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Milesight VS133 User Manual
Milesight VS133 User Manual

Milesight VS133 User Manual

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VS133
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  • Page 1 AI ToF People Counting Sensor Featuring LoRaWAN ® VS133 User Guide...
  • Page 2: Safety Precautions

    Use a soft, dry cloth to clean the lens of the device.  Declaration of Conformity VS133 is in conformity with the essential requirements and other relevant provisions of the CE, FCC, and RoHS. Copyright © 2011-2025 Milesight. All rights reserved.
  • Page 3: Revision History

    Revision History Date Doc Version Description May 24, 2023 V1.0 Initial version 1. Add staff lanyard accessory; 2. Add installation height detection feature; Aug. 10, 2023 V1.1 3. Add DST time feature; 4. Add ToF frequency setting. 1. Add Region Monitoring function; 2.
  • Page 4 14. Add LED indicator switch and diagnostic function for support. 15. Support separate reporting of children's data. 16. Remove Ping detection.
  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Contents 1. Product Introduction ......................... 6 1.1 Overview ...........................6 1.2 Key Features ..........................6 2. Hardware Introduction ........................6 2.1 Packing List ..........................6 2.2 Hardware Overview ......................... 7 2.3 Button and LED Indicators ...................... 7 2.4 Dimensions (mm) ........................7 3.
  • Page 6: Product Introduction

    The advanced ToF technology combined with an AI algorithm enables the sensor to handle complex scenes and distinguish non-human objects with up to 99.8% accuracy. VS133 sensor can be used in conjunction with the Milesight LoRaWAN ®...
  • Page 7: Hardware Overview

    1 × Multifunctional Bracket 8 × Staff Lanyards 1 × 1 × Kit (Optional) (Optional) Quick Guide Warranty Card If any of the above items is missing or damaged, please contact your sales representative. 2.2 Hardware Overview 2.3 Button and LED Indicators Function Action LED Indication...
  • Page 8: Power Supply

    VS133 can be powered by power adapter (12VDC, 2A). 4. Access the Sensor VS133 provides user-friendly web GUI for configuration and users can access it via Wi-Fi connection. The recommended browsers are Chrome and Microsoft Edge. The default IP of Wi-Fi is 192.168.1.1, and default SSID is People Counter_XXXXXX (can be found on the label).
  • Page 9 Step 5: After configuration, log in with username (admin) and custom password. Step 6: Set the Wi-Fi password. Note: 1) Password and Wi-Fi password must be 8 to 63 characters long and contain numbers, lowercase letters, uppercase letters and special characters. If the password is entered incorrectly five times, the account will be locked for 10 minutes.
  • Page 10: Operation Guide

    5. Operation Guide 5.1 Dashboard After logging on to the device web GUI successfully, user is allowed to view live video as follows. 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.
  • Page 11: Rule

