Environmental measuring apparatus

An environmental measuring apparatus for measuring a plurality of environmental conditions within a server rack or a server room, comprising:

• a plurality of sensing devices for detecting the plurality of environmental conditions, wherein each of the sensing devices is arranged and constructed to generate at least one analog sensing value corresponding to the environmental condition and at least one sensing device identification signal corresponding to an associated type of the sensing device, and
• a measuring device including a plurality of connector sockets, a power supply, an analog-digital converter and a microprocessor, wherein each of the sensing devices is connected to any of the connector sockets and receives a supply of electrical power from the power supply, wherein the at least one analog sensing value associated with each of the sensing devices is converted into a digital format by the analog-digital converter, and wherein the microprocessor further converts the digital format into a form representing the associated environmental condition based upon conversion information associated with the at least one sensing device identification signal of the corresponding sensing device.

An environmental measuring apparatus for measuring at least one environmental condition within a server rack or a server room, comprising:

• at least one sensing device for detecting the at least one environmental condition, wherein each of the sensing devices is arranged and constructed to generate at least one analog sensing value corresponding to the environmental condition and at least one sensing device identification signal corresponding to an associated type of the sensing device;
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• a measuring device including at least one connector socket, a power supply, an analog-digital converter, and a microprocessor, wherein the at least one sensing device is connected to the at least one connector socket and receives a supply of electrical power from the power supply, wherein the at least one analog sensing value associated with the at least one sensing device is converted into a digital format by the analog-digital converter, and wherein the microprocessor further converts the digital format into a form representing the associated environmental condition based upon conversion information associated with the at least one sensing device identification signal of the corresponding sensing device.