LoRa® ERS / ERS-lite / ERS-CO2 / ERS-sound

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ERS and ERS-lite are LoRaWAN™  room sensors for measuring indoor environment. ERS is enclosed in an room sensor box and it is designed to be wall mounted. Inside the ERS you will find five internal sensors: temperature sensor, humidity sensor, light sensor, and a motion sensor (PIR). For ERS-CO2 there is an additional CO2 sensor, and for the ERS-sound there is an additional sound sensor for peak and average dBa level. ERS is powered by two 3,6V AA lithium battery (one for ERS-lite). The Battery life is estimated to be up to 10 years but depends on sample interval, transmit interval, data rate and environmental factors. You are welcome to use our online battery lifetime calculator. All Elsys sensors are equipped with NFC (Near Field Communication) for easy configuration with an Android phone. With our application “Sensor Settings“, you can change sample rate, data rate, encryption keys, triggers, activation and much more.  All our sensors are built on the LoRaWAN™ stack from Semtech. Channel planes for US902-928, EU863-870, AS923, AU915-928, KR920-923

Specifications ERS/ERS-CO2/ERS-sound

  • LoRa Alliance Certified
  • Temperature
  • Humidity
  • Light
  • Motion (PIR)
  • CO2 (ERS-CO2)
  • Sound, peak and average (ERS-sound)
  • NFC for easy configuration
  • Size : 86x86x26mm
  • Accuracy: ± 0.5°C, ±2%rh
  • Resolution: 0.1°C, 0.1%rh
  • Approx. range: 8km*
  • Battery life: 10 years**/Approx. 3 years for ERS-sound
  • US902-928, EU863-870, AS923, AU915-928, KR920-923
  • 2 x 3.6V AA lithium battery

Specifications ERS-lite

 

  • LoRa Alliance Certified
  • Temperature
  • Humidity
  • NFC for easy configuration
  • Size : 86x86x26mm
  • Accuracy: ± 0.5°C, ±2%rh
  • Resolution: 0.1°C, 0.1%rh
  • Approx. range: 8km*
  • Battery life: 10 years**
  • US902-928, EU863-870, AS923, AU915-928, KR920-923
  • 1 x 3.6V AA lithium battery

 

* LoRa™ modulation SF10
** Depending on interval

 

 

 

Installation

Old enclosure

 

Sensor application

Sensor startup

sensor_startupWhen the sensor starts up it loads configuration from the internal memory  and merge it with user configuration. When the configuration is done the sensor writes the new configuration to the NFC chip. The sensor always writes new configurations to the NFC chip when something changes in the sensor or if NFC data is corrupted by a NFC writer or phone. The sensor always writes new configuration to NFC chip at startup. When configuration is done the sensor tries to join the network if OTAA (Over The Air Activation) is enabled.The sensor led flashes orange  when it tries to join a network. The sensor tries to join the network every 10 second and increases the join timer at every failed attempt by 10%,  up to maximum 1 hour. After startup,configuration and join the sensor enters sampling mode.

 

NFC read/write

When reading or writing NFC data to the sensor, it starts a timer and delays its actions for 5 seconds. This delay is for the possible bad connection inherited with NFC communication. Reasons for bad connection can be distance, location or rapid movement. After the delay, the sensor determines if the NFC data has changed or not. If the data has change the sensor reboots and starts from power up. When writing data to the sensor, try to get the best connectivity as possible. Locate the NFC antenna of the phone and sensor. Keep the 2 devices as close as possible and don’t move them while writing or reading. When you have written data to the sensor, let the sensor reboot and restart before trying to write again. You can always validate your settings by reading the NFC data after the sensor has restarted.

sensor_nfc

Sampling mode

sampling-mode

Battery life calculator