ATEK vs CAS DataLoggers

Why Organizations Choose ATEK Over CAS DataLoggers

For over two decades, CAS DataLoggers has operated from Chesterland, Ohio as the data logging industry’s “one-stop shop” — a multi-brand distributor that can source temperature loggers from T&D, validation recorders from MadgeTech, low-cost USB loggers from Lascar, and industrial data acquisition systems from Delphin, all through a single purchase order. It is a genuinely useful model when you need to compare specifications across manufacturers and want an experienced integrator to help assemble the pieces. But for regulated environments that need continuous, compliant environmental monitoring, the multi-brand distribution model introduces a fundamental problem: no single vendor is accountable for the complete system, and compliance becomes a patchwork that varies by whichever brand’s logger happens to be installed at each location.

Understanding CAS DataLoggers

Computer Aided Solutions, LLC (dba CAS DataLoggers) was founded in 2001 in Chesterland, Ohio, and operates as a master distributor of data loggers and data acquisition hardware across North and South America. With approximately 11 employees and over 100 combined years of experience in test and measurement, CAS carries over 250 data logger models from 18+ manufacturers. The company is privately held and does not manufacture its own monitoring hardware — it sources, configures, and integrates products from brands including T&D (Japan’s largest data logger manufacturer), MadgeTech (pharmaceutical and food industry loggers), Lascar (low-cost USB and WiFi loggers), Delphin (industrial data acquisition), Eltek (wireless transmitters), and Grant (laboratory data acquisition). CAS also provides value-added services: custom system design, programming, on-site installation, technical support, and calibration through third-party arrangements.

CAS DataLoggers’s recognized strengths include:

• Multi-Brand Product Selection — Over 250 models across 18+ manufacturers means CAS can match specific technical requirements to the best-fit hardware, whether that is a $50 Lascar USB logger for a short-term temperature study or a 900-channel Delphin system for industrial process monitoring. No single manufacturer offers this breadth of choice.
• System Integration Expertise — CAS bridges the gap between buying individual loggers and deploying a working monitoring setup. Their team handles custom wiring, programming, system assembly, and turn-key installations — engineering work that most data logger manufacturers leave to the customer.
• One-Stop Distribution Across the Americas — Instead of managing separate vendor relationships with T&D, MadgeTech, Lascar, and Delphin, customers can consolidate purchasing through CAS. One purchase order, one technical support contact, and one distributor account for hardware from multiple manufacturers.

Common Challenges with CAS DataLoggers

Organizations in regulated industries that rely on CAS DataLoggers for environmental monitoring frequently encounter these considerations:

• Multi-platform fragmentation — A facility that uses T&D wireless loggers in cold storage, MadgeTech recorders in cleanrooms, and Lascar USB loggers in shipping runs three separate software platforms with different dashboards, different data formats, and different alarm configurations. There is no unified view across all monitoring points, and generating a single compliance report requires exporting and merging data from multiple systems.
• Compliance is brand-dependent, not system-wide — CAS offers data loggers from manufacturers with varying levels of FDA 21 CFR Part 11 capability. Some brands provide audit trails and user management; others do not. There is no platform-level compliance guarantee — each monitoring point’s regulatory posture depends on whichever brand’s logger is installed there. During an inspection, this patchwork creates documentation complexity that a unified platform avoids.
• Accountability gaps between distributor and manufacturer — When a T&D logger loses connectivity or a MadgeTech recorder fails validation, the issue passes between CAS (the distributor) and the original manufacturer. CAS did not build the hardware; the manufacturer did not sell it to you. This three-party dynamic slows resolution and creates finger-pointing scenarios that do not occur with a direct manufacturer relationship.
• No 24/7 excursion monitoring or automated alerting — CAS provides business-hours phone and email support for product questions and configuration help. But environmental monitoring failures happen at 2 AM, and a distributor’s business-hours support model does not include live excursion monitoring, automated phone escalation, or guaranteed response times when a freezer alarm triggers overnight.
• Third-party calibration without accredited lab control — CAS offers calibration services but does not operate its own ISO 17025 or A2LA-accredited laboratory. Calibration is arranged through third parties, which means turnaround times, documentation formats, and calibration quality are outside CAS’s direct control.

