VT855t Data Center Monitoring System

Datasheet page: https://vutlan.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DEN/pages/2903769089

Product page: https://vutlan.com/remote-monitoring-units/185-vt855t-remote-monitoring-system.html

Brochure: https://vutlan.com/index.php?controller=attachment&id_attachment=122

Drivers: https://vutlan.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DRIV/pages/2912583997

Date of release: 15.05.2023

Keywords: Remote monitoring system, SNMP monitoring device, Master monitoring unit, I/O controller, temperature monitoring, water leakage, remote environment, environment monitoring, IoT monitoring unit, remote environment monitoring, stand-alone monitoring, smoke detector, relay contacts, data center optimization, Server room monitoring, data center safety, data center optimization, remote power switch, server room environment,

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Function and purpose

Introducing the VT855t / Data Center Monitoring System—the pinnacle of environmental monitoring and control for the modern data center! This advanced system is engineered to safeguard your critical infrastructure by meticulously monitoring vital parameters such as temperature, humidity, voltage, water leakage, smoke, and airflow.

Key Features:

• Unmatched Monitoring Capabilities: With the ability to handle up to 1000 individual elements, including sensors, notifications, triggers, and logic schemes, the VT855t empowers you to create a robust and customized monitoring environment tailored to your specific needs.

• Intuitive Web Interface: The built-in web interface offers seamless access to virtual sensors and control panels, enabling you to easily configure alerts and automate responses to environmental changes. It’s user-friendly yet powerful enough for complex setups.

• Reliable I/O Control: Act as an I/O controller for critical systems such as doors, fans, generators, UPS, circuit breakers, and alarms. Ensure your data center remains operational and secure at all times.

• Enhanced Connectivity: Featuring a dedicated slot for an LTE modem, the VT855t guarantees that you have a reliable Ethernet connection reserve, providing peace of mind in the event of a primary network failure.

Why Choose VT855t?

This state-of-the-art system isn't just a monitoring tool; it's your partner in achieving optimal operational performance and reliability. With its unparalleled precision and flexibility, the VT855t empowers you to take control of your environment, ensuring that your data center is always operating at peak efficiency.

Embrace the future of data center management with the VT855t / Data Center Monitoring System—where excellence meets innovation!

Notifications include E-mail, FTP log, Syslog, SMTP, SNMP Traps, Web-to-SMS, and PUSH.

Protocols include DHCP; HTTP; HTTPS; DynDNS; SSL; SNMP v1, v2c, v3; SMTP; FTP; Syslog; RADIUS; Modbus RTU; OpenVPN.

Virtual sensors include PING, timers, triggers, Logic schemes, SNMP GET, x4 IP cameras, Virtual math elements, and others.

Extensions

• VT740 / LTE slot modem

• VT485m / Modbus RTU extension or VT485r / OSPDv2 reader extension

• VT-ACCU / Rechargeable reservation battery or VT-BAT / Reservation battery 6F22 9V

Use cases

The VT855t / Data Center Monitoring System isn't just a monitoring tool; it's a powerful ally that elevates your data center operations to high levels. Embrace its capabilities to forge a more resilient, efficient, and secure infrastructure. With the VT855t, you're not just keeping watch; you're taking command of your environment like never before!

1. Fortifying Data Integrity: In high-stakes environments like financial institutions and cloud service providers, the VT855t serves as the frontline guardian against data loss. By continuously monitoring environmental conditions, it ensures that servers remain in optimal conditions, protecting sensitive data from the adverse effects of overheating or humidity.

2. Smart Automation in IT Facilities: Integrate the VT855t into your facility’s automation systems to create a truly smart environment. It can automate cooling systems, activate alarms, or control access doors based on real-time data, allowing for a seamless, hands-off approach to data center management.

3. Disaster Prevention: Deploy the VT855t as part of a comprehensive disaster recovery plan. Its ability to send instant notifications during a smoke or water leak event enables rapid response, potentially saving thousands in equipment damage and downtime.

