Master Air Flow with Precision: Explore Wireless Air Velocity Sensors

ioX-Connect Wireless Air Velocity Sensors

Air Velocity Sensors for HVAC Monitoring
Precision, Efficiency, and Control at Your Fingertips

Enhance Your Environment with Advanced Air Velocity Monitoring

Optimize and monitor your HVAC systems with unparalleled accuracy using the ioX Wireless Air Velocity Sensors. Available in both enterprise and industrial versions, these sensors are designed to measure air flow speed and pressure accurately, ensuring efficient operation and compliance with environmental standards. Ideal for facility managers and maintenance technicians, our sensors provide critical data to maintain optimal air quality and system performance.

Key Features:

  • Measurement Range: -50 m/s to 50 m/s, accommodating a wide range of system demands.
  • High Accuracy: +/- 0.5 m/s, ensuring precise readings crucial for system diagnostics and maintenance.
  • Fine Resolution: 0.1 m/s, providing detailed insights into air flow changes.
  • Environmental Compensation: Features automatic temperature adjustment and optional manual altitude compensation to maintain accuracy under varying environmental conditions.
  • Configurable Alerts: Set thresholds for alerts to maintain system integrity and prevent potential failures.
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How It Works & Benefits of Using ioX Wireless Air Velocity Sensors

Understanding the Functionality:

The ioX Wireless Air Velocity Sensors measure air flow by calculating the pressure difference between two ports, supplemented by temperature and altitude adjustments for precise readings. This sophisticated technology ensures that the sensor delivers reliable data on air speed, which is essential for various industrial and commercial applications.

How Alerts Work:

When the Air Velocity Sensors detect conditions that deviate from set thresholds, they instantly trigger alerts. Notifications can be configured to be sent via text, email, or even directly to central monitoring systems, ensuring that critical information reaches the right hands without delay. This proactive alert system not only safeguards operational continuity but also enhances safety protocols, making it an indispensable tool for facility managers and safety officers.



Enhanced System Efficiency

By accurately monitoring air velocity, these sensors enable HVAC systems to operate more efficiently, reducing energy costs and improving overall system health.

Preventative Maintenance Support

Live data notifications keep maintenance crews informed about airflow fluctuations, enabling swift action to avoid expensive fixes and operational interruptions.

Improved Environmental Compliance

Maintain strict adherence to environmental standards by ensuring that airflow and pressure levels meet regulatory requirements, especially in settings like hospitals and clean rooms.

Enhanced Workplace Safety and Comfort

Proper air management helps create a safer and more comfortable environment for employees, particularly in confined spaces where air quality directly impacts health.

Key Features of ioX Wireless Air Velocity Sensors

Accurate Measurement Capabilities:

  • Range: Experience precise monitoring with a vast measurement range of -50 m/s to 50 m/s, accommodating even the most demanding industrial applications.
  • Resolution: With a fine resolution of 0.1 m/s, detect even the smallest changes in air flow to ensure optimal system performance.
  • Accuracy: Benefit from high accuracy (± 0.5 m/s), crucial for maintaining system efficiency and compliance with environmental standards.

Advanced Environmental Adaptation:

  • Automatic Temperature Compensation: Ensures readings are consistent and reliable under varying temperature conditions, critical for both indoor and outdoor environments.
  • Altitude Compensation: Manually adjust for altitude variations to maintain accuracy in diverse geographical locations.

Configurable Alerts for Enhanced Safety:

  • Set thresholds to receive instant alerts if air velocity deviates from specified limits. This feature allows for immediate response to potential issues, enhancing system reliability and preventing downtime.

Benefits of Using ioX Air Velocity Sensors:

  • Improved System Efficiency: By accurately monitoring and adjusting based on air flow readings, optimize energy use and reduce operational costs.
  • Enhanced Safety and Compliance: Maintain critical safety standards in facilities such as hospitals, laboratories, and manufacturing plants, ensuring a safe working environment.
  • Preventative Maintenance: Detect issues early before they lead to costly repairs or system failures, saving time and resources in long-term maintenance.

Ideal for Diverse Applications:

  • These sensors are indispensable in sectors like healthcare for maintaining air quality, in manufacturing for system monitoring, and in HVAC applications for energy management.

Typical Use Cases and Applications of ioX Wireless Air Velocity Sensors

Healthcare Facilities:

In healthcare settings like operating rooms and patient care areas, maintaining top-notch air quality is critical to prevent infections and protect vulnerable individuals. Utilizing ioX Wireless Air Velocity Sensors allows for precise monitoring and control of air flow, ensuring compliance with health standards and reducing airborne contamination risks. This real-time monitoring capability enables swift adjustments to maintain optimal air conditions, enhancing safety for patients, staff, and visitors. By adopting these advanced sensors, healthcare facilities elevate their care standards, emphasizing their commitment to patient safety and well-being.


