The H+R Curator® A microprocessor unit

The H+R Curator A microprocessor unit is a specially designed, low-cost datalogger optimised for the environmental monitoring of buildings. It has integral communications, alarm and calibration facilities. A single Curator A unit can monitor up to four thousand sensors. These can be the H+R Curator moisture sensor or other sensors to measure parameters such as water level, movement, temperature and light. Readings can be taken from sensors hundreds of metres away from the base unit which report through local 'nodes' via a single six core cable. This reduces wiring with obvious advantages in ease of installation, appearance and cost

H+R Curator A units can be interrogated by a central computer via the telephone system. This makes data recording and analysis quick and certain. The information can then be analysed using statistical, graphical and expert system programs. In this way any part of a building can be monitored 24 hours a day, 365 days a year by H+R experts, thus making the best and most up-to-date information and advice available to building owners

Using the microprocessor in the base unit, each sensor can be individually calibrated and have logging interval and alarm limits set. The base unit has an integral alarm and can be read locally using either the LED display and keypad or connected to a microcomputer via an industry standard socket. Industry standard communications also allow the H+R Curator A unit to interface with other systems such as heating and ventilation controls or external alarm systems as part of a total building management system.

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