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Milesight EM410-RDL User Manual

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  • Page 1 Radar Distance / Level Sensor EM410-RDL User Guide...

  • Page 2: Safety Precautions

    In order to protect the security of the device, please change the device password when first  configuration. Default password is 123456. The device is not intended to be used as a reference sensor, and Milesight won’t should  responsibility for any damage which may result from inaccurate readings.

  • Page 3: Revision History

    www.ime.de Revision History Date Doc Version Description Sept. 12, 2024 V1.0 Initial version 1. Add Cellular Version. Nov. 29, 2024 V1.1 2. Modify Antenna installation steps and Mounting Bracket Appearance.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    www.ime.de Contents 1. Product Introduction ......................... 5 1.1 Overview ...........................5 1.2 Features ........................... 5 2. Hardware Introduction ........................6 2.1 Packing List ..........................6 2.2 Hardware Overview ......................... 6 2.3 Dimensions (mm) ........................7 2.4 LED Indicator Descriptions ..................... 8 3. Accessories Installation ........................8 3.1 Battery Installation ........................

  • Page 5: Product Introduction

    Development Platform, enabling remote and visual management of all sensor data. The Cellular version supports multiple application modes to be compatible with IoT platforms. EM410-RDL can used in sewers, rivers, impounding reservoir, storage tanks and other locations that require to measure distance and level.

  • Page 6: Hardware Introduction

    Support management and OTA upgrade via Milesight Development Platform  Function well with standard LoRaWAN gateways and network servers (LoRaWAN Version ® ®  Only) Support multiple network protocols to be compatible with IoT platforms (Cellular Version  Only) Hardware Introduction 2.1 Packing List...

  • Page 7: Dimensions (Mm)

    www.ime.de 2.3 Dimensions (mm) Internal Antenna Version: External Antenna Version:...

  • Page 8: Led Indicator Descriptions

    www.ime.de 2.4 LED Indicator Descriptions Function Action LED Indication Power On Install the New Battery Lights up for 3s Power Off Remove Battery Turns off Create short circuit with the two metal Reboot Blinks Slowly contacts for over 3s Create short circuit with the two metal Reset to Factory Default Blinks Quickly contacts for over 10s...

  • Page 9: Waterproof Cover Fixed

    www.ime.de 3.3 Waterproof Cover Fixed Attach the waterproof cover to the device with aligning the two red dots as shown in the diagram, and press waterproof cover firmly with your hand. Screw the top cover clockwise until the edge marks are aligned. 3.4 Antenna Installation (External Antenna Version Only) Install the waterproof connector as shown in the diagram:...

  • Page 10: Operation Guide

    2. Enable Bluetooth and location function on the smart phone. 3. Open “Milesight ToolBox” App, select Bluetooth method and search for the target device to connect, and then enter the Bluetooth password to read/write the device until App shows a successful prompt.

  • Page 11: General Settings

    2. Enable NFC on the smartphone and open “Milesight ToolBox” App. 3. Open “Milesight ToolBox” App, attach the smartphone with NFC area to read/write the device until App shows a successful prompt. It’s suggested to configure a device password for security.
  • Page 12 www.ime.de Parameters Description Reporting interval of transmitting data to server. Reporting Interval Default: 1440 minutes, range: 1~1440 minutes. Select from Standard Mode, Rainwater Well or Wastewater Well. General: Suitable for calm liquid surfaces Scenario Mode Rainwater Well: Suitable for rainwater well Wastewater Well: Suitable for wastewater well Measurement The maximum distance between target surfaces and device.

  • Page 13: Communication Settings

    www.ime.de 4.3 Communication Settings 4.3.1 LoRaWAN Settings (LoRaWAN Version Only) ® ® Go to Device > Setting > Network of ToolBox App to configure join type, App EUI, App Key and other information. You can also keep all settings by default. Parameters Description Device EUI...
  • Page 14 www.ime.de Reporting interval > 35 mins: the device will send a specific number of LinkCheckReq MAC packets to the network server every reporting interval to validate connectivity; If there is no response, the device will re-join the network. Note: Only OTAA mode supports rejoin mode. Set the number of When rejoin mode is enabled, set the number of LinkCheckReq packets sent.

  • Page 15: Cellular Settings (Cellular Version Only)

    RX2 frequency to receive downlinks. Unit: Hz Note: 1) Please contact Milesight sales team for device EUI list if there are many units. 2) Please contact Milesight sales team if you need random App keys before purchase. 3) Select OTAA mode if you are using Milesight Development Platform to manage devices.

  • Page 16: Application Mode Settings (Cellular Version Only)

    NONE, PAP and CHAP are optional. Type Enter a 4-8 characters PIN code to unlock the SIM. Enable or disable request a pre-configured profile from Milesight Pre-configured Development Platform or other RPS server. 4.3.3 Application Mode Settings (Cellular Version Only) Go to Device >...
  • Page 17 Parameters Description Application Mode Select from MQTT, TCP, AWS, UDP, and Milesight Development Platform. MQTT Broker Address Fill in MQTT broker address to receive data. Port Fill in MQTT broker port to receive data. Client ID is the unique identity of the client to the server, it must be unique Client ID when all clients are connected to the same server.

