APC by Schneider Electric NBWS100H Wireless Temperature and Humidity Sensor
Overview
The APC by Schneider Electric NBWS100H is a wireless sensor designed for the NetBotz environmental monitoring platform, capturing both temperature and humidity data in spaces where running sensor cables is impractical or impossible. If your data center, server room, or critical infrastructure deployment already uses NetBotz monitoring appliances, the NBWS100H extends that visibility wirelessly — adding coverage points without new cable runs.
At 0.04 lb (0.02 kg) and with a compact 0.75-inch profile, this sensor installs in tight spots: inside cabinets, above ceiling tiles, or on shelving in server rooms. The gray housing blends into standard IT environments. It is not rack-mountable, so plan on surface or wall placement near the areas you need to monitor.
Key Features
- Dual Environmental Monitoring: Captures both temperature and humidity in a single device — two failure modes covered with one sensor deployment rather than separate devices for each parameter. Humidity spikes and temperature anomalies often travel together in cooling failures; monitoring both from one point simplifies correlation in your NetBotz dashboards.
- Wireless Operation: Eliminates sensor cable routing to hard-to-reach monitoring points. For retrofits in live data centers where cable management is already at capacity, wireless sensors like the NBWS100H let you add coverage without disrupting existing infrastructure.
- NetBotz Platform Integration: Built for the APC NetBotz range, which means it works within the established alert thresholds, notification policies, and reporting workflows you've already configured. No separate monitoring software or integration layer needed for NetBotz-based deployments.
- Compact and Lightweight Form Factor: At 0.75 inches and 0.04 lb, placement options are broad — top-of-rack, inside patch panels, adhesive-mounted to walls. The low mass means it won't affect the structural balance of lightweight fixture points.
- Non-Rack-Mountable Design: This sensor is purpose-built for distributed placement, not 1U rack slots. That's the right call for a spot sensor intended to cover microclimates — hot aisles, under raised floors, near CRAC unit inlets — rather than sitting in a fixed rack position.
- Gray Housing: Matches standard data center and IT room aesthetics without standing out, which matters in customer-facing or co-location environments where visual consistency is part of the SLA.
Integration and Compatibility
The NBWS100H is part of the APC by Schneider Electric NetBotz product family, designed to pair with NetBotz monitoring appliances and rack monitors. If you are evaluating APC by Schneider Electric environmental monitoring solutions for a data center or critical infrastructure project, confirm your NetBotz appliance model supports the NBWS100H wireless protocol before ordering — not all NetBotz appliances support every sensor variant.
For broader environmental monitoring sensors across your facility, the NetBotz ecosystem supports a range of wired and wireless probes. Pairing this sensor with a NetBotz rack appliance gives you centralized alerting across multiple coverage points without dedicated per-zone hardware. If your deployment also includes UPS systems or power distribution equipment, APC's broader ecosystem supports integrated environmental and power monitoring from a single management plane.
Before deploying, verify wireless range requirements for your specific space. Concrete walls, metal enclosures, and dense cable trays all attenuate wireless signals — plan sensor placement with line-of-sight or near-line-of-sight to the NetBotz appliance where possible. For deployments requiring precise placement guidance, consult APC's NetBotz planning resources or engage pre-sales engineering to map coverage zones against your floor plan.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What monitoring platform does the NBWS100H work with?
A: The NBWS100H is designed for the APC NetBotz environmental monitoring platform. It is not a standalone device — it requires a compatible NetBotz appliance to receive and process the sensor data.
Q: Does the NBWS100H monitor both temperature and humidity?
A: Yes. The NBWS100H captures both temperature and humidity, providing dual environmental coverage from a single sensor unit.
Q: Is the NBWS100H rack-mountable?
A: No. The NBWS100H is not rack-mountable. It is designed for distributed placement — surface mounting, shelving, or wall installation — in the areas you need to monitor.
Q: How large and heavy is the NBWS100H?
A: The sensor measures 0.75 inches and weighs 0.04 lb (0.02 kg), making it compact enough for tight installation spots inside cabinets or above ceiling tiles.
Q: What color is the NBWS100H housing?
A: The NBWS100H is gray, matching standard IT room and data center environments.
The NBWS100H is the kind of device that solves a specific and persistent problem in data center monitoring: how do you get sensor coverage into spots where you can't or won't run more cables? At 0.04 lb and 0.75 inches, this unit fits into gaps that wired sensors simply can't reach without a cable management project attached.
Technical Highlights:
- Dual-parameter sensing: Temperature and humidity in one unit means you're covering both common failure indicators — cooling loss shows up in temperature first, but humidity often spikes concurrently. One sensor, two data streams, fewer gaps in your alerting coverage.
- Wireless deployment: No cable run required. In a live data center with mature cable management, adding a new wired sensor can mean a half-day job. The NBWS100H drops that to a mounting and pairing task — meaningful when you're adding coverage to an already-operational environment.
- NetBotz native integration: Works within the NetBotz monitoring framework you've already configured. Thresholds, alert contacts, and reporting policies carry over — no parallel monitoring stack needed for this sensor type.
Deployment Considerations:
- This sensor is not rack-mountable — plan for surface, wall, or cabinet placement. Map your intended locations against NetBotz appliance wireless range before committing to a layout, especially in concrete-walled or metal-dense environments.
- The NBWS100H requires a compatible NetBotz appliance to function. It has no standalone display or local alert capability — if your NetBotz appliance goes offline, this sensor goes dark with it. Factor that dependency into your monitoring redundancy plan.
For data center hot-aisle/cold-aisle monitoring in retrofit environments — particularly co-location facilities where cable access is restricted — the NBWS100H is a practical coverage addition that doesn't require infrastructure work to deploy.
