t-mac works by being integrated within or installed close to critical assets and equipment, collecting real time status data on an asset, machine conditions, environmental conditions or power outages. It is, in essence, a portable monitoring device. The user sets operational and conditional parameters on the device, each relating to the functional operations of a piece of equipment or a site. Should the unit’s measured values fluctuate outside the pre-determined/desired or safe limits set by the user, the t-mac system detects these deviations and acts as an early warning device, sending accurate, information and requesting action to be taken.
Alert notifications are then sent via SMS or email in human language to any number of named users, enabling personnel to respond promptly - on many occasions in advance of the fault potentially becoming a costly hazard whilst at the same time assisting to reduce machine downtime. One piece of recent research found that one in eight respondents put their annual loss of production due to equipment down time at over £250,000 – much of which could have been avoided through an intelligent early warning system such as t-mac.
Information is then gathered via analogue or digital inputs and transmitted over the Internet via GPRS, Ethernet or telephone line at regular intervals, even every second, to a central server.
The t-mac system will allow you to control and monitor a whole host of machines and their functions, including heating of a specific room, unit or building, the ventilation in a particular area or closed space and much more. Essentially, the t-mac is a phenomenal solution for the metering, monitoring, measuring and logging of any of the major assets you use — it is the solution you have been looking for in remote building management.
Using the capabilities and functions of the t-mac includes the ability to detect problems or critical situations arising in a particular building or unit via the web using the wireless technology of GPRS to transmit data via a central server accessed by any computer connected to the Internet.