  • Page 18: Advanced Settings

    www.ime.de Downlink Topic Send downlink commands. Default: em/[SN]/downlink Server Address Fill in the TCP server address (IP/domain name). Port Fill in the TCP server port. Range: 1-65535. Device waits before attempting to reconnect to the TCP server after a failed Retry Interval connection attempt.
  • Page 19 www.ime.de Relative Initial Surface: Click Setting to read the triaxial angle relative to the current surface,  to adjust the current device position as “Normal”. Measure Outlier Calibration: users can define either outlier range or outlier value. When the  device distance value exceeds the outlier range (or range) compared to the previous value, the device will measure the distance once again.
  • Page 20 www.ime.de Step 1: Click to show the current Radar Echo Curve. If the collected distance has only one value, it means the nearest signal amplitude is equal to the strongest signal. If two values appear, it means one represents the nearest signal amplitude and another represents the strongest signal.

  • Page 21: Threshold Settings

    www.ime.de Parameters Description If the liquid level has significant foam, numerous foreign objects, or the Radar Echo Signal measurement signal is unstable and the peak is not clear, adjust this Quality value upwards. Note: The larger the value, the greater the power consumption. The device requires only one target to measure.

  • Page 22: Data Storage

    4.4.3 Data Storage EM410-RDL sensor supports storing more than 2000 data records locally and exporting data via ToolBox App. The device will record the data according to the reporting interval even not joining...
  • Page 23 www.ime.de Here are the steps for storage: 1. Ensure the device time is correct, go to Device > Basic Information, click to sync the time. 2. Go to Device > Setting > General to enable Data Storage feature. 3. Go to Maintenance, click History Data, then select the data period and click Confirm to export data.

  • Page 24: Data Retransmission

    4.4.4 Data Retransmission EM410-RDL sensor supports data retransmission to ensure the server can get all data even if the network is down for some time. Here are the steps for retransmission: 1. Ensure the device time is correct, go to Device > Basic Information, please click to sync the time.
  • Page 25 www.ime.de 2. Go to Device > Setting > General to enable Data Storage and Data Retransmission feature. 3. For LoRaWAN ® Version, it is necessary to go to Device > Setting > Network > LoRaWAN to enable rejoin mode to ensure the device to know and record the time when it disconnects from network server.

  • Page 26: Maintenance

    2. Go to Maintenance page of ToolBox App, and tap Upgrade to import firmware and upgrade the device.. 4.5.2 Backup EM410-RDL supports configuration backup for easy and quick device configuration in bulk. Backup is allowed only for devices with the same model and frequency band. 1. Click to go to Template page in the App, click Add Template to save the current settings as a template.
  • Page 27 www.ime.de 2. Modify the configuration and click to save it, then attach the smartphone to another device, click Write to reuse the template.
  • Page 28 www.ime.de Note: Check the box to export or delete the template. Click the template to edit the configurations.

  • Page 29: Reset To Factory Default

    www.ime.de 4.5.3 Reset to Factory Default Go to Maintenance to click Reset.

  • Page 30: Installation

    www.ime.de 5. Installation 5.1 Mounting Bracket Installation Step 1: Locate Position Avoid placing the device near any metal objects, water outlets, stairs and other obstacles;  Please consider the height of the equipment and other factors (such as the height of ...
  • Page 31 www.ime.de Attach the bubble level to the bracket surface to ensure the bracket is parallel. Step 3: Fix Mounting Bracket Drill 4 holes according to the mounting bracket holes. Fix the wall plugs to the wall holes, then fix the mounting bracket to the wall plugs via mounting screws. Note: If the wall is inclined, you can first rotate the bracket assembly 90 °...
  • Page 32 www.ime.de Step 5: Select the device installation location on the bracket according to the installation height. Installation Height Recommend Location 1 ~ 2m 2.1 ~ 3m 3.1 ~ 6m Step 6: Fix Device Place the device onto the mounting bracket, adjust it to an appropriate position, and then tighten it with G1 nut.

  • Page 33: Tank Installation

    www.ime.de Step 7: Fix Antenna (External Antenna Version Only) The antenna can be secured to the mounting bracket with screws, or it can be fastened to the sewer wall with bolts and screws. Additionally, it can be attached to any metal surface using the magnetic base at the bottom of the antenna.

  • Page 34: Communication Protocol

    N Bytes 1 Byte 1 Byte M Bytes 1 Byte For decoder examples please find files on https://github.com/Milesight-IoT/SensorDecoders. 6.1.1 Basic Information EM410-RDL sensor reports basic information whenever it joins the network. Channel Type Byte Description 0b (Power On) 01 (Protocol Version) 01=>V1...

  • Page 35: Sensor Data

    www.ime.de 16 (Device SN) 16 digits 09 (Hardware Version) 01 00 => V1.0 0a (Firmware Version) 01 14 => V1.14 0f (Device Type) 00: Class A ff (TSL Version) 0100 Example: ff0bff ff0101 fffeff ff166862e21141780013 ff090100 ff0a0101 ff0f00 ffff0100 Channel Type Value Channel...
  • Page 36 www.ime.de Byte 3:  00-Alarm dismiss  01-Alarm  No target within 30cm, report  distance as fffd Have target within 30cm, report the  distance 02-Cannot collect the target, report  distance as fffd 03-Sensor Abnormal, report distance as ...

