discarded devices cannot be disposed as household waste. Equipment must be disposed of in the waste collection
yards, which dispose electronic waste. Information about the nearest collection yard can be provided by the relevant
local (municipal) authority.
4.6
WS868-PLE-I module installation
WS868-PLE-I radio modules are enclosed in plastic casings with IP20 degree of protection. The case consists of
two parts:
- back cover with printed circuit board (
”
base”)
- front lid with production tag
Both parts are screwed together and there is no reason to dismantle the casing during normal operation. View of
assembled module and view of module printed circuit board are displayed in the figure
. View of WS868-PLE-I
module mounted to gas-meter is displayed in the figure
Figure 17: Detailed view of WS868-PLE-I module
The module is delivered fully assembled and activated in the Sigfox network. When mounting the device follow
these instructions:
1. If the battery was already switched on in preliminary phase of installation, the module was already pre-
configured and there is a possibility to perform setting of initial counter value by optical converter, it is not
necessary to open the casing before installation. In this case perform the module setting and installation this
way:
•
insert the module into the slot under gas-meter counter. L-shaped sealing protrusion should be oriented
to the right and must fit in the protrusion on the right side of the counter. Short plastic protrusion on
the upper left side of the module should be locked inside the gas-meter lock;
•
connect module sealing protrusion with matching protrusion on the gas-meter by sealing screw or sealing
wire (or other prescribed way) and seal the connection by antifraud seal;
•
check setting of broadcasting period and set initial counter value by using of optical converter as described
in paragraph
2. if the battery was not switched on yet, proceed in module setting and installation this way:
•
unscrew a screw on the module back cover and remove front lid;
•
switch-on battery by putting of shortening connector onto shortening pins. The pins are placed on the
PCB beside the battery lead (in the figure
marked by red rectangle);
•
connect the cable of USB-CMOS converter to the module configuration connector (in the figure
marked
by green rectangle) and perform setting of module as described in section
”
Module configuration”. Al-
ternatively, the configuration can be performed after mounting to gas-meter by using of optical converter
(see paragraph
•
save the configuration;
•
place front lid to the module base (the locks on the lid should be fastened in the base) and affix it by
screw. The module should be assembled before mounting to gas-meter;
•
insert the assembled module into the slot under gas-meter counter. L-shaped sealing protrusion should
be oriented to the right and must fit in the protrusion on the right side of the counter. Short plastic
protrusion on the upper left side of the module should be locked inside the gas-meter lock;
•
connect module sealing protrusion with matching protrusion on the gas-meter by sealing screw or sealing
wire (or other prescribed way) and seal the connection by antifraud seal;
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