July 5, 2002—Siemens Building Technologies and Adcon Telemetry have developed a wireless room sensor for sensing and controlling the temperature of a building. Incorporating Radio Frequency (RF) components developed by Adcon, the wireless room sensor is designed to reduce the time, cost, and inconvenience of installing a temperature controller. The sensor is primarily targeted at commercial office buildings, although any facility or room that requires temperature control is a good fit. The sensor is now being used nationwide from office buildings in New York to Las Vegas casinos.
The wireless room sensor communicates the temperature once per minute via radio to the controller in the roof, with signals going through walls to get to the controller, thereby eliminating the need for wires. A typical wired thermostat communicates with the control system via wires to provide information on heating and cooling. According to Siemens, the wiring is expensive and time-consuming to install, and often impossible to insert into historic buildings and other challenging sites.
The wireless room sensor is intended to reduce costs and increase efficiencies for installation technicians. With a wired thermostat, the installer needs to plug a laptop into the wall jack or climb up to the roof to check the controller. The wireless room sensor provides the same capabilities, without wires.