  • Page 37: Downlink Commands

    Type Value ac 00 => 00 ac = 172mm = 0.172m 82(Blind Zone) 01=calibrated distance 6.1.3 Downlink Commands EM410-RDL supports downlink commands to configure the device. Application port is 85 by default. Channel Type Byte Description 10 (Reboot) ff (Reserved)
  • Page 38 www.ime.de Byte 2-3: Interval time, Unit: s  Byte 1: 01-Enable; 00-Disable  ab(Distance Calibration) Byte 2-3: Calibration Value, INT16,  Unit: mm Byte 1: Recollecting Times, UINT 8,  1c(Recollecting of Measure Outlier Range: 1~3 Calibration) Byte 2: Recollecting Interval, UNIT ...
  • Page 39 www.ime.de 00 = General Mode; 12 (Scenario Mode) 01 = Rainwater Well Mode; 02 = Wastewater Well Mode 39(Collecting Interval) Unit: min, Range: 1~1440 14(Radar Echo Signal Quality) INT16, Range: -10~35 15(Algorithm Threshold INT16*0.1, Range: 0.1~1 Sensitivity) 16(Peak Sorting) 00-Nearest Peak; 01-Strongest Peak Example: 1.

  • Page 40: Historical Data Enquiry

    500 mm=0.5m 6.1.4 Historical Data Enquiry EM410-RDL supports sending downlink commands to enquire historical data for specified time point or within a certain time range. Before utilizing this feature, it is import to make sure device time is correct and data storage feature was enable to store the data.
  • Page 41 www.ime.de 00: data enquiry success; 6b/6c 01: time point or time range invalid; 02: no data in this time or time range. Byte 1-4: Unix Timestamp  Byte 5-6: Distance, INT16, Unit: mm  Byte 7-8: Temperature, INT16*0.1,  Unit: °C Byte 9-10: Distance Shifts, INT16, Unit: ...

  • Page 42: Cellular Version

    www.ime.de fc6c00 Channel Type Value 6c (Enquire data in time range) 00: data enquiry success 20ce b443e166 ac0c be00 0000 20 Channel Type Time Stamp Value Distance: ac0c => 0cac =3244mm=3.244m b443e166 => 66e143b4 = Temperature: be00 => 00be = 190*0.1=19°C (Historic 1726038964s Distance shifts: 0000...
  • Page 43 www.ime.de 09 0007 01756404823B01 Type Content Start 0101 Packet Length 00 5d=93 bytes FLAG TSL Version 0101=V1.1 Reserved Software Version 30 31 30 31 => 0101=V1.1 Hardware Version 30 31 30 31 => 0101=V1.1 36373439443139303534363930303331=>6749D19054 690031 383638353038303634383037333530 IMEI =>868508064807350 343630303433323234323133313130 => IMSI 460043224213110 3839383630343132313032323730303632383537 =>...
  • Page 44 www.ime.de distance as fffd Have target within 30cm, report the  distance 02-Cannot collect the target, report  distance as fffd 03-Sensor Abnormal, report distance as  ffff Byte 1-4: Unix Timestamp  Byte 5-6: Distance, INT16, Unit: mm  Byte 7-8: Temperature, INT16*0.1, Unit: °C ...

  • Page 45: Downlink Commands

    www.ime.de Distance Shifts Threshold: c8 27 => 27 c8 82(Distance =10184mm = 10.184m Shifts 85 0c => 0c 85=3205mm = 3.205m Threshold) 02=Alarm 3. Blind Zone alarm packet: report when the target value reaches the blind zone. b482 ac00 01 Channel Type Value...
  • Page 46 www.ime.de Calibration) Range: 1~3 Byte 2: Recollecting Interval, UNIT  8, Unit: s, Range: 1~10 Byte 1:  Bit2~Bit0:  000-disable 001-below 010-over 011-within 100-below or over 101-Distance shifts over Bit5~Bit3:  001-Distance threshold alarm; 010-Distance shifts threshold 06 (Set Threshold Alarm) alarm Bit6: 0 ...
  • Page 47 www.ime.de 15(Algorithm Threshold INT16*0.1, Range: 0.1~1 Sensitivity) 16(Peak Sorting) 00-Nearest Peak; 01-Strongest Peak Example: 1. Set time zone as UTC-4. ffbd10ff Channel Type Value 10 ff => ff 10 = -240/60=-4 the time zone is UTC-4 2. Set reporting interval as 4 minutes. ff8e 00 0400 Channel Type...
  • Page 48 www.ime.de Max: 10 27 => 27 10 = 10000 mm =10m 7. When the distance shifts is over 0.5m, the sensor will send threshold alarm. ff06 95 0000 f401 00000000 Channel Type Value 95=10 010 101: 101=Distance shifts over 010=Distance shifts threshold alarm 06 (Set Threshold Alarm) 10=enable threshold dismiss report Min: 0000...

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