Industrial Wireless Activity Detector. Industrial Wireless Activity Detector, boasting up to a 2 Mile range using a wireless mesh networking architecture. This devices incorporates a high-accuracy acceleration sensor for measuring acceleration changes. These acceleration changes are used to determine mechanical movement (activity). When activity is detected, this device will send a wireless message to a remote gateway or modem, and then go back to sleep for a pre-configured period of time. This device makes extensive use of interrupts to enter the lowest possible power state while sleeping. This device sends data once activity has been detected and at regular intervals to “Check-in”, letting you know the activity detector is still in operation and ready to go to work.
Advanced Feature Settings
This activity detector has numerous configuration parameters available that may be fine-tuned for your specific application. Set parameters for acceleration range, data rate, interrupt duration, and interrupt threshold. With the ability to detect movement in all directions, acceleration limits (in g units) can be defined for all 3 axis of movement. Moreover, the user may configure OR/AND gates between the interrupts. This allows activity detection (system interrupt) if any single axis interrupt fires (OR condition) or if all axis interrupts fire (AND condition). User can also configure a delay time in seconds which disables the interrupt for that amount of time after a successful interrupt. This enables a user to make sure that the sensor does not drain its battery (with continuous transmissions) if an interrupt condition persists or a wrong condition is accidentally programmed. This time is also used to send a periodic packet to a receiver with latest available data.
Powered by just 4 AA batteries and an operational lifetime of 300,000 wireless transmissions, a 10 year battery life can be expected depending on environmental conditions and the data transmission interval.
IoT Security
We take IoT security very seriously, which is why we encrypt every IoT sensor, gateway, modem, and device in the NCD Enterprise product line. Encryption is much easier to manage than you might expect, as the encryption does not get in the way of using the device. We include a standard 128-Bit AES Encryption key with every device or we can help you integrate a new encryption key into all of your devices. All hardware devices must use the same encryption key. Once the keys are set, the hardware manages the rest for you, 100% in the background.
Wireless Range and Protocol
NCD long-range wireless IoT sensors use the DigiMesh® protocol from Digi.com. DigiMesh® was designed by THE industrial leader in secure wireless communications for industrial applications. DigiMesh® automatically hops data from gateway to gateway until it arrives at the desired destination. NCD IoT sensors are capable of a 2-Mile line-of-site communication distance with the included antennas and up to 28-mile range when using high-gain antennas.
Your IoT Sensor Data Belongs to You!
Your data belongs to YOU and it’s up to you to decide where you want your IoT sensor data to arrive. Don’t be bogged down by the limitations of proprietary cloud solutions, post the data where you need it most. We offer an open communications protocol so you can integrate NCD wireless transmitters into your own software. This allows integration of NCD IoT sensors into any control system or gateway you could ever imagine. Send data to a PC, Mac, or Linux computer, or a Raspberry Pi using NCD modems. Send data to popular cloud platforms such as Microsoft® Azure® IoT, Losant, and MQTT using NCD Micro Gateways. We can also help get data from NCD wireless IoT sensors to embedded platforms such as Arduino. We also offer sample code for Microsoft® Visual Studio, Node-RED, LabVIEW®, and Python. Our documentation fully breaks down the packet structure, so integration into other languages is possible.
The long range, price, accuracy, battery life and security features of Wireless Activity Detector makes it an affordable choice which exceeds the requirements for most of the industrial as well as consumer market applications.
NOTE: The current version of this sensor does not support the inbuilt temperature sensor.
Transmission Interval
This device sends data periodically, based on user-preset timing intervals.
This device sends data when input thresholds exceed user-defined preset limits.
Sensor Data Overview
NCD IoT Sensors send a lot more than just sensor data. For instance, a unique serial number is sent so you can always identify a particular sensor on the network. A Node ID is also included, which a single byte of data that you can use for anything, such as the floor of a building or to help identify which group a sensor belongs to. Also included in the data packet is a firmware version, battery level, and sensor type. This allows your software to positively identify and manage the health of NCD IoT wireless sensors. While signal strength data is also available, it is handled in a different way, and is not included in the sensor data packet (but rest assured, signal strength data for each sensor is available).
Features:
- Industrial Grade Accelerometer with 3-axis for Activity Detection
- Configurable Activity Detection Parameters with Interrupts
- Configurable Acceleration Range ±2g to ±16g
- Configurable Interrupt Threshold ±16mg to ±15.3g
- Configurable Data Rate 1Hz to 5.37KHz
- Configurable Interrupt Duration 200us to 1sec
- Customizable Interrupt Types with Combinations
- Wall-Mounted or Magnet Mounted IP65 Rated Enclosure
- 2 Mile Line-of-Sight Range with On-Board Antenna
- Superior LOS Range of up to 28 Miles with High-Gain Antennas
- Interface to Raspberry Pi, Microsoft® Azure®, Losant, and More
- Example Software for Visual Studio and LabVIEW®
- Wireless Mesh Networking using DigiMesh®
- Open Communication Protocol for Easy Software Integration
- Small 3? x 3? Form Factor Wireless IoT Activity Sensor
- Power-Efficient Sleep Mode, Up to 10 Year Battery Life
- User Configurable Sleep duration
- Up to 300,000 Transmissions from 4 AA Batteries
- Includes Battery Level with Every Transmission
- Validates and Retries Lost Communication Packets
