What is telemetry?

Telemetry is remote measurement or the remote collection of data. Telemetered data can be physical, environmental or biological data. Telemetry is typically used to gather data from distant, inaccessible locations, or when data collection would be dangerous or difficult for a variety of reasons. Telemetry can also mean radio signals from a spacecraft used to encode and transmit data to a ground station.

Telemetry is a technology which allows the remote measurement and reporting of information of interest to the system designer or operator. The word is derived from Greek roots tele = remote, and metron = to measure.

Telemetry equipment, such as RelayPage can be used to remotely turn on or off third party devices such as lighting and reticulation. The RelayPage telemetry device is a POCSAG paging receiver which means that it can be used with most onsite paging systems as well as public paging networks.

RelayPage telemetry systems provide the ability to remotely control relay outputs via a paging system. The RelayPage telemetry device consists of a highly sensitive receiver and eight relays capable of switching up to 10Amp at 240V (1Amp at 24V relays are provided as standard). This enables messages to be sent to a RelayPage telemetry device to control any combination of outputs. The RelayPage telemetry system can be connected to a myriad of devices such as lighting controls, reticulation systems or even process control systems.