Multi Tech Systems SFM10R2 RBS101 User Manual

Radio Bridge, Inc. RBS101

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WirelessMulti‐FunctionSensorUserGuideVERSION1.1AUGUST2018
WIRELESSMULTI‐FUNCTIONSENSORCOPYRIGHT©2018,RADIOBRIDGEINC.WIRELESSMULTI‐FUNCTIONSENSORPAGE1OF8TABLEOFCONTENTS1.QUICKSTART...............................................................................................................................22.OVERVIEW...................................................................................................................................22.1.SensorOverview..........................................................................................................................22.2.RevisionHistory...........................................................................................................................32.3.DocumentConventions................................................................................................................32.4.PartNumbers...............................................................................................................................33.TECHNICALSPECIFICATIONS.......................................................................................................33.1.AbsoluteMaximumRatings.........................................................................................................34.BATTERYLIFE...............................................................................................................................45.MESSAGEPROTOCOL..................................................................................................................55.1.CommonMessages......................................................................................................................55.2.UplinkMessages..........................................................................................................................65.3.DownlinkMessages......................................................................................................................66.MECHANICALDRAWINGS...........................................................................................................77.REGULATORY...............................................................................................................................88.CUSTOMERSUPPORT..................................................................................................................89.DISCLAIMERS,TRADEMARKS,ANDCOPYRIGHT..........................................................................89.1.Disclaimers...................................................................................................................................89.2.TrademarksandCopyright...........................................................................................................8
WIRELESSMULTI‐FUNCTIONSENSORCOPYRIGHT©2018,RADIOBRIDGEINC.WIRELESSMULTI‐FUNCTIONSENSORPAGE2OF81. QUICKSTARTTostartusingyoursensor,simplygoto:https://console.radiobridge.comFromhereyoucanregisteryourdeviceandimmediatelystartreceivingmessagesfromthesensor.Thesensorconfiguration,messagemonitoring,andsettingupalertsisusuallyself‐explanatorythroughtheuserinterface.Forfurtherexplanationsofanysensorfeatures,youmayrefertothisuserguide.2. OVERVIEW2.1. SensorOverviewThe wireless sensors designed and manufactured by Radio Bridge provide full sensor tocloud solutions for Internet of Things (IoT) applications. The multi‐function sensor can beconfigured for door/window open/close events, acceleration‐based movement, ambientlight, temperature, water sensing, and more. When an event is detected, an alert is sentoverthewirelessnetwork.VersionsofthesensorsupportthemajorLPWANstandardssuchasSigfox,LoRa/LoRaWAN,andSubGig.Featuresinclude: Built‐inradiothattalksdirectlywiththewirelessnetwork.Standardsinclude:o Sigfoxo LoRa/LoRaWANo SubGig® Twotypesoftamperdetection:enclosuretamperandwallmounttampero Enclosure tamper detects if the packaging of the sensor itself is opened orbrokeno Wall mount tamper detects if the sensor has been removed from the wall ormountingpoint 20,000‐1M+transmissionsonasinglebatteryanda5‐10yearbatterylifedependingonusage(seeBatterysection) Fullyintegratedinternalantenna Overtheairsensorconfigurationinthefield Automaticlowbatteryreportingandsupervisorymessages
WIRELESSMULTI‐FUNCTIONSENSORCOPYRIGHT©2018,RADIOBRIDGEINC.WIRELESSMULTI‐FUNCTIONSENSORPAGE3OF82.2. RevisionHistoryTable1RevisionHistoryRevision Date Description1.0 April2018 Initialreleaseofthedocument1.1 August2018 Updatedprotocoldefinitions2.3. DocumentConventionsTable2DocumentConventionsFont/Icon Meaning Importantnotes Warningsandcautions2.4. PartNumbersTable3PartNumbersPartNumber WirelessStandard RegionRBS101‐XXX‐RCZ2 Sigfox NorthAmericaRBS201‐XXX‐315 SubGig NorthAmericaRBS301‐XXX‐US LoRa NorthAmerica3. TECHNICALSPECIFICATIONS3.1. AbsoluteMaximumRatingsTable4AbsoluteMaximumRatingsParameter Rating UnitsOperatingambienttemperature ‐30to+70 °CStorageambienttemperature ‐40to+100 °C
