AAB Smart Tools (AAB), an Orlando-based company, is revolutionizing the HVAC industry with the introduction of smartphone tools that are accurate, affordable and easy to use. After the success of the launch of the ABM-100, the HVAC industry's first smartphone anemometer, the company has now unveiled the SPM-100, the industry's first smartphone static pressure meter. 

AAB recognized that many HVAC technicians are not comfortable using traditional staticpressure meters and interpreting the meter's data. With that in mind, AAB set out to design a tool that would be easy to use and guide the technician through the testing and data sharing process. It performs all the functions of traditional handheld dual-port manometers, plus additional features such as onscreen guidance for accurate readings that utilize the power of the smartphone or tablet. The meter features a free application that provides the technician with guidance in taking complex measurements.

The meter utilizes an accessory product, the PRB-KIT. The SPM-100 smartphone manometer will work with any static probe kit, but the PRB-KIT is not just "any static probe kit". The newly designed static probe kit from AAB comes in an ergonomic carrying case that has the industry's first tubing management system to keep two 6' sections of latex tubing safe and in place. AAB also incorporated a color-coding system that shows the user exactly how to use and place the red and blue probes with in app onscreen guidance. The probes are made from heavy-duty stainless steel and have an innovative magnetic base that is shaped to indicate the exact probe direction after it is inserted into the duct.

"The biggest challenge with manometers has always been capturing, understanding, and conveying the importance of static pressure in a forced air system," said Scott Madden, Vice President of Product Development. "It is comparable to blood pressure in the human body in terms of the system health and should be checked during every tune-up. The SPM-100 provides detailed and graphic onscreen guidance to remind and assist the user on the correct way to take pressure measurements for several critical tests. This makes it possible for all levels of technicians to provide valuable feedback on the system's performance to their customers and suggest strategies to improve efficiency.

AAB Smart Tools is actively developing numerous additional smart tools to serve the HVAC industry, and plan to introduce several more innovative products in by the end of 2015. For more information, please visit www.AABsmart.com