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To setup the TME Ethernet Thermometer, or TH2E Intelligent Sensor with a supplied Power over Ethernet (PoE) adapter, follow these steps, depending on which model adapter you have:
For the black-colour PoE adapter:
- Ensure the adapter is set to output at ’5 Volts’ (do not run the adapter at any other voltage, otherwise damage will occur to your thermometer).
- Plug your beige (or gray) Ethernet network cable to the network port on your wall (or directly into your PoE-enabled Network switch) at one end, and the other end into the PoE adapter “Data In” port
- Connect the custom power lead from the PoE adapter to your TME’s / TH2E’s 5v power socket
- Take the black “Data out” lead from the PoE adapter, and plug this into your TME / TH2E device’s Ethernet socket
- Your TME or TH2E should now be networked and powered via PoE, without using the standard power supply unit (PSU)
For the silver-colour PoE adapter:
- Ensure the adapter is set to output at ’5 Volts’ (do not run the adapter at any other voltage, otherwise damage will occur to your thermometer). Plug your beige (or gray) Ethernet network cable to the network port on your wall (or directly into your PoE-enabled Network switch) at one end, and the other end into the PoE adapter “Data In” port
- Connect the custom power lead from the PoE adapter to your TME’s / TH2E’s 5v power socket
- Take the additional network patch lead/cable, and plug one end into the “LAN out” socket on the PoE adapter. Plug the other end of the lead into your TME / TH2E device’s Ethernet socket
- Your TME / TH2E should now be networked and powered via PoE, without using the standard power supply unit (PSU)
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Follow these steps to get started quickly with ThermoSpider
- Install ThermoSpider (instructions are included when you purchase ThermoSpider)
- Register ThermoSpider using your name, email address and license code (supplied after purchasing ThermoSpider)
- Add at least 1 Ethernet Thermometer (TME) to the probe list in the ThermoSpider preferences. (e.g. 192.168.1.254), and tick “Sample”, “Graph” and “Export”
- Open a Graphing Window (Window menu -> Graphing Window)
- Set “Poll Every” to 1 minute (Preferences -> Monitoring). This is how often your thermometer is asked for the current temperature.
- Set “Generate every” to 1 minute (Preferences -> Graphing). This is how often the graph is exported to HTML format.
- Set “Scale Time Period” to “Last hour” to begin with
- Close the Preferences window by clicking the “Save” button
- Allow ThermoSpider to accumulate data for a few minutes
The graphing window will be ‘empty’, until enough data has been collected. So, by setting “Poll Every” to 1 minute, data will be accumulated sooner.
Once Setup…”View in Web Browser”
Once a graph is showing in your Graphing window, you can go to Preferences -> Graphing tab, and click the “View in Web Browser” button, to start to view your graph (as a web page) in your default web browser. When viewing the file via your web browser, the page will auto-refresh periodically, checking for an updated graph image. (If a new one has been generated, it will be displayed).
You can also book-mark the ThermoSpider output page in your browser, for future reference.
Share your web page
If you want to share that page across your network, simply enable web sharing for that particular folder/path location, on your computer. (Enabling this will depend on your computer setup, e.g. whether in Windows, Mac OS X, or Linux etc.). You can also change or customize (cut / copy / paste) the default web export URL, to suit your needs.
Later, you can set these polling and generating settings, back to less-frequent intervals if you like.
Text Export (for use in Excel etc.)
Your TME data will also be exported (as text) if you have the “Export” box checked for your thermometer (in the Preferences -> Monitoring -> Export field). Check the Preferences -> Monitoring tab, for the default “Output” path. (You can also change this path yourself).
Sample, Graph, Export
In the Monitoring Preferences -> Probes list, these are the options available:
- “Sample” refers to whether you want to gather data for that probe
- “Graph” refers to whether data is graphed for you
- “Export” refers to whether your TME data is exported to text file automatically.
(It is recommended to “tick” each of these values, to enable full functionality)
Display more than one TME
If you have more than one TME, you can add additional TMEs, to the ‘Probes’ list (as noted above). Once added, give Thermospider a few minutes to ‘talk’ with the TME’s, to grab some more data. Once sufficient data has been obtained, then these additional TMEs will also be graphed, one after another (down the Thermospider window).
If you have opted to to the web ‘export’ function, each additional TME will appear after another too, down the web-browser window. An example screen-shot of the Thermospider Web-export, is shown below:
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On the TH2E (temperature & humidity sensing units, over Ethernet) customers have a choice of two different factory options:
- Temperature / Humidity / Alerts / Event memory + logging
OR
- Temperature / Humidity / Alerts / SNMP / ModBus
By default, the TH2E units despatched to customers are the model with the ‘event memory’ and temperature/humidity logging. But if you require SNMP (e.g. for Nagios, NetSaint etc.) or if you require ModBus functionality for a specific application in your organisation, please mention this when ordering a TH2E.
