Tower Light Monitors and the Evolution of RTU’s

A Remote Terminal Unit (RTU) Makes An Excellent Tower Light Monitor
With advancement in technology, light tower observation can now be automated via the use of a Remote Terminal Unit (RTU), which monitors the amperage draw and current of tower lights. They also allow you to monitor sites virtually anywhere without the need for a LAN connection.

How Tower Light Monitors Can Benefit You
These devices allow you to monitor tower lights 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for any major or minor alarms. The tower light monitors also provide alarm notification to you via e-mail, pager, or cellular text message.

They also have the capacity to control site equipment remotely with control relays. Control relays are an excellent way to activate backup lights remotely when your tower light monitors detect a primary lighting failure.

High Quality Tower Light Monitors (RTUs)
Early automated light checking and monitoring systems were expensive and were vulnerable to failures caused by utility power outages and lightning damage. Today, there are many good automated systems that are available to you:

AlphaMax - With the AlphaMax, you can monitor and control site devices remotely by dialing into the unit and entering a password code. Even if the power fails at your remote site, your monitoring will not go down, as the AlphaMax can be equipped with a backup battery supply that lasts up to two days.

NetDog G2 - The NetDog provides 16 alarm inputs, 2 analog inputs, and 2 control relays. It also allows you to monitor your sites from any workstation on your network.

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