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Channel Setup Wizard: Outside Air Sensor

This example shows how to use the Channel Setup Wizard to configure an outside air sensor.

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  1. Launch the Channel Setup Wizard, either by clicking the Yes button at the end of the Auto Discover Wizard or by clicking the Run Wizard button in the Modules Layer.

The Channel Setup Wizard can be used only after a device has first been detected. For a guide on how to detect the sensor, see Detect A Battery-Powered Sensor Via via Auto Discover.

  1. Choose the channel type as Analogue Input and the channel number as Temperature Sensor, and then click next.

The Channel Setup Wizard outside air sensor example – choose the channel type and channel number

  1. Choose the properties for the channel, and then click Next.

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  • Desired Range: Only applicable when reading a 0–10 voltage in the analogue input. This is the maximum value of the unit being measured or what the reading will be at 10 volts. Example: for a CO2 sensor that reads 0–2000 ppm (parts per million), the desired range would be set to 2000. The unit depends on what is being measured.
  • Desired Offset: Only applicable when reading a 0–10 voltage in the analogue input. This is the minimum value of the unit being measured or what the reading will be at 0 volts. Usually set to 0 unless the lowest reading is not 0. The unit depends on what is being measured
  • Desired Sample Rate: The number of seconds between each read of the analogue value being measured (temperature, light etc.).
  • Desired Average Value: The number of analogue reads over which the average is calculated. Example: a temperature sensor will read every 5 seconds and then after 30 readings it will display the average temperature of those 1–30 readings. When the next sample read comes in (reading 31) it will then average readings 2–31 so it becomes a rolling average. These average values are not visible in the system. The calculations and data are kept locally on the device PCB.

Choose the channel properties

  1. Choose the type of reading measured by the outside air sensor, and then click Next.

Choose the type of measurement

  1. Now choose the location of the device, and then click Next.

Choose the location of the device

  1. The wizard will now display a confirmation of the chosen options. Click Next to continue.

A summary of the options chosen

  1. Select any Objects to link to the sensor, and then click Next.

Link Objects to the sensor (screen not shown if no Objects are available for linking)

The Channel Setup Wizard is now complete.

If the device has any channels that have not yet been configured, you will be given the option to re-run the wizard in order to configure those channels. You may either run the wizard again now or return to it at a later stage, via the Run Wizard button in the Modules Layer.

Final screen of the Channel Setup Wizard

Click Finish to return to the Floorplan. The temperature sensor will display a reading when viewed on the Temperature Layer.

The temperature sensor shown on the Floorplan

WEMS User Guide version 4.0 20150130.
This guide relates to features up to and including 1.18.0.3