Manufacturing Plants:

In the dynamic world of manufacturing, maintaining stable environmental conditions is crucial for a seamless production line and avoiding costly issues. This is especially true in sectors like pharmaceutical manufacturing and electronic assembly, where air flow precision and environmental control are essential for product integrity. ioX Wireless Air Velocity Sensors enable continuous monitoring and adjustment of air flow, ensuring optimal conditions throughout production.

These advanced sensors not only improve product quality and safety but also minimize contamination risks, potentially preventing product recalls, legal problems, and damage to brand reputation. Their ability to precisely control air flow is critical in environments where the slightest particulate matter can compromise products.

Additionally, ioX Wireless Air Velocity Sensors are key in meeting and exceeding industry-specific regulatory standards, essential in industries where air quality directly influences product safety and efficacy. The data these sensors provide offer insights for process improvements, efficiency gains, and reduced operational costs, giving manufacturers a competitive edge.

Overall, ioX Wireless Air Velocity Sensors embody a forward-thinking approach in manufacturing, underlining the importance of innovative environmental monitoring for superior production quality and integrity.

HVAC Systems:

The integration of ioX Wireless Air Velocity Sensors into HVAC systems revolutionizes climate management across various buildings, enhancing HVAC performance through precise airflow and ventilation control. This leads to substantial energy savings, lowers utility costs, and reduces carbon emissions, appealing to facility managers and property owners aiming to cut expenses without sacrificing comfort or safety. Additionally, these sensors ensure optimal temperature and humidity levels, improving comfort and productivity in commercial spaces, educational settings, and residential areas. They also play a vital role in health by improving air quality and reducing the spread of airborne contaminants, crucial in today's health-conscious environment. By deploying ioX Wireless Air Velocity Sensors, HVAC systems become more efficient, sustainable, and aligned with advanced environmental management practices.

Data Centers:

In the digital era, data centers are crucial, operating non-stop and requiring controlled environments to ensure operational efficiency and equipment longevity. ioX Wireless Air Velocity Sensors address the critical need for precise air flow management, preventing equipment overheating. Continuous air velocity monitoring allows for proactive cooling adjustments, avoiding thermal issues that could lead to system failures or hardware damage, essential for maintaining uptime and preventing financial losses.

Integrating these sensors not only improves thermal management but also extends IT equipment life, reduces capital expenses, and lowers the risk of data loss. Additionally, optimal operating conditions achieved through precise air flow control enhance energy efficiency, cut operational costs, and reduce carbon emissions. This approach bolsters data security and reliability, giving data centers a competitive edge by ensuring continuous, uninterrupted service. Thus, ioX Wireless Air Velocity Sensors represent a smart, scalable solution for boosting equipment performance and reliability, meeting the needs of a data-driven world.

Clean Rooms:

In clean rooms, where precision in air quality control is critical for research and semiconductor manufacturing, ioX Wireless Air Velocity Sensors offer a significant advancement. These sensors provide real-time monitoring and adjustments to air flow, ensuring the strict air quality standards necessary for these sensitive environments are met. By preventing particle contamination, they safeguard research integrity and product quality. The real-time data from the sensors enables quick identification and mitigation of contamination risks, enhancing operational efficiency and reducing the potential for costly setbacks or defects. Deploying these sensors underscores a commitment to excellence and innovation, achieving unmatched air purity levels and setting new standards in contamination control.

  • Enterprise AA-battery powered: Our most popular type is ideal for typical commercial & enterprise environments, such as server rooms. A 1,200+ ft. range readily covers most facilities.
  • Industrial: Sensor's weatherproof, NEMA-rated enclosure withstands demanding indoor/outdoor use, e.g., warehouses & production facilities.
Connection Type Wireless
Sensor Type Enterprise (AA Battery) Industrial
Sensor Housing
Dimensions1
4.375" (111.125 mm) Width
2.470" (62.738 mm) Height
1.111" (28.219 mm) Depth
3.701" (94.0 mm) Width
2.316" (58.84 mm) Height
1.378" (35.0 mm) Depth
Gateway Required? Yes Yes
Range2 1200+ Feet
12+ Walls
1200+ Feet
12+ Walls
Battery Required? Yes
Two AA's
Yes
1800mAH Industrial
Battery Life3 Up to 10 Years Up to 5 Years
Internet Required for Data Transmission?4 No No
Outdoor Use or Wet Conditions? No Yes (IP65 Nema Rated Housing)
Works with Other ioX-Connect Sensors? Yes Yes

 

1Dimensions for standard housing sizes. For sensors in non-typical housings, please refer to their data sheets.
2Actual range may vary depending on environment.
3Battery life is determined by sensor reporting frequency and other variables.
4This is transmission from sensor to gateway. All gateways will need active connection for transmission to ioX-Connect. Gateway transmission can be Ethernet or Cellular.