How ATEK Addresses These Needs

One Platform Instead of Many: Organizations using CAS-sourced loggers from multiple brands manage separate software dashboards, separate data exports, and separate alarm configurations for each manufacturer’s system. ATEK replaces this fragmentation with a single cloud platform — one dashboard for every monitoring point, one API, one alerting engine, and one compliance framework regardless of facility size. Explore ATEK’s pharmaceutical monitoring platform to see how unified monitoring compares to multi-vendor assembly.

Platform-Level Compliance, Not Brand-Dependent Features: When compliance varies by which brand’s logger is installed at each location, regulated facilities face inconsistent documentation during audits. ATEK’s FDA 21 CFR Part 11 compliance is native to the platform — electronic signatures, ALCOA+ audit trails, and automated compliance reporting work identically at every monitoring point. IQ/OQ/PQ documentation is included, not dependent on which hardware vendor happens to support it.

24/7 Live Excursion Response, Not Business-Hours Product Support: CAS’s support model is designed for product selection, configuration questions, and integration help during business hours. ATEK’s Montreal-based team provides 24/7 live excursion monitoring with a guaranteed 5-minute response. When a vaccine freezer triggers an alarm at 3 AM, ATEK’s team is already calling your designated contacts — not waiting until morning to check a support ticket.

Direct Manufacturer Accountability with All-Inclusive Pricing: The CAS model involves per-device hardware purchases, separate integration services, third-party calibration costs, and per-brand software licensing — with accountability split between a distributor and multiple manufacturers. ATEK bundles sensors, cloud platform, calibration (A2LA-accredited, in-house), validation documentation, training, and 24/7 support into a single per-monitoring-point price. One vendor, one invoice, one throat to choke when something goes wrong.

Side-by-Side Comparison

Factor	CAS DataLoggers	ATEK	Advantage
Product brand selection	250+ models from 18+ brands	Single optimized product line	CAS DataLoggers
System integration services	Custom design and assembly	Not needed (turnkey platform)	CAS DataLoggers
Unified monitoring platform	Multiple platforms per brand	Single cloud-native platform	ATEK
FDA 21 CFR Part 11	Varies by brand selected	Native, platform-wide	ATEK
24/7 excursion monitoring	Not available	5-minute guaranteed response	ATEK
Calibration	Third-party arrangements	A2LA-accredited in-house lab	ATEK
Single point of accountability	Distributor + multiple manufacturers	Direct manufacturer	ATEK
Bilingual support (EN/FR)	Not available	Montreal-based team	ATEK

Who Benefits Most from Switching

• Pharmaceutical and biotech facilities running multiple logger brands sourced through CAS — where T&D, MadgeTech, or Lascar loggers are deployed across different areas and the compliance team is struggling to produce unified audit documentation from fragmented software platforms
• Research institutions and university labs that purchased CAS-recommended loggers for initial monitoring and now need to scale to a compliant, multi-room continuous monitoring platform without managing separate software for each logger brand
• Facilities managers tired of the distributor-manufacturer accountability gap — where support tickets bounce between CAS and the original hardware manufacturer, and no single vendor takes ownership of the monitoring system as a whole

Making the Transition

Migrating from a CAS-sourced multi-brand logger deployment to ATEK’s platform follows a structured approach designed for the specific complexity of replacing hardware from multiple manufacturers:

1. Multi-Brand Inventory & Gap Analysis — We map every logger in your facility by manufacturer, model, location, and software platform. This identifies which monitoring points have continuous coverage, which rely on manual USB downloads, which brands provide compliance features, and where alerting gaps exist across the patchwork of systems.
2. Unified Platform Deployment — ATEK wireless sensors install in minutes per location with no wiring or interface cables. Sensors transmit to the cloud immediately, running in parallel with existing CAS-sourced loggers from T&D, MadgeTech, Lascar, or whichever brands are currently installed — ensuring zero monitoring gaps during validation.
3. Compliance Consolidation — Complete IQ/OQ/PQ documentation is included — replacing the inconsistent validation status across multiple logger brands with a single, platform-wide compliance framework. Your quality team receives unified documentation for every monitoring point, not brand-by-brand compliance artifacts.
4. Phased Cutover — Transition by zone or facility, retiring individual logger brands as ATEK sensors take over each location. Request a demo to see how the migration maps to your specific multi-brand deployment.

