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AI Workplace Occupancy Sensor Featuring LoRaWAN ® VS121 User Guide...
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Safety Precautions Milesight will not shoulder responsibility for any loss or damage resulting from not following the instructions of this operating guide. The device must not be disassembled or remodeled in any way. To avoid risk of fire and electric shock, do keep the product away from rain and moisture ...
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Jan. 18, 2022 V 1.1 3. Support people counting debounce; 4. Support uploading max number of people; 5. Support downlink control. 1. Milesight LOGO update; Apr. 8, 2022 V 1.2 2. Support recognition scheme selection. 1. Update web GUI menu;...
1. Product Introduction 1.1 Overview VS121, based on Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology, is an AI workplace sensor designed to mo nitor occupancy & utilization in modern workspace, which can reach up to 95% recognition rate. With the ability to sense from up to 78m , fewer sensors are needed to cover the same area, dec reasing the deploy costs for users.
1 × 1 × Warranty Card Quick Guide If any of the above items is missing or damaged, please contact your sales representative. 2.2 Hardware Overview 2.3 Buttons and LED Indicators Function Action LED Indication Press and hold the Wi-Fi button for more than 3 seconds. Off →...
3. Access the Sensor VS121 sensor provides user-friendly web GUI for configuration and users can access it via Wi-Fi connection. The recommended browsers are Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Safari. The default IP of sensor is 192.168.1.1, and default SSID is Workplace Sensor_XXXXXX (can be found on the label).
3.2 Access with Plugin For IE browser access, users need to install the MsActiveX firstly. You can refer the steps as follows: Step1: Launch the IE browser and enter the IP address of the sensor; Step2: Enter the user name and custom password and click “Login”; Step3: At the first time to log in the device, the browser will prompt to install Controls, please click “Click here to download and install controls manually”...
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Step2: Select “Security” to “Trusted”; Step3: Enter the IP address of the device in the blank and click “Add”; Step4: Enter the IP address. After logging on web GUI successfully, user is allowed to view live video.
4. Operation Guide 4.1 Live Video After logging on to the device web GUI successfully, user is allowed to view live video as follows. Parameters Description Brightness: Adjust the Brightness of the scene Contrast: Adjust the color and light contrast Saturation: Adjust the Saturation of the image.
Parameters Description Enable Enable or disable region people counting feature. Number of People Show current number of people. Report the current number of people according to reporting interval. Report Regularly Reporting Interval: 5-3600 s, default: 300 s Report according to the following changes of people number result: Report by Result Zero to Non-zero/Non-zero to Zero ...
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Parameters Description Enable Enable or disable line crossing counting feature. Report the count value of people in/out during the reporting interval, the Reporting Interval device will clean the previous values to re-count after reported, range: 5-3600 s, default: 300 s The device allows to set up only one line.
This is to ensure that the sensor has stable recognition and tracking of this target before it passes the detection line, which will make the detection and count more accurate. 4.2.3 LoRaWAN LoRaWAN settings is used for configuring the transmission parameters in LoRaWAN network ® or Milesight D2D network. 4.2.3.1 Basic Settings...
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Parameters Description Status LoRaWAN network status of this device. ® Device EUI Unique ID of the device which can also be found on the label. App EUI Default App EUI is 24E124C0002A0001. Join Type OTAA and ABP mode are available. Application Key Appkey for OTAA mode, default is 5572404C696E6B4C6F52613230313823.
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3) Only OTAA mode supports rejoin mode. 4) For -868M model, default frequency is EU868; for -915M model, default frequency is AU915. 4.2.3.2 Milesight D2D Settings Milesight D2D protocol is used for setting up transmission among Milesight LoRaWAN devices ®...
Vacant: when total people counter value is 0 in detection area Define a 2-byte hexadecimal control command (0x0000 to 0xffff). When the Control condition is meet, the device will send the control command to corresponding Command D2D agent devices. Intelligent Delay The device will send the control command only when the detected condition Time (s) remains Vacant (number of people =0) during this delay time.
and WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK are optional. LAN IP Address: IP address that used to access the web GUI of sensor. Subnet mask: identify the subnet where the sensor is located. Start Address: define the beginning of IP address pool which assigns to DHCP clients.
has a clear contrast between light and dark (such as a corridor). 4.3 System User Parameters Description Click Edit button to set three security questions for your device. In case that you forget the password, you can click Forget Password button on login page to reset the password by answering three security questions correctly.
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Admin Password: enter the correct admin password before adding an account. User Level: It’s fixed as Administrator. Account User Name: It’s fixed as admin. Management Password: Input password for the account. Confirm: Confirm the password. Security Service Description Parameters Enable SSH Enable SSH feature.
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Description Parameters Software Version: The software version of the sensor. Local Upgrade: Click the Choose File button and select the upgrading file, then click the Upgrade button to upgrade. After the system reboots successfully, the System update is done. Upgrade You can check Reset after Upgrading to reset the device after upgrading it.
5. Mount the Sensor To better utilize the advantages of AI algorithm, there are some important steps to follow : 5.1 Recommended Height for Certain Object Object Height Note Commonly used for Region People sitting object >2.5m (8.2ft) Counting >3m (9.8ft) Commonly used for Line Crossing standing object (the optimum height is 3m)
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Make sure there is sufficient white light on site. Avoid getting very strong light, like sunlight. Make sure there are no moving objects interfering in the counting area. For example, do not install the sensor too close to a door. Avoid installing the sensor near a mirror or avoid drawing the line to the mirror.
Step 3: Remove the cover on the device, then fix the device to the wall plugs via mounting screws; remember to adjust the mounting direction according to the detection area requirement and direction sticker on the inner cover. Step 4: Take the cover back to device; note that the Milesight Logo should be facing the LED indicator.
N Bytes 1 Byte 1 Byte M Bytes 1 Byte For decoder examples please find files on https://github.com/Milesight-IoT/SensorDecoders. 6.1 Uplink Data VS121 report basic information of sensor whenever joining the network and the number of people according to settings. Channel...
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