The TH2E manual is available for download from here: TH2E PDF manual download.
SNMP is discussed in the TH2E manual from page 41 onwards.
ModBus is discussed in the TH2E manual on page 46.
Not sure what option you need? Then simply contact us for more information.
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It’s not often you can set up a device in less than 5 minutes. But with our Ethernet Thermometers you can. With a variety of protocols supported, you’re spoilt for choice.
- First chose your IP address
- Next configure your Email settings.
- For most people, that’s it!
If you want, you can set your notification email address, to that of an email-to-SMS service (such as the Australian site: UTbox.net), so that you can receive an SMS whenever temperatures rise.
Email-to-SMS services work by having an account with an SMS provider. You can then send an email to the SMS provider from a device (such as your TME Ethernet Thermometer, or TH2E Temperature Humidity sensor), and an SMS will be sent direct to the mobile telephone number that you specify.
If you chose to use UTbox.net for your SMS alerting needs, you can use our UTBOX REFERRAL CODE: Q2G6-84CP-VAFD for a $5 discount / credit on signing up to Utbox.net
All of our Ethernet Thermometers INCLUDE a regulated power supply as standard, along with Ethernet cable, temperature probe, and full instructions. Ready to use!
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Select one of the latest downloads from the list below:
Introducing the ThermoSpider Data Logging and Graphing application. Graph your TME Ethernet Thermometer over time, and export your thermometer data to a text file automatically:
Thermospider is now available to purchase from our online store:
http://store.kagi.com/cgi-bin/store.cgi?storeID=6FEWW_LIVE
Other downloads:
See our Downloads page for a complete list of all available downloads
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(Screen shots of Thermometer settings interface below)
Our Ethernet Temperature Thermometers are easy to setup and configure. And with a variety of protocols supports, you’re spoilt for choice. We recommend using an email to SMS service for example, so that you can get an SMS if your server room (or other location) is hot & overheating, especially if there has been an air-conditioner failure, or a power failure.
Each Ethernet Thermometer (“TME”) is set up with a default IP address (192.168.1.254). You can change this setting instantly, using the new Ethernet Configurator software.
Latest Downloads page, here.
And as of the new release TME v1.8, you can now configure all the thermometer settings, direct from your favourite web browser (only available in TME’s manufactured with firmware 1.8 or above):
http://192.168.1.254/
OR, you can configure all the settings, via Telnet (or Terminal on an Apple Macintosh or Linux computer), on port 9999.
TELNET 192.168.1.254 9999
You also control and set the temperature range, web, email and other protocol settings via the same method.
If you want to check your thermometer, you simply call up a web browser window, and enter the IP address of your thermometer. e.g: http://192.168.1.254/
This image shows the default view in the Ethernet Thermometer (firmware 1.8):
Here is an image of how to adjust your TME’s settings, using a web browser (TME firmware 1.8 and above), using the new web interface features:
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For sending email alerts, you need to specify an SMTP (Mail) server within your TME’s settings. If you have an internal mail server on your network, simply use your server’s IP address.
If you use an external Internet Service Provider (or use an External Mail server), simply use the IP address of your Internet Service Provider’s SMTP server (Mail server).
E.g. if your ISP is Bigpond, or iiNet, you can use the IP address of the Bigpond (144.140.80.10) or iiNet (203.0.178.192) SMTP server respectively.
The same applies for other ISP’s too.
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“Ethernet (Normally powered? PoE?) USB? RS232? Please help me decide!”
Most Networks – go for the standard TME
As a general guide, our Ethernet Thermometers (two models: with regulated Power-supply, or with a Power-Over-Ethernet adapter), are our most comprehensive thermometers, complete with a full host of alerting options (including Email, Email-to-SMS (using add-on service), HTTP, XML, SNMP traps, HTTP Get, etc.). Designed for Mission-Critical applications, such as in Server Rooms or Server Cabinets.
Must have PoE networked devices? TME-with PoE adapter
If you have a PoE network, a Ethernet Thermometer with Power-Over-Ethernet adapter will match your needs. Otherwise, use our standard Ethernet Thermometer with regulated Power-supply as a more affordable alternative.
USB, Serial (RS232)?
If all you want is a straight “ASCII” output (without any alerting abilities), then our RS232 or USB thermometers may suit your needs. If you want alerting abilities, please consider the TME models.
Still not sure which model is right for you? Feel free to contact us and we can help you decide =>
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