When CAS DataLoggers May Be the Right Fit

CAS DataLoggers is a strong choice for organizations that need to compare and source data logging hardware across multiple manufacturers for non-regulated or industrial applications — particularly when the primary need is data acquisition rather than continuous compliance monitoring. If your requirement is finding the best-fit logger for a specific measurement challenge (vibration monitoring, high-channel-count industrial recording, or short-term temperature studies), CAS’s catalog breadth and integration expertise are genuinely valuable. Organizations that have dedicated IT resources to manage multi-platform software environments and do not require 24/7 automated excursion alerting or platform-level FDA compliance may find the multi-brand distribution model well-suited to their operational needs.

When ATEK Is the Better Choice

Choose ATEK when you need:

• A single monitoring platform replacing the fragmented software from T&D, MadgeTech, Lascar, and other brands sourced through CAS — eliminating multi-dashboard management and inconsistent data formats
• Platform-wide FDA 21 CFR Part 11 compliance that does not depend on which logger brand happens to be installed at each monitoring point
• 24/7 live excursion monitoring with guaranteed 5-minute response — replacing a distributor’s business-hours product support model
• A2LA-accredited in-house calibration without relying on third-party calibration arrangements and the turnaround uncertainties they introduce
• Direct manufacturer accountability where one vendor owns the entire monitoring system — hardware, software, compliance, and support — with no distributor-manufacturer finger-pointing

Start with a free assessment to see how ATEK’s unified platform compares to your current multi-brand logger deployment.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can ATEK replace data loggers from all the brands CAS DataLoggers sells?

ATEK replaces the continuous environmental monitoring function, regardless of which brand’s logger is currently installed. Whether your facility uses T&D wireless loggers, MadgeTech pharmaceutical recorders, or Lascar USB devices sourced through CAS, ATEK’s wireless sensors and cloud platform provide a unified replacement for environmental monitoring. Specialty industrial data acquisition (high-channel vibration recording, process control) falls outside ATEK’s scope — ATEK is purpose-built for regulated environmental monitoring, not general-purpose data logging.

Is ATEK’s compliance better than the 21 CFR Part 11 loggers CAS DataLoggers offers?

CAS offers loggers from various manufacturers with differing levels of Part 11 capability. Some brands provide audit trails and user management; others do not. ATEK’s FDA 21 CFR Part 11 compliance is native to the platform — every monitoring point gets validated electronic signatures, immutable ALCOA+ audit trails, and included IQ/OQ/PQ documentation. The difference is platform-level consistency versus brand-dependent features that vary by which logger is installed where.

How does ATEK’s pricing compare to buying loggers through CAS DataLoggers?

CAS pricing involves per-device hardware purchases (varying by manufacturer and model), plus separate costs for system integration, custom programming, third-party calibration, and per-brand software licenses. ATEK’s all-inclusive per-monitoring-point pricing bundles sensors, cloud platform, automated alerting, A2LA-accredited calibration, validation documentation, training, and 24/7 support. For multi-point deployments in regulated environments, the total cost of ownership with ATEK is typically lower than maintaining a multi-brand system with separate integration and calibration procurement.

Will I lose historical data when switching from CAS-sourced loggers to ATEK?

Your historical data from existing logger platforms remains accessible in those systems. ATEK’s migration creates a new continuous monitoring baseline going forward. During the parallel deployment period, both your current loggers and ATEK sensors operate simultaneously, ensuring no monitoring gaps. Your quality team maintains access to historical records from previous systems while building a unified data history in ATEK’s platform.

How long does it take to switch from a CAS DataLoggers deployment to ATEK?

A typical migration takes 2-4 weeks from initial assessment to validated go-live, depending on the number of monitoring points and how many different logger brands are currently deployed. Multi-brand deployments take slightly longer to inventory but the deployment itself is fast — ATEK wireless sensors install in minutes per location with no wiring. IQ/OQ/PQ documentation is included, so your compliance framework is established from day one.

Does ATEK offer the same custom integration services as CAS DataLoggers?

CAS excels at custom system design, multi-brand assembly, and integration engineering — services that are necessary when building a monitoring system from components. ATEK eliminates the need for custom integration by delivering a turnkey platform. Sensors, cloud dashboard, alerting, compliance, and calibration work together out of the box. If your monitoring requirement is continuous environmental monitoring in regulated environments, integration services are not needed because the system is already integrated.