    Note: If some options are not displayed, please check whether the corresponding rule function is enabled. Scene Select video stream preview, static image preview, or no image preview as Preview needed. 5.2 Rule Draw Detection Lines Users can draw detection lines to record the people count values which indicate the number of people enter or exit.
  • Page 12 Draw U-turn Area VS133 supports the U-turn filtering function, filtering out the people who are actually not in / out of the entrance, to avoid repeated counting. Users can draw an area for every line and the device will count the In and Out values only when people pass this area.
  • Page 13 Enable U-turn filtering: The device automatically filters out the wandering crowd in the live view. Enable U-turn filtering & Draw areas: When you care about the timeliness of the statistics, you can choose to draw the U-turn area. The above illustration is for reference only, here are the steps to draw the U-turn area: Step 1: Enable U-turn Filtering to filtering repeated counting.
  • Page 14 If you requires to use U-turn area filtering, please continue below steps: Step 2: Click to edit U-turn areas for existed detection line on the live view. Step 3: Left-click to start drawing and drag the mouse to draw an edge. Then left-click again to continue drawing a different direction edge.
  • Page 15 Draw Monitoring Region VS133 supports monitoring the number and the dwell time of people in the region, providing more valuable analysis data. Step 1: Enable Region Monitoring. Click +Add to add the region monitoring on the live view. Up to 4 regions are supported with maximum 10 points each.
  • Page 16 Rule Configuration Users can set the rules to ensure accurate counting. Parameters Description Set the device installation height. Click Detect to detect the current installation height automatically. Note: Installation 1) Ensure that there are no objects directly below the device avoiding Height interfering the height detection.
  • Page 17 The device will detect the people who wear reflective stripes as staff tags Staff Detection on the visible parts (neck, shoulders, etc.) as staffs. Reflective stripe requirements: width > 2cm, 500 cd/lux.m Click to enable Heat Map function. Heat Map function can analyze person movement to reveal insights for better business management with the intuitive and accurate statistical analysis results in time or space pattern Heat Map...
  • Page 18 Region Enable or disable Region Monitoring. Monitoring Enable to periodically reset cumulative count on schedule. Support up to 5 Reset reset schedules. Cumulative Cumulative Count includes: Count on Total In/Out counting of each detection line. Schedule Max./Avg. Dwell Time of each detection region. Note: Due to the error in ToF distance measurement (0.035 m), the Max.
  • Page 19 Continuous Set the duration the sensor must be obscured before an alarm is issued. Occlusion time Report Strategy Parameters Description Regularly report the number of people counted crossing a line or within Periodic Report a region based on time. On the Dot: The device will report at the top of each hour. For example, Periodic Report When the interval is set to 1 hour, it will report at 0:00, 1:00, 2:00 and so Scheme...
  • Page 20 For example, the device will send LinkCheckReq MAC packets to the network server regularly to check any network disconnection; if there is no response for 8+1 times, the join status will change to de-active and the device will record a data lost time point (the time it reconnected to the network).
  • Page 21: Communication

    Step 4: Click to complete drawing. 5.3 Communication 5.3.1 WLAN VS133 supports wlan feature to work as AP mode to configure device and it can not connect to other access point.
  • Page 22: Lora

    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. WLAN IP Configure WLAN IP address for web access, the default IP address is Address 192.168.1.1.
  • Page 23 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.
  • Page 24: Report

    4) Select OTAA mode when you connect device to Milesight IoT Cloud. 5.4 Report VS133 supports to visual line chart or bar chart generation to display people traffic and supports report exporting. Before using this feature, ensure that the device time is correct on System...
  • Page 25 Parameters Description Select the event which you want to query the report. Line crossing counting, region people counting and dwell time detection are optional. Event When "regional people counting" is selected, it may take up to 30 seconds to retrieve data from a long time period, with a maximum of 20,000 records available at once.
  • Page 26: Validation

    5.5 Validation Video validation function can assist users in verifying the accuracy of people counting by setting up a video recording task. Parameters Description Task Name Show the task name. Start/End Time Show the start time and end time of this video. Duration Show the length of the video.
  • Page 27 The setting time range of different tasks can not be overlap.  Detection rules and ToF frequency parameters cannot be modified during the recording  process. If the validation videos need to be played locally, please contact Milesight IoT support for a  specialized player. Parameters Description...
  • Page 28: System

    Note: The playback progress bar of video stream footage highlights the video frame where the data changes. 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 You can change the login password of this device.
  • Page 29 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" and "Report"...
  • Page 30: Time Configuration

    DST Bias: the DST time will be faster according to this bias setting. Synchronize the time. Gateway Timing or Manual Timing is optional. Gateway Timing: Synchronize the system time with embedded network server of Milesight gateway when LoRaWAN version is 1.0.3. ®...
  • Page 31: System Maintenance

    VS133 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 Schedule. When using Schedule mode, the device will only turn on the ToF light during scheduled time range to save power.
  • Page 32: Installation Instruction

    ToF Noise Filter the noisy point on the screen when working with dark floor or carpet. Filtering When installing in a spacious environment with black carpet, it is Noise Filtering recommended to set the strength to 2; when installing in a narrow environment Level with black carpet, it is recommended to set the strength to 10.
  • Page 33: Installation Height

    Minimum detection distance of VS133 0.5 m Δd Distance measurement error of VS133 0.035 m Maximum pedestrian height Example 1.8 m Average pedestrian height Example 1.7 m α ToF horizontal field of view angle 98° β ToF vertical field of view angle 80°...
  • Page 34: Environment Requirements

