Monnit ALTA Motion+ User manual

Remote Monitoring for Business
ALTA Motion+ Sensor
USER GUIDE

Table of Contents
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I. ABOUT THE MOTION+ SENSOR 1
II. ORDER OF OPERATIONS 2
III. PORTAL AND SENSOR SETUP 3
ADD DEVICE 3
SETUP 3
INSTALL BATTERIES 4
VALIDATION 4
ACTIONS 5
SENSOR INSTALLATION 5
ANTENNA ORIENTATION 5
IV. SENSOR OVERVIEW IN iMONNIT 6
MENU SYSTEM 6
V. ACTIONS OVERVIEW 9
CREATING AN ACTION 9
VI. SECURITY 13
SENSOR TO GATEWAY 13
GATEWAY TO iMONNIT 13
iMONNIT 13
SENSOR PRINTS 13
VII. TROUBLESHOOTING 14
SUPPORT 16
WARRANTY INFORMATION 16
CERTIFICATIONS 18
SAFETY RECOMMENDATIONS 20

I. ABOUT THE ALTA WIRELESS MOTION+ SENSOR
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1Actual range may vary depending on the environment.
2Battery life is determined by the sensor reporting frequency and other variables. Other power options are also
available.
EXAMPLE APPLICATIONS
The three-in-one ALTA Wireless Motion+ Sensor combines sensing components to
measure movement, ambient temperature, and relative humidity (RH) in a wide variety of
facilities. Facility managers can easily install the AA battery-powered multi-sensor within 15
minutes. You can monitor environments in office buildings, warehouses, factories,
hospitals, clinics, labs, kennels, restaurants, farms, greenhouses, and many more.
Detect motion and occupancy of people or small animals with the sensor's passive infrared
(PIR) element. The sensor detects up to 4.5 meters or 15 feet and within an 80-degree
viewing angle. The sensor can help you boost facility security, detect room or area
occupancy, safeguard inventory, optimize cleaning services, and more with actionable data.
Track ambient room or area temperature between -40°F to +257°F (-40°C to +125°C).
Ensure climate conditions remain within your defined parameters to maintain comfort and
protect people, equipment, inventory, and other assets.
Monitor 0?100% RH with a built-in scientific-grade humidity element. Data centers,
manufacturing facilities, life science labs, food processing plants, art galleries, grow
houses, and many more are perfect use cases for the ALTA Motion+ Sensor.
FEATURES OF MONNIT ALTA SENSORS
- Wireless range of 1,200+ feet through 12+ walls1
- Frequency-Hopping Spread Spectrum (FHSS)
- Best-in-class interference immunity
- Best-in-class power management for longer battery life2
- Encrypt-RF®Security (Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange + AES-128 CBC for sensor data
messages)
- Data logs 2000 to 4000 readings if the gateway connection is lost (non-volatile flash,
persists through the power cycle):
- 10-minute heartbeats = ~ 22 days
- 2-hour heartbeats = ~ 266 days
- Over-the-air updates (future-proof)
- Free iMonnit Basic Online Wireless Sensor Monitoring and Notification System to
configure sensors, view data, and set alerts to be sent via SMS text, email, or call.
- Full-featured room/area monitoring
- Hospital rooms
- Senior care monitoring
- Pet care monitoring
- Animal welfare monitoring
- Data centers
- Manufacturing
- Art galleries
- Greenhouses and grow houses
- Life science labs
- Food processing plants

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II. ORDER OF OPERATIONS
It is important to understand the order of operations for activating your sensor. If performed
out of sequence, your sensor may have trouble communicating with iMonnit. Please
perform the steps below in the order indicated to ensure success.
1. Create an iMonnit account (If a new user).
2. Register all sensors and gateways to a network in iMonnit.
Sensors can only communicate with gateways on the same iMonnit network.
3. Connect/power on the gateway and wait until all three LEDs on the gateway
device are green.
4. Power on the sensor and verify it checks into iMonnit.
We recommend powering the sensor on near the gateway then moving to the
installation location.
5. Configure the sensor for use. (This can be done at any point after step 2.)
6. Install the sensor in the final location.
Note: For information on setting up iMonnit and the gateway, refer to
the iMonnit user guide and the gateways user guide.
Note: Device specific setup is covered in more detail in the following
user guide sections.

