Wireless Water Sensor
User Guide
V
ERSION
1.2
O
CTOBER
2018
Page 1: ...Wireless Water Sensor User Guide VERSION 1 2 OCTOBER 2018...
Page 2: ...Revision History 3 2 3 Document Conventions 3 2 4 Part Numbers 3 3 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS 4 3 1 Absolute Maximum Ratings 4 4 BATTERY LIFE 4 5 TEST MESSAGES 5 6 MESSAGE PROTOCOL 5 6 1 Common Message...
Page 3: ...sensor probe to detect the presence of water or other liquids When the presence of water or another liquid is detected an alert is sent over the wireless network Versions of the sensor support the maj...
Page 4: ...e of the document 1 1 August 2018 Updated protocol definitions 1 2 October 2018 Regulatory and FCC 2 3 Document Conventions Table 2 Document Conventions Font Icon Meaning Important notes Warnings and...
Page 5: ...for a particular sensor The power required for a message transmission is much greater than the sleep current the power consumed when the sensor is inactive for high power radio technologies such as S...
Page 6: ...The sensor can be triggered to send test messages by placing a magnet next to the triangular notch on the side of the sensor There is a small magnetic reed switch that will detect the presence of a m...
Page 7: ...ocument Common Sensor Messages which is available on the Radio Bridge website Common messages include basic error messages tamper supervisory and downlink ack It is important to refer to that document...
Page 8: ...ns 1 Relative measurement of the resistance between probes scale of 0 255 The water event bit definitions are shown in the following table Table 6 Water Event Bit Definitions Bits Description 7 2 Unus...
Page 9: ...d for detecting the presence of a liquid Different liquids will have difference resistance so this threshold will need to be set based on the type of liquid that is being detected The payload from the...
Page 10: ...COPYRIGHT 2018 RADIO BRIDGE INC WIRELESS WATER SENSOR PAGE 9 OF 10 7 MECHANICAL DRAWINGS The mechanical drawings provided in this section are for the main body of the sensor All dimensions are inches...
Page 11: ...pport at https support radiobridge com Radio Bridge also offers technical support plans and service packages to help our customers get the most out of their Radio Bridge products 10 DISCLAIMERS Inform...