4. Optimizing Energy Efficiency: Harness the VT855t to monitor and analyze energy consumption. By tracking airflow and temperature fluctuations, it empowers you to adjust cooling systems dynamically, reducing energy costs and minimizing your carbon footprint without sacrificing performance.

5. Regulatory Compliance: For industries subject to stringent regulations, such as healthcare and finance, the VT855t simplifies compliance with environmental monitoring standards. Its detailed logging capabilities provide the necessary data for audits, ensuring you meet all regulatory requirements.

6. Remote Monitoring and Management: With its LTE modem capability, the VT855t offers uninterrupted remote access to monitoring systems, making it an invaluable tool for data centers with distributed operations. Administrators can oversee multiple locations from a single interface, ensuring that no critical event goes unnoticed.

7. Comprehensive Event Management: Use the VT855t to implement sophisticated event management strategies. By linking various sensors to create complex logic schemes, you can develop tailored responses to specific environmental changes, enhancing operational resilience and minimizing manual intervention.

Order options / Dimensions

Physical Description

Front panel:

Back panel:

1. "1U 19-inch brackets" - x2 pcs for mounting brackets into a 1U 19" rack slot.

2. "Sticker space" - A place for a sticker, can be used by a user to place an identifier of the system (for example, an IP address).

3. "Analog sensors: A1..A8" - 8 RJ12 analog sensor inputs with auto-sensing. Read instructions at "Analog sensors connection", and "Sensor configuration".

4. "LAN port" - Ethernet 10/100 Base-T port, provides an Ethernet connection. Read more in this section "LAN, GSM, LTE, RADIUS, DNS, SSL, VPN".

• "Orange LED" - orange LED for Ethernet port. It shows network traffic.

• "Green LED" - green LED for Ethernet port. It shows network traffic. Flashes green when the system starts up. Shows the connection state (constant green light - the connection is established, blinking green - the connection attempt).

5. "Modem slot" - "VT740 / LTE slot modem" can be installed in this slot. This modem is ordered separately. Read instructions at "VT740 / LTE slot modem", and "LAN, GSM, LTE, RADIUS, DNS, SSL, VPN".

6. "CAN 1 / CAN 0" - x2 RJ12 ports for the connection of CAN sensors/extensions/devices on a CAN bus. Modules connected to these connectors can be chained together. Read the instructions at "CAN devises connection", and "Setting up CAN".

"LED: CAN" - green LED indicates CAN bus status.

1. The LED blinks slowly - nothing is connected

2. The LED blinks fast - configuration is in process

3. The LED glows constantly - connected to CAN devices

7. “USB” - Micro USB ports is needed for USB camera recording, USB Flash for system logs, and system restoration. Read instructions in "Connecting USB camera", "USB camera settings. How to save a video", "Saving system logs on USB flash drive", and "USB upgrade or restore of default settings".

8. "Restart" - the button restarts the appliance. Hold the button for 2 seconds and then let go, and the system will restart.

9.1 "Activity" - green LED indicates appliance system status,

• operating mode of the device: switches at a frequency of 2 times per second;

• successful completion of the software update process: switches at a frequency of 4 times per second;

9.2 "Error" - red LED indicates error and traffic.

• the operating mode of the device: If everything is normal, the LED is extinguished, if not - there's a constant glow;

• software update mode: switches at a rate of 2 times per second;

9.3 "Alarm" - The LED can be programmed from the interface for alarm indication.

10. "TEMPERATURE SENSOR" - accuracy +/- 1 °C.

11.1 "E1, E2" - LED status indicators for 12V 0.25A Relay Outputs.

11.2 "R1, R2" - LED status indicators for x2 NC/NO/COM relays.

12. "DRY CONTACT INPUTS 1...32" - Dry contact input terminals (Type IN). Read the instructions at "Connecting dry contacts", and "Dry contacts settings".

