Opengear EMD5000-02 Environmental Monitor Device

The Opengear EMD5000-02 is an industrial-grade environmental monitoring solution designed to protect critical IT infrastructure from environmental threats. This device provides continuous rack-level monitoring of temperature, humidity, and environmental hazards, ensuring data center assets remain protected around the clock.

Key Features

• Integrated temperature and humidity sensors for continuous ambient monitoring
• Two dry contact inputs for external sensors including smoke detectors, water leak detectors, vibration sensors, or door sensors
• Connects to Opengear console servers via serial port with adapter and CAT5 cable
• Configurable alarm thresholds with progressive warning and critical alerts
• Multiple alert methods: email, SMS, SNMP, and Nagios integration
• Maintains comprehensive log records of temperature, humidity, and sensor events
• Secure web browser-based remote monitoring and management
• Out-of-band alerting capability when connected to Opengear console server

Typical Applications

Ideal for data centers, server rooms, network closets, and remote equipment sites requiring environmental oversight. Enables IT and facilities managers to detect and respond to rising temperatures, humidity changes, water leaks, smoke detection, cabinet intrusion, and other environmental conditions before equipment damage occurs.