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III. PORTAL AND SENSOR SETUP
If this is your first time using iMonnit, you will need to create a new account. If you have
already created an account, start by logging into iMonnit. For instructions on how to register
and set up your iMonnit account, please consult the iMonnit user guide.
STEP 1: ADD DEVICE
1. Add the sensor in iMonnit.
Add the sensor to your account by choosing Sensors in the main menu.
Navigate to the Add Sensor button.
2. Find the Device ID. See Figure 1.
The Device ID (ID) and Security Code
(SC) are necessary to add a sensor.
These can both be located on the label
on the side of your device.
3. Adding your device. See Figure 2.
You will need to enter the Device ID
and the SC from the sensor in the
corresponding text boxes.
Use the camera on your smartphone to
scan the QR code on your device. If you
do not have a camera on your phone,
or the system is not accepting the QR
code, you may enter the Device ID
and SC manually.
- The Device ID is a unique number
located on each device label.
- Next, you?ll be asked to enter the SC from your device. An SC consists of letters and
must be entered in upper case (no numbers). It can also be found on the barcode
label of your device.
When completed, select the Add Device button.
Figure 1
Figure 2
Desktop Mobile
Select your use case. See Figure 3.
To get up and running fast, your sensor comes with
preset use cases. Choose from the list or create
your own custom settings. You will see the
Heartbeat Interval and Event Aware State
settings (see page 8 for definitions).
Select the Skip button when completed.
STEP 2: SETUP
Figure 3

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STEP 3: INSTALL BATTERIES
When you are finished adding the sensor to your account, the next step is to insert the
batteries. The type of battery you use will depend on the category of your sensor. ALTA
Wireless Motion+ Sensors are powered by AA batteries. Monnit encourages customers
to recycle all old batteries.
AA Batteries; See Figure 4.
Standard Version - Viewing angle of 80°
Two replaceable 1.5V AA-sized batteries (included with
purchase) power the standard version of this sensor. The
typical battery life is up to 10 years.
If installing in a new sensor, rotate lid around the
partially tightened case screw and insert the
batteries into the battery holder. Then, rotate the lid
back in place, insert the other three case screws
and tighten. If replacing batteries, remove the four
case screws, remove the lid, and insert the
batteries into the battery holder. See Figure 5.
Complete the process by opening up iMonnit and
selecting Sensors from the main navigation menu.
Verify that iMonnit shows that the sensor has a
full-battery level.
Figure 4
Check your signal. See Figure 6.
The validation checklist will help ensure your sensor
is communicating with the gateway properly and
you have a strong signal.
Checkpoint 4 will only complete when your sensor
achieves a solid connection to the gateway. Once
you insert the batteries (or flip the switch on an
industrial sensor) the sensor will communicate with
the gateway every 30 seconds for the first few
minutes.
Select the Save button when completed.
STEP 4: VALIDATION
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INSTALLATION
Mounting the Sensor
The location and orientation of a sensor and its antenna can effect the sensor's ability to
consistently communicate data and stay connected to the gateway. Refer to the Antenna
Orientation instructions below for best practices. The sensor features mounting flanges and
can be mounted or attached to most surfaces using appropriate mounting screws or other
mounting material (not included). When mounting the sensor, consider its viewing area.
Make sure the detection area of the application is within the detection area of the sensor.
Antenna Orientation
Get the best performance out of ALTA devices by properly positioning antennas. Point
sensor and gateway antennas in the same direction, vertically from the device. If the sensor
is mounted flat on a horizontal surface, bend the antenna as close to the sensor housing as
possible, with most of the antenna pointing vertically. Make the antenna wire as straight as
possible, avoiding any kinks and curving of the wire. Sensors must be at least three feet
away from other sensors and the wireless gateway to function. See Figure 8.
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Figure 8
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Less Signal
STEP 5: ACTIONS
Choose your Actions. See Figure 7.
Actions are the alerts that will be sent to your phone
or email in the event of an emergency. Low battery
life and device inactivity are two of the most
common Actions to have enabled on your device.
See page 9 for how to set Actions for your sensor.
Select the Done button when completed.
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IV. SENSOR OVERVIEW IN iMONNIT
Select Sensors from the main navigation menu on iMonnit to access the Sensor Overview
page and begin to configure the settings of the Motion+ Sensor, See Figure 9.
MENU SYSTEM
A. Details - Displays a graph of recent sensor data
B. History - List of all past heartbeats and readings
C. Events - List of all events attached to this sensor
D. Settings - Configurable levels for a sensor
Directly under the top horizontal tabbed menu bar is an overview of your sensor. You can
see the signal strength and the battery level of the selected sensor. A colored dot in the left
corner of the sensor icon denotes its status.
Details View
The Details View will be the first page you see upon selecting which sensor you would like
to modify. See Figure 10.
A. The Sensor Overview section will be
above every page. This will consistently
display the present reading, signal strength,
battery level, and status.
B. The Readings section shows the most
recent data received by the sensor.
C. This graph charts any changes
throughout a set date range. To change the
date range displayed in the graph, navigate
up to the top of the Readings Chart section
on the right-hand corner to change the date
range.
- Green indicates the sensor is checking in and is within user-defined safe
parameters.
- Red indicates the sensor has met or exceeded a user-defined threshold or
triggered event.
- Gray indicates that no sensor readings are being recorded, rendering the sensor
inactive.
- Yellow indicates that the sensor reading is outdated, due to perhaps a missed
heartbeat check-in.
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Readings View
Select the Readings tab within the top horizontal menu bar to view the sensor?s data
history as time-stamped data.
- On the far right of the Sensor History Data is a cloud icon . Selecting this icon
will export an Excel file of sensor data into your downloads folder.
The data file will have the following fields:
Message ID: Unique identifier of the message in our database.
Sensor ID: If multiple sensors are exported, you can distinguish between the sensors using
this number ? even if the names are the same.
Sensor Name: The name you gave the sensor.
Date: The date the message was transmitted from the sensor.
Value: Data presented with transformations applied, but without additional labels.
Formatted Value: Data transformed and presented as it is shown in the monitoring portal.
Raw Data: Raw data as it is stored from the sensor.
Sensor State: Binary field represented as an integer containing information about the state
of the sensor when the message was transmitted. (See Sensor State explained below.)
Alert Sent: Boolean indicating if this reading triggered a notification sent from the system.
Sensor State
The value presented here is generated from a single byte of stored data. A byte consists of
eight bits of data that we read as Boolean (True (1) / False (0)) fields.
When broken into individual bits, the State byte contains the following information:
aaaabcde
STS: This value is specific to the sensor profile and is often used to indicate error states
and other sensor conditions.
UNUSED: This sensor does not use these bits.
AWARE: Sensors become aware when critical sensor-specific conditions are met. Going
aware can cause the sensor to trigger and report before the heartbeat and cause the
gateway to forward the data to the server immediately, resulting in near immediate
transmission of the data
TEST: This bit is active when the sensor is first powered on or reset and remains active for
the first nine messages when using default configurations.
STS Specific Codes:
Note: Make sure you have the date range for the data you need input
in the ?From? and ?To? text boxes. This will be the previous day by
default. Only the first 2,500 entries in the selected date range will be
exported.
STS Value UI Presentation
Bit: xxx1 Humidity Fault
Bit: xx1x Motion Fault
Bit: x1xx Humidity Range Error
Bit: 1xxx Temperature Range Error