Enterprise Sensor Enclosure:

Enterprise Sensor Enclosure Drawing

Industrial Sensor Enclosure:

Industrial Sensor Enclosure and Antenna Drawing

 

FAQs

Your all-in-one wireless monitoring solution

Please reach out to us at: sales@iox-connect.com if you have any additional questions that are not addressed below.

Velocity pressure is the pressure caused by the motion of air in an HVAC system, and it is used to measure the speed of airflow within ducts. This parameter is crucial for ensuring that air is distributed efficiently throughout a building. Monitoring velocity pressure helps in maintaining optimal airflow and system balance, which are critical for energy efficiency and occupant comfort.

A velocity sensor, such as the ioX-Connect Wireless Air Velocity Sensor, is used in HVAC systems to monitor the speed and distribution of air flow. By ensuring that air moves through ducts at the correct speed, these sensors help maintain system efficiency, prevent energy waste, and ensure that environmental conditions meet specified standards. They are essential for system diagnostics and routine maintenance, helping facility managers keep HVAC operations at peak performance.

Air velocity sensors measure the speed at which air moves through a system using methods such as thermal anemometry or differential pressure measurement. The ioX-Connect Wireless Air Velocity Sensor, for instance, measures the pressure difference between two ports and calculates the air speed based on this differential. This data is crucial for adjusting fan speeds, verifying system performance, and ensuring that air handling units are functioning properly.

The primary purpose of an air velocity sensor is to measure and control the rate of airflow within HVAC systems. Accurate air velocity measurements help in optimizing air distribution, improving indoor air quality, and reducing energy costs. These sensors are integral to maintaining the environmental standards required for health and safety regulations, especially in sensitive environments like hospitals and laboratories.

An example of a velocity sensor is the ioX-Connect Wireless Air Velocity Sensor, which is used in numerous applications ranging from HVAC monitoring to industrial process control. This sensor not only measures airflow speed but also provides critical data for system adjustments, enhancing overall operational efficiency. It’s an excellent tool for applications requiring precise airflow management, such as in clean rooms, data centers, and ventilation systems.

ioX-Connect's Wireless Sensor communication can reach 1,200+ feet through 12+ walls non-line-of-sight.

You can connect up to 50 different ioX Wireless Sensors to 1 gateway. Gateways can also serve as range extenders if you have a big site where sensors will be installed more than 1,000 ft apart.

The life span of the battery is dependent on several factors, including:

  • How frequently does the sensor transmit data (Heartbeat)
  • How far the sensor is from the wireless gateway
  • The obstructions that can cause difficulty in sending data (farther distance and obstructions require that the radio operate at longer intervals to send and receive data)

ioX-Connect Sensors and Gateways provide automated data logging. Our sensors can store up to 4,000 messages if the gateway connection is lost (non-volatile flash, persists through the power cycle). For 10-minute Heartbeat settings, this accounts for approximately 22 days of messages or readings. For 2-hour Heartbeat settings, our sensors can log up to 266 days of readings.

Plus, our gateways can save up to 50,000 sensor messages if its connection is lost. Our sensors and gateways can log all this data before sending it to the ioX-Connect platform—our sensor management and monitoring software—for cloud storage, trending, and analysis.

ioX-Connect wireless products use Encrypt-RF bank-level security, featuring a 256-bit exchange to establish a globally unique key and an AES-128 CTR for all data messages. Security is maintained at all communication points from sensor to gateway, gateway to software, and back again.

ioX-Connect's standard wireless products use several features to help protect sensor data in transit. The proprietary sensor protocol uses very low transmit power and requires specialized radio equipment to operate. Typical wireless devices that run on non-proprietary communication protocols (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Zigbee) operate using different frequency bands, so you can't use them to eavesdrop on the radio communications from the ioX-Connect family of sensors. In addition, we use a robust packet tampering evaluation routine to ensure that traffic isn't altered between the sensors and the gateways. This enables us to check for well-formed data packets that only originate from ioX-Connect enabled devices. We have algorithms that protect against spoofing and re-transmission of wireless data packets to safeguard data further.

Absolutely! This is what sets ioX-Connect apart from all other IoT solutions out there. ioX-Connect's Analytics module allows you to combine data from different sources not just sensors to create cross functional reports, analyze and trend sensor data, interact with your historical data and collaborate across departments thereby giving you more insights into your business/operations.

Yes. The ioX-Connect platform can be fed with data from external sensors provided we can retrieve the external sensor data through some service like an API. Please reach out to us at: sales@iox-connect.com for more detail on integration capabilities.

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