    6.67 × 4.87 2.76 × 2.01 6.90 × 5.03 2.99 × 2.18 7.13 × 5.20 3.22 × 2.35 7.36 × 5.37 3.45 × 2.52 7.59 × 5.54 3.68 × 2.69 7.82 × 5.71 3.91 × 2.85 8.05 × 5.87 4.14 × 3.02 6.3 Environment Requirements Dark floor/carpet (black, grey, etc.) will affect the device to count staffs when Staff ...
  • Page 35: Installation

    6.4 Installation Ceiling Mount Step 1: Ensure the thickness of the ceiling is more than 30 mm, rill 4 holes with a diameter of 6mm according to the mounting holes of device. If the wire needs to be extended to the interior of the ceiling, a wire hole with a suitable size is also required to be drilled.
  • Page 36 Step 5: Remove the cover on the device, and then connect all required wires and pass them through the inside of pole. Step 6: Fix the pole to bracket base with screws and nuts. Note: Tilt installation should be avoided. Ensure that the front of the device and the ground plane ...
  • Page 37: Factors Affecting Accuracy

    The carpet/floor is Dark (need to Condition Standard Environment set max noise filtering level) Normal imaging x>50cm, y>60cm x>50cm, y>75cm Normal counting x>50cm, y>50cm x>50cm, y>50cm Ensure that there are no other objects blocking the ToF light within a 30 cm radius of the ...
  • Page 38: Communication Protocol

    7. Communication Protocol 7.1 Uplink Data VS133 reports basic information of sensor whenever joining the network and the number of people periodically. decoder examples please find files https://github.com/Milesight-IoT/SensorDecoders. Channel Type Description 01 (Protocol Version) 01=> V1 09 (Hardware Version) 01 04 => V1.4...
  • Page 39 counter) 4 bytes 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 Byte 1: number of children in region 1 e3 (Children Region Byte 2: number of children in region 2 Monitoring)
  • Page 40 Byte 1-2: in counter during the report interval Byte 3-4: out counter during the report interval Line 4: cc (Children Periodic Byte 1-2: in counter during the report interval counter) Byte 3-4: out counter during the report interval Byte 1: 01: Occlusion Detection Alarm fc (Alarm) Byte 2: ID, 00: This Device, 01~0f: Node device Byte 3: 01: Alarm;...
  • Page 41 d2 (Children d2 (Children 46030000=>0 c9010000=>0000 accumulated accumulated 0000346=838 01c9=457 counter) counter) Channel Type Value Channel Type Value (Accumulated 00000000=>0 (Accumulated 00000000=>0 counter) counter) Channel Type Value Channel Type Value d2 (Children d2 (Children accumulated 00000000=>0 accumulated 00000000=>0 counter) counter) Channel Type Value...
  • Page 42: Downlink Command

    Value 01 => Occlusion Detection Alarm fc (Alarm) 00 => This Device 01 => Alarm 7.2 Downlink Command VS133 supports to configure the device via downlink commands. Application port is 85 by default. Channel Type Description 10 (Reboot) ff (Reserved)
  • Page 43 47 (Periodic Report Interval) 2 Bytes, Unit: s 51 (Clear the accumulated counting) ff (Reserved) 69 (Data Retransmission) 00: disable, 01: enable Byte 1: 00 6a (Data Retransmission Interval) Byte 2-3: Interval time, unit: s, range: 30~1200s (600s by default) Byte 1: 01-Enable;...
  • Page 44: Historical Data Enquiry

    11 (System time) 1748349840=>2025/05/27 20:44:00 7.3 Historical Data Enquiry VS133 supports sending downlink commands to enquire historical data for a specified time point or time range. Before sending these commands, ensure that the device time is correct and the data storage feature was enabled to store the data.
  • Page 45 07-Line 2 accumulated out counter 09-Line 3 accumulated in counter 0a-Line 3 accumulated out counter 0c-Line 4 accumulated in counter 0d-Line 4 accumulated out counter 05-Line 1 Periodic counter 08-Line 2 Periodic counter 0b-Line 3 Periodic counter 0e-Line 4 Periodic counter 0f-Region people number 10-Region avg.
  • Page 46 and upload the data which is closest to 17:00. Example: 1. Enquire historical data between 2024/12/19 13:09:56 to 2024/12/19 14:09:56. fd6c a4aa6367 b4b86367 Channel Type Value Start time: a4aa6367=> 6763aaa4 = 6c (Enquire data in time 1734584996s = 2024/12/19 13:09:56 range) End time: b4b86367 =>...