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Ultra ToF People Counter Featuring LoRaWAN ® VS135 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. Though the device is compliant with Class 1 (IEC/EN 60825-1:2014), please DO NOT look at the ToF sensor too close and directly.
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Revision History Date Doc Version Description Feb. 23, 2024 V 1.0 Initial version...
Support video validation function to help customers verify statistical accuracy. Store a million counting data locally and securely. Easy configuration via Wi-Fi for web GUI configuration. Function well with standard LoRaWAN gateways and network servers. ® Quick and easy management with Milesight IoT Cloud. ...
Factory Default button for more than 10 completed. seconds. 2.4 Dimensions (mm) 3. Power Supply VS135 can be powered by power adapter (12V DC, 2A). 4. Access the Sensor VS135 provides user-friendly web GUI for configuration access via Wi-Fi. Users need to customize the password when using the device for the first time.
You can click the “forgot password” in login page to reset the password by answering three security questions when you forget the password if you set the security questions in advance. 5. Operation Guide 5.1 Dashboard After logging on to the device web GUI successfully, user is allowed to view live video as following.
Parameters Description Hide Capacity: Hide the total count data capacity; Staff Excluded: Exclude staff data from statistical data; Children Excluded: Exclude children data from statistical data. Reset Count Clear all accumulated entrance and exit people counting values. Click to edit the preview layout. Step 1: Select video stream preview, static image preview or no image preview as needed.
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Basic Counting Settings Users can draw detection lines to record the people count values which indicate the number of people enter or exit. Step 1: Click Draw Detection Lines. Step 2: Left-click to start drawing and drag the mouse to draw a line, left-click again to continue drawing a different direction edge, and right-click the mouse to complete the drawing.
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Ensure that the detected target can pass through the detection line completely. It’s recommended that the detection line is perpendicular to the In/Out direction and on the center of the detection area without other objects around. A redundant identification area needed to be left on both sides of the detection line for the target.
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Parameters Description Set the device installation height. Click Detect to detect the current installation height automatically. Note: Installation 1) Ensure that there is no object directly below the device avoiding Height interfering the height detection. 2) The automatic detection of the installation height is not supported with dark floor/carpet (black, grey, etc.) Max.
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count the In and Out values only when people pass this area. Users can left-click to start the drawing and add edges for this area, then right-click to stop drawing. Children The device will detect the people shorter than child filter height as children. Distinction The device will detect the people who wear reflective stripes as staff tags Staff Detection...
Step 3: The configuration is displayed in the list after the configuration is complete. You can redraw the areas by clicking the redraw button in the list. Click the edit button to modify the advanced settings of the areas or click delete button to delete the areas separately.
Parameters Description Enable or disable Wi-Fi feature. If disabled, users can use button or Enable WLAN LoRaWAN downlink command to enable it. ® Wi-Fi SSID The unique name for this device Wi-Fi access point. Protocol 802.11b (2.4 GHz), 802.11g (2.4 GHz), 802.11n (2.4 GHz) are optional. Bandwidth 20 MHz or 40 MHz are optional.
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Parameters Description LoRa Status LoRaWAN network joining status of this device. ® Device EUI Unique ID of the device, which can also be found on the label. App EUI The Default App EUI is 24E124C0002A0001. Application Port The port used for sending and receiving data, default port is 85. Join Type OTAA and ABP mode are available.
2) Please contact sales if you need random App keys before purchase. 3) Only OTAA mode supports rejoin mode. 4) Select OTAA mode when you connect device to Milesight IoT Cloud. 5.4 Report VS135 supports to generate visual line chart or bar chart to display the people traffic and supports to export the report.
Parameters Description Select the event which you want to query the report. Line crossing Event counting, region people counting and dwell time detection are optional. Time Unit Select the unit to generate the graph or export the data. Time Range Select the time range to generate the graph.
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Only one video task can be performed at a time, please delete the previous task before creating a new one. Detection rules and ToF frequency parameters cannot be modified during the recording process. Parameters Description Clicking "Start Recording" to initiate the recording task. You can manually click "Stop Recording"...
0.5x, 1x, 2x, and 4x playback speed). Start time and end time of the recording. Download video stream footage. 5.6 System 5.6.1 Device Info All information about the hardware and software can be checked on this page. 5.6.2 User Parameters Description...
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You can change the login password of this device. Click 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. Click to add a viewer, who will only have access to the "Dashboard"...
5.6.3 Time Configuration Parameters Description Time Zone Choose the time zone for your location. Enable or disable Daylight Saving Time (DST). Daylight Saving Start Time: the start time of DST time range. Time End Time: the end time of DST time range. DST Bias: the DST time will be faster according to this bias setting.
Frequency VS135 devices around. Adjustment Note: If there is only one option, please contact Milesight IoT support: iot.support@milesight.com Adjust the ToF light mode as Always On or Auto. When using Auto mode, the ToF Lighting device will turn off the ToF light when radar detects no person for some times Mode to save the power.
High Ceiling Mount: ≤6.5 m Standard Version: 0.5 m Minimum detection distance of VS135 High Ceiling Mount: 2 m Δd Distance measurement error of VS135 0.035 m Maximum pedestrian height Example 1.8 m Minimum pedestrian height Example 1.7 m Standard Version: 98° α...
Avoid 940nm light which may result in incorrect counting. Outdoor sunlight shining on the over channel will not have any effect, but the mirrored reflections that allow sunlight to shine on the ToF Sensor should be avoided. When the carpet/floor is black, ensure there is no obstacle within a 60cm hemisphere range ...
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Step 3: Remove rubber plugs on the rubber sleeve, connect all required wires. Note: Remove the rubber sleeve if waterproof is not required for easy installation. Use round wires. Ensure the rubber sleeve and the bottom cover are tightly connected without a gap if ...
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Ceiling/Lintel Mount (with Optional VB01 Multifunctional Bracket) Step 1: Fix the pole to the device with the hole on the device. Step 2: Adjust the length of the pole, then adjust the direction of 3-axis ball and tighten it with the handle. Step 3: Determine the mounting location and drill 3 holes, fix the wall plugs into the mounting holes, then fix the bracket base to the wall plugs via mounting screws.
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Installation Note: Ensure that the ToF sensor is facing down and the tilt angle from the ground is no greater than 15° for the standard version, and no greater than 10° for the high ceiling mount version. Avoid direct Infrared LED light in the detection area. ...
7. Communication Protocol 7.1 Uplink Data VS135 reports basic information of sensor once joining the network and the number of people periodically. For decoder examples please find files on https://github.com/Milesight-IoT/SensorDecoders. Channel Type Description 01 (Protocol Version) 01=>...
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d2 (Accumulated counter) Line 4 accumulated out counter, 4 bytes Line 4: cc (Periodic Counter) Byte 1-2: in counter during the report interval Byte 3-4: out counter during the report interval Byte 1: number of people in region 1 Byte 2: number of people in region 2 e3 (Region Monitoring) Byte 3: number of people in region 3 Byte 4: number of people in region 4...
7.2 Downlink Command VS135 supports to configure the device via downlink commands. Application port is 85 by default. Channel Type Description 10 (Reboot) ff (Reserved) 03 (Reporting Interval) 2 Bytes, unit: s 04 (Confirm Mode) 00: disable, 01: enable Byte 1: Channel index range 01: 0-15 02: 16-31 03: 32-47...
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3. Reboot the device. ff10ff Channel Type Value 10 (Reboot) ff (Reserved) 4. Set reporting interval as 20 minutes. ff03b004 Channel Type Value 03(Set Reporting b0 04 => 04 b0 = 1200s Interval) =20 minutes -END-...
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