WIRELESSMULTI‐FUNCTIONSENSORCOPYRIGHT©2018,RADIOBRIDGEINC.WIRELESSMULTI‐FUNCTIONSENSORPAGE4OF84. BATTERYLIFEThesensorusesalithiumnon‐rechargeablebatteryandiscapableof20,000to1,000,000+totalmessages depending on the wireless standard and usage. For an accurate estimate of batterylife, please refer to the “Sensor Battery Estimator.xlsx” spreadsheet on the Radio Bridgewebsite.Thisspreadsheetcombinesusageinformationsuchasaveragenumberofmessagesperdayandestimatesthebatterylife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SigfoxandLoRaWAN.Thismeansthatthebatterylifeformostsensorsisprimarilydependentonthenumberoftransmissionsperday.Different battery types will deplete over time with different voltageprofiles.Forinstance,alithium battery will maintain a relatively high voltage for the life of the battery and thenexperiencearapiddropneartheend,whereasanalkalinebattery will experience a moregradualreductioninvoltageovertime.RadioBridgesensorsareshippedwithlithiumbatteries,andthesearerecommendedwhenthebatteryneedstobeeventuallyreplaced.Temperaturealsoplaysaroleinbatterylife.Thebatterylifeestimatesintheonlinespreadsheetassumeroomtemperature,buttemperaturesclosetothemaximumandminimumratingswillhaveanegativeimpactonbatterylife.Forexample,batteryvoltagetends tobelowerincoldtemperatures and the internal circuitry needs a certain minimum voltage to operate properlybeforeit will shutdown.Thus,batterylifewilltendtobeshorterwhenrunningthesensorincoldenvironments.Thebatteryvoltageisreportedbythesupervisorymessagesaswellasalowbatteryindicator.SeethesectiononMessageProtocolformoredetail.Refertothespreadsheet“SensorBatteryEstimator.xlsx”ontheRadioBridgewebsiteforspecificbatterylifeestimates.Batteryvoltagewillbelowerincoldtemperaturesandthusbatterylifewillbereducedincoldenvironments.
WIRELESSMULTI‐FUNCTIONSENSORCOPYRIGHT©2018,RADIOBRIDGEINC.WIRELESSMULTI‐FUNCTIONSENSORPAGE5OF85. MESSAGEPROTOCOLThissectiondefinestheprotocolandmessagedefinitionsforthesensor.IfthestandardRadioBridgeconsole(console.radiobridge.com)isnotused,refertothissectiontodecodethesensordataandconfigurethesensorthroughdownlinkmessages.5.1. CommonMessagesTherearecommonmessagesacrossallwirelesssensorsthataredefinedinthedocument“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priortodecodingthemessagesdefinedinthissection.RadioBridgeprovidesaweb‐basedconsoleatconsole.radiobridge.comtoconfigureandmonitorsensors.Usageofthisconsoleishighlyrecommendedformostcustomersratherthanimplementingtheprotocolsdefinedinthissection.Refertothedocument“CommonSensorMessages”fordefinitionsofallcommonmessages.Commonmessagesarenotdefinedinthisdocument.
WIRELESSMULTI‐FUNCTIONSENSORCOPYRIGHT©2018,RADIOBRIDGEINC.WIRELESSMULTI‐FUNCTIONSENSORPAGE6OF85.2. UplinkMessagesTheuplinkmessage(sensortowebapplication)specifictothesensorisdefinedintheassociateduserguide.Seetheguidespecifictoyoursensorconfigurationformoreinformation.5.3. DownlinkMessagesThedownlinkmessage(webapplicationtosensor)specifictothesensorconfigurationisdefinedintheassociateduserguide.Seetheguidespecifictoyoursensorconfigurationformoreinformation.
WIRELESSMULTI‐FUNCTIONSENSORCOPYRIGHT©2018,RADIOBRIDGEINC.WIRELESSMULTI‐FUNCTIONSENSORPAGE7OF86. MECHANICALDRAWINGSThemechanicaldrawingsprovidedinthissectionareforthemainbodyofthesensor.Alldimensionsareinchesunlessotherwisenoted.
WIRELESSMULTI‐FUNCTIONSENSORCOPYRIGHT©2018,RADIOBRIDGEINC.WIRELESSMULTI‐FUNCTIONSENSORPAGE8OF87. REGULATORYPerFCC15.19(a)(3)and(a)(4)Thisdevicecomplieswithpart15oftheFCCRules.Operationissubjecttothefollowingtwoconditions:(1)Thisdevicemaynotcauseharmfulinterference,and(2)thisdevicemustacceptanyinterferencereceived,includinginterferencethatmaycauseundesiredoperation.PerFCC15.21,ChangesormodificationsnotexpresslyapprovedbyRadioBridgecouldvoidauthoritytooperatethedevices.RBS101(Sigfox)FCCID:2APNUSFM10R2RBS301(LoRa)FCCID:2APNUCMABZ8. CUSTOMERSUPPORTRadioBridgeoffersfreetechnicalsupport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.9. DISCLAIMERS,TRADEMARKS,ANDCOPYRIGHT9.1. DisclaimersInformationinthisdocumentissubjecttochangewithoutnoticeanddoesnotrepresentacommitmentonthepartofRadioBridge.RadioBridgeprovidesthis document “as is,”without warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, theimpliedwarrantiesoffitnessormerchantabilityforaparticularpurpose.RadioBridgemaymakeimprovementsand/orchangesinthismanualorintheproduct(s)and/orthesoftwaredescribedinthismanualatanytime.9.2. TrademarksandCopyrightRadioBridge™,SubGig®,andBridgeBee®aretrademarks ofRadioBridge Inc in the UnitedStates.©2018RadioBridgeInc.Allrightsreserved

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