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Alarm Monitor sends text message to report alarm condition
The Teleterm 'Silent Sentry' from Omniflex is a new low cost, off the shelf, state-of-the-art Alarm Monitor capable of monitoring a wide range of input types and sending SMS Alarm messages upon detection of an alarm condition. The Silent Sentry has 12 direct Binary or Analogue Inputs, plus a Modbus port allowing alarms from a variety of sources to be monitored. Up to 64 different messages can be sent from one unit.
It cThe Silent Sentry is easily configurable by the user, using the free Omniset configuration software. Using Omniset PRO software, it can even be configured remotely over the GSM network. The Silent Sentry can be connected to any existing alarm annunciator system and can also be used to remotely acknowledge alarms using a mobile phone.