Sample application "Server protection"

Overheating is the enemy of any server. The temperature sensor USB-Temp could be used as an effective and inexpensive control system to detect overheating conditions.

There are several useful positions the USB-Temp could be located. Inside the server the sensor may be fixed in the upper part of the housing near the air outlet using a binder (Example). For controlling the disk temperature a place at the disk surface should be best.

Outside the server the air stream of the air condition is a good sensor position to ensure that the cooling is working. Also the PC fan output is a useful place.

New: Network enabled- display and alarm on different PC. This enables the system administrator or the factory security to supervise the temperature at dedicated places and to react early when problems arises.

The USB-Temp sensors are just plugged in the PC. No driver installation is neccessary which keeps the system integrity. The software ClewareControl could now be configured to activate actions at dedicated temperatures. The possible actions include sending email or turning an USB-Switch on or off. The dialogs for defining these actions are shown on the right side.

Other possible actions are playing a sound or writing an event into the event log. The execution of any program available on the PC is also possible. The current temperature could could be supplied as an argument.