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Settings View
To edit the operational settings for a sensor, choose the Sensors option in the
left main navigation menu, and then select the Settings tab to access the
configuration page. See Figure 11.
A. The Sensor Name is a unique name you
give the sensor to easily identify it in a list and
in any notifications.
B. The Heartbeat Interval is how often the
sensor communicates with the gateway if no
activity is recorded.
C. Aware State Heartbeat is how often the
sensor communicates with the gateway while
in an Aware State.
D. Assessments per Heartbeat is how many
times between heartbeats a sensor will check
its measurements against its thresholds to
determine whether it will enter an Aware
State.
E. Enter Aware State determines if the
sensor enters Aware State or not when
motion is detected.
F. Time to Re-Arm is the time in seconds
after a triggering event that the sensor will
wait before re-arming itself.
G. Sensitivity dictates the distance at which
the sensor registers motion. Your options are
9 feet, 12 feet, or 15 feet.
H. Aware State Buffer is a buffer to prevent
the sensor from bouncing between Standard
Operation and Aware State when the
assessments are very close to a threshold.
For example, if a Maximum Threshold is set
to 90° and the buffer is 1°, then once the
sensor takes an assessment of 90.1° it will
remain in an Aware State until dropping to
89.0°.
I. Sychronize In small sensor networks the
sensors can be set to synchronize their
communications. The default setting off allows
the sensors to randomize their
communications therefore maximizing
communication robustness. Setting this will
synchronize the communication of the
sensors.
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