Monitoring – The Sentinal™ distributes logical data processing to the monitoring sites. A water quality profile defining normal and acceptable water quality will be established at each site. Through the utilization of sensors, the Sentinal™ continuously evaluates the water quality profile to look for changes that indicate contamination or a process malfunction. If a significant change is detected, the Sentinal™ will instantly notify appropriate personnel. The Sentinal™ is a lot like the human brain: It “perceives” its environment through sensors, analyzes the information and makes judgments about it, and takes action to notify someone of detected problems.  An audible alarm will be sounded and the information of concern will be displayed on the computer monitor. The operator will be required to acknowledge the alarm to shut off the sound.  The operator will be required to log the action taken and will not be able to reset the alarm until the water quality is back to normal.

Sensors – The Sentinal™ works well with most sensors and analyzers. The Sentinal™ can connect to sensors already in place as well as to newly installed sensors. Clarion has working relationships with the major sensor suppliers.

Communications – It is important to have two-way communications with the monitoring system – both for security and maintenance purposes, and the Sentinal™ can use various means of communication. Wireless communications such as radios, cellular networks, and satellites, and wired links like local area networks (LANs) and telephone lines can be used to communicate with the monitoring system. Typically, radio or cellular communications provide flexibility where LAN access is not available.

The Sentinal™ permits “on-demand” access to the monitoring system as well as the emergency notifications.