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Reveal™ Wireless Vibration Sensor User Guide...
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Trademarks and Registered Trademarks MultiTech, the MultiTech logo, DeviceHQ, xDot, and Conduit are registered trademarks and Reveal and mDot are trademarks of Multi-Tech Systems, Inc. All other products and technologies are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
Chapter 1 – Quick Start Overview The Reveal™ high-bandwidth vibration sensor measures vibration speed at low frequency ranges (10Hz – 1kHz), and peak g-force at high frequency ranges (1.5kHz – 10kHz). The sensor can support between one and four independent vibration inputs referred to as “channels” in this document. The vibration sensor can be used for simple motor on/off functionality, or vibration analysis utilizing ISO standards such as ISO 10816.
Specify if you want to Register Through Radio Bridge or use an existing account with the network. Make sure Console Only Device is NOT selected. Enter the Device Name, Device ID, and Device Key. Reveal™ Wireless Vibration Sensor User Guide...
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Select the model from the Device Type drop down. Model is on the device label. Select the Join EUI and click Continue. Review the summary and click Confirmation. The console shows complete when the device is successfully added. Reveal™ Wireless Vibration Sensor User Guide...
Battery life will be reduced in cold environments leading to possible device shut down. The battery voltage is reported by the supervisory messages and a low battery indicator. See the section on Message Protocol for details. Reveal™ Wireless Vibration Sensor User Guide...
HARDWARE SPECIFICATIONS AND INFORMATION Mechanical Drawings The mechanical drawings provided in this section are for the main body of the sensor. All dimensions use inches unless specified. Indoor RBSx01 Sensors Reveal™ Wireless Vibration Sensor User Guide...
Chapter 4 – Common Messages Common Messages This chapter defines the protocol and message definitions common to all Reveal wireless sensors. Common messages include basic error messages, tamper, supervisory, link quality, and downlink acknowledgments. Sensor specific messages are in the Sensor Specific Messages chapter.
Downlink message ACK. Refer to Downlink ACK for more detail. Reset Message 0x00 Every time a sensor resets it sends a reset message to the cloud. The reset message payload is defined in the following table. Reveal™ Wireless Vibration Sensor User Guide...
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Format (bit == 1) 14:10 Major number (5 bits) Minor number (5 bits) Build number (5 bits) 16-Bit Firmware Version Examples 0x0103 is decoded as Firmware Version 1.3 0x8823 is decoded as Firmware Version 2.1.3 Reveal™ Wireless Vibration Sensor User Guide...
Tamper switch closed. Link Quality Message 0xfb The link quality message provides a signal strength and a signal to noise measurement at the device itself. The link quality message payload is shown in the following table. Reveal™ Wireless Vibration Sensor User Guide...
Disable sensor events 0x01 Radio config 0x02 Supervisory period. Default 19 hours. 0x03 Sampling rate Disable Sensor Events The following table shows the disable sensor event bit definitions. Description Not used Disable all sensor events Reveal™ Wireless Vibration Sensor User Guide...
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Sampling period only applies to sensors that take measurements like temperature and tilt, it does not apply to sensors with binary inputs such as door/window sensors or push buttons. This feature is available in firmware v2.0 and above. Reveal™ Wireless Vibration Sensor User Guide...
The following table shows this byte’s encoded bit definitions. Available in firmware v2.0 and above. Bit 7 Bits 6:0 Period defined in hours (1-127 hours). Period defined in minutes (60-127 minutes) Reveal™ Wireless Vibration Sensor User Guide...
The sensor replies to the downlink data with a 0xFF message (downlink ACK) with the payload shown in the following table. Command Payload 0x00 Not used 0x01 Message was invalid or undefined 0x02 Message was valid Reveal™ Wireless Vibration Sensor User Guide...
0x6E or 110 decimal, the velocity is 1.1 in/sec. The high frequency g-force values must be divided by 4 to obtain the value in g-force. For example, if the high- frequency byte is 0x0A or 10 decimal, the peak g-force is 2.5g. Reveal™ Wireless Vibration Sensor User Guide...
Bits 3:0 Channel (0x00, 0x01, 0x02, or 0x03) Value for frequency band 0 or 4 Value for frequency band 1 or 5 Value for frequency band 2 or 6 Value for frequency band 3 or 7 Reveal™ Wireless Vibration Sensor User Guide...
The desired high frequency g-force threshold values must be multiplied by 4 for the configuration value. For example, if the desired high-frequency threshold is 2.5g, then the threshold value would be 10 or 0x0A. Thus, the resolution of the g-force values is 0.25g with a max value of 63.75g. Reveal™ Wireless Vibration Sensor User Guide...
The scaling factor is part of the Control Byte defined above, and the two bits are defined in the following tables for the low frequency products. Bits 6:4 Scaling Factor x1 (default) Reveal™ Wireless Vibration Sensor User Guide...
(see the Common Messages document) is set to one hour and the low frequency sampling duration is set to four, then every hour the sensor will take four samples and report the average value. Reveal™ Wireless Vibration Sensor User Guide...
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(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 MultiTech could void authority to operate the devices.
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