13. "ISOLATED DRY CONTACTS OUTPUTS 1...8" - Dry contact outputs 24VDC / 15mA (type OUT). Read the instructions at "Connecting dry contacts", and "Dry contacts settings".

14. “Battery Extension Slot” - Extension slot for “VT-ACCU / Rechargeable reservation battery” or “VT-6F22 / Reservation battery 9V”. Only one extension can be installed into this slot. Each extension is purchased separately.

15. "RESERVE" - Reserve power inlet. 100-240VAC, 50/60Hz, Fuse 2A, Fuse 5x20mm, type C14. Please refer to the section "Order options" in this document.

16. "MAIN" - Power inlet. 100-240VAC, 50/60Hz, Fuse 2A, Fuse 5x20mm, type C14. Please refer to the section "Order options" in this document.

17. "Relays 1, Relay 2" - NC/NO/COM power relay terminals. Read instructions at "Connecting NC/NO relays", "A relay switching (NC NO)", and "Relays (Outlets) (SNMP)".

• The LED is ON (orange) - the relay is ON (the initial state can be configured).

• The LED is OFF (orange) - the output is OFF (the initial state can be configured).

18. "OUTPUTS 12V 0.25A" - 12V 0.25A (for each output) terminals outputs (electronic relay). LED indicators are located on the front panel. Read the instructions at "Connecting 12V devices to 12V outputs".

• The LED is ON (orange) - the output is ON (the initial state can be configured).

• The LED is OFF (orange) - the output is OFF (the initial state can be configured).

19. "Factory reset" - reset settings to default factory settings. Keep pressing the button for more than 5 seconds. The “Error” LED will start blinking. This indicates that the factory restoration has started. Wait for 20-60 seconds for the system to restart. The “Activity” LED will start blinking once the system has been restarted. The device can be accessed now.

20. “N - R" - DIP switch is used for different system modes.

• Normal mode: The switch is switched to the left ←. The switch should be always in this position.

• Restore of appliance: The switch is switched to the right →. Used to load the clean system image from an SD card. Read the instructions at “Restore of appliance”.

21. "SD card" - MicroSD card slot with an ejector. The card is needed for data storage or the "system restore". Read instructions at "Saving system logs to SD card", and "Restore of the appliance (for VT960 series)".

22. “Extension slot” - Only one of the two extensions can be installed “VT485m / Modbus RTU extension” or “VT485r / OSDP v2 reader extension”. Ordered separately.

23. "DC 12V BACKUP POWER" - This is a third backup option. The PCB has three power lines.

24. "Chassis grounding" - Chassis grounding, M4 thread. Enhances the immunity of the equipment against conducted and radiated RF disturbances. Please contact a professional electrician before connecting it.

25. "RESERVE INPUT 24-48V" - Reserve power inlet. 24-48V DC, 5.08mm 2EDGK power plug, 18-72VDC to 12VDC/0.84A. Please refer to the section "Order options" in this document.

26. "MAIN INPUT 24-48V DC" - optional order option for some of the units. Please refer to the section "Order options" in this document.

Connection overview diagram

Power Supply Priorities

Drawing dimensions

19” 1U installation in a rack-cabinet

Installing VT485m / RTU modem extension slot

VT855t has a slot for an extension. You can install only one module in this slot. You can install the “VT485m / Modbus RTU modem extension slot” or the “VT485r / OSDPv2 reader extension slot”. Both modules are ordered separately.

Installing LTE slot modem

VT855t has a slot for “VT740 / LTE slot modem”. The modem is ordered separately.

Installing reservation battery

The unit has an “Extension battery slot” at the back of the unit. You can install VT-BAT / Reservation battery 6F22 9V or VT-ACCU / Rechargeable reservation battery.

Extending the number of sensors and devices connected to the system

Package content VT855t series

Technical details

See a comparison table with technical details for each individual Vutlan monitoring unit at:

https://vutlan.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DEN/pages/705855489

Frequently asked questions

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Remote Infrastructure Monitoring and Control

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