Environmental Monitoring with Q8 datalogger and Quanterra Mesh Extension (QME)

The versatile Q8 datalogger is telemetry ready, but using very low power (~300mW) is suitable for portable applications, such as On-Site-Inspections or seismo-acoustic arrays. Q8 features six or seven high resolution channels, plus an internal +/-2g accelerometer with additional three high resolution channels. The new Quanterra Mesh Extension (QME) allows for simplified integration of up to 16 one-sample-per-second environmental sensors, analog and digital. QME uses a modern IEEE wireless protocol, eliminating the management of multiple cables, ground loops, conduits, trenching, while adding freedom in sensors positioning. QME improves environmental data quality, lowers installation costs and time, and does not require specialized software. The environmental sensors tested so far were for temperature, relative humidity, barometric pressure, wind speed and direction, tilt, strain, external voltage, and intrusion.