COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2021
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES	NOTE 6—COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES On August 19, 2019, OmniMetrix entered into an agreement with a software development partner to create and license to OmniMetrix a new software platform and application. Pursuant to this agreement, OmniMetrix paid this partner equal monthly payments over the first seven months of the term of the agreement equal to $200,000 in the aggregate. OmniMetrix will also pay the partner (i) a per-sensor monitoring fee for each sensor connected to the developed technology, or (ii) a percentage of any revenue received above a specified amount per sensor monitored per month in oil and gas applications only. Commencing on January 1, 2021, OmniMetrix pays the partner an annual licensing fee of $50,000 which is paid in quarterly increments of $12,500. The per-sensor monitoring fees have not yet commenced. The initial term of this agreement ends on August 19, 2022 but will automatically renew for one-year periods unless either party delivers a written notice of termination to the other party sixty days prior to the end of the respective term. The Company entered into a new agreement effective May 1, 2020 for data hosting services, replacing an expiring agreement with the same vendor. The agreement has a twelve-month term and the total payments under this agreement are approximately $148,000 in the aggregate. In January 2021, the Company elected to renew this agreement for an additional twelve months under the same terms, extending the agreement to April 30, 2022. Under the data hosting services agreement applicable during the respective periods, the Company paid approximately $117,000 and $100,000 in the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, and approximately $38,000 and $34,000 in the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. On March 17, 2021, the Company entered into a master services agreement for the development of a new user interface for its customer data portal. The cost of this project will be approximately $106,000 in design and development services ($14,000 was paid at the commencement of this project and four equal installments of approximately $23,000 were paid monthly starting in July 2021 with the fourth and final installment to be paid upon completion and launch of the new interface). This project is expected to be completed by the end of 2021. This master services agreement also covers strategic enhancements to the Company’s technology infrastructure which is ongoing. The new infrastructure environment is expected to be completed and launched on or about May 1, 2022. The Company has invested approximately $114,000 in this initiative during the nine months ended September 30, 2021. These costs are capitalized and amortization will begin once the new interface and the new infrastructure environment are launched. In addition to the above, the Company has approximately $512,000 in operating lease obligations payable through 2026 and approximately $12,000 in other contractual obligations. The Company also has approximately $1.3 million in open purchase order commitments payable through 2022.

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2021

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

NOTE 6—COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

On August 19, 2019, OmniMetrix entered into an agreement with a software development partner to create and license to OmniMetrix a new software platform and application. Pursuant to this agreement, OmniMetrix paid this partner equal monthly payments over the first seven months of the term of the agreement equal to $200,000 in the aggregate. OmniMetrix will also pay the partner (i) a per-sensor monitoring fee for each sensor connected to the developed technology, or (ii) a percentage of any revenue received above a specified amount per sensor monitored per month in oil and gas applications only. Commencing on January 1, 2021, OmniMetrix pays the partner an annual licensing fee of $50,000 which is paid in quarterly increments of $12,500. The per-sensor monitoring fees have not yet commenced. The initial term of this agreement ends on August 19, 2022 but will automatically renew for one-year periods unless either party delivers a written notice of termination to the other party sixty days prior to the end of the respective term.

The Company entered into a new agreement effective May 1, 2020 for data hosting services, replacing an expiring agreement with the same vendor. The agreement has a twelve-month term and the total payments under this agreement are approximately $148,000 in the aggregate. In January 2021, the Company elected to renew this agreement for an additional twelve months under the same terms, extending the agreement to April 30, 2022. Under the data hosting services agreement applicable during the respective periods, the Company paid approximately $117,000 and $100,000 in the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, and approximately $38,000 and $34,000 in the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

On March 17, 2021, the Company entered into a master services agreement for the development of a new user interface for its customer data portal. The cost of this project will be approximately $106,000 in design and development services ($14,000 was paid at the commencement of this project and four equal installments of approximately $23,000 were paid monthly starting in July 2021 with the fourth and final installment to be paid upon completion and launch of the new interface). This project is expected to be completed by the end of 2021. This master services agreement also covers strategic enhancements to the Company’s technology infrastructure which is ongoing. The new infrastructure environment is expected to be completed and launched on or about May 1, 2022. The Company has invested approximately $114,000 in this initiative during the nine months ended September 30, 2021. These costs are capitalized and amortization will begin once the new interface and the new infrastructure environment are launched.

In addition to the above, the Company has approximately $512,000 in operating lease obligations payable through 2026 and approximately $12,000 in other contractual obligations. The Company also has approximately $1.3 million in open purchase order commitments payable through 2022.