Monitor Technologies, LLC products

The Silo Patrol® SE Inventory Management System is an industry-leading cable-based smart level sensor system that is designed to handle some of the harshest and most dynamic conditions. The Silo Patrol SE system incorporates state-of-the-art sensors, a wide choice of operator interfaces, auxiliary outputs and displays, as well as unique remote/vendor managed inventory solutions. The Silo Patrol SE delivers a truly robust level sensor design, providing reliable and high value solutions for a wide variety of applications and industries worldwide. The Silo Patrol SE incorporates significant advances in this field-proven approach to reliably monitoring the level of material in bins, silos and tanks up to 150ft (45.7m) in height.

The RadarRight radar level sensor emits a microwave pulse from its antenna, which travels at the speed of light to the surface of the medium below. The time-of-flight of the pulse and its reflection back to the instrument location is directly related to the empty distance in the vessel and the material level. The output from the electronics is continuously updated as the level of the material surface changes.

The RadarRight radar level sensor emits a microwave pulse from its antenna, which travels at the speed of light to the surface of the medium below. The time-of-flight of the pulse and its reflection back to the instrument location is directly related to the empty distance in the vessel and the material level. The output from the electronics is continuously updated as the level of the material surface changes.

The multi-functional HMI2 controls level sensor operations, displays measured and calculated data and performs/displays system and sensor diagnostic messages via two separate RS-485 communication networks. The HMI2 operator interface control console provides convenient, local interface for Monitor’s “Smart” RS-485 SiloPatrol® SMU SE cable-based inventory monitoring sensors, RadarRight(TM) non-contact radar level sensors and/or Flexar® guided wave radar level sensors. HMI2 allows for monitoring up to 32 SMU SE, RadarRight and/or Flexar sensors.

The WirelessEZ Communication Interface (radio modem) is compatible with the the SiloPatrol® SE (SMU) "smart" cable-based sensor, RadarRight non-contact level sensor or Flexar guided wave radar level sensor. It can also be used for wire-replacement applications for equipment not manufactured by Monitor Technologies (consult factory for details). Communication between the sensors and an operator interface like the HMI2 control console or the SiloTrack  PC or CLOUD inventory management software is accomplished via half-duplex (2-wire) RS-485 communication format. The WirelessEZ Communication Interface can be used to replace the RS-485 wiring between the sensors, the HMI2 or the PC. The WirelessEZ Communication Interface can be used to lower the cost of some installations and to overcome obstacles that make hardwiring impractical or impossible.