and other types of renewable energy systems. It measures, records and documents critical performance data that can be used to obtain green/energy-related rebates and credits.
The HOBO U30/Wi-Fi combines rugged data logging hardware with integrated Wi-Fi communications. It can be used in both indoor and outdoor environments. Sensors are available for measuring air temperature, relative humidity, sunlight, wind, kW, kWh, AC voltage, AC amps, DC amps, pressure, CO2, and more.
To view and analyze data, Onset offers HOBOlink, a rweb-enabled software platform. HOBOlink allows users to access current and historical data, set alarm notifications and relay activations, and manage and control remote HOBO U30/Wi-Fi systems right from their desktop.
The HOBO U30/Wi-Fi provides around-the-clock monitoring of various types of renewable energy systems. For example, it can track wind turbine efficiency by measuring wind speed, wind direction, and output power. In solar power applications, it can verify the performance of photovoltaic (PV) array systems by monitoring solar radiation, DC power, and other parameters. On green roofs, it can document performance by tracking air temperature, wind, soil moisture, and rainfall.
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Dennis has been a newspaper editor/reporter (seven years) and teacher (seven years). He has over 4,000 magazine, newspaper and online articles to his credit. He has also covered the Mac and tech industries for over a decade for such online publications as MacCentral, MacMinute and now MacsimumNews.
