netvox R718MBC User manual

Wireless Activity Timer
Model: R718MBC
Wireless Activity Timer
R718MBC
User Manual
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be maintained in strict confidence and shall not be disclosed to other parties, in whole or in part, without written
permission of NETVOX Technology. The specifications are subject to change without prior notice.

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Table of Content
1. Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
2. Appearance.......................................................................................................................................3
3. Main Features...................................................................................................................................3
4. Set up Instruction..............................................................................................................................4
5. Data Report ......................................................................................................................................5
5.1 Example of Report Data.............................................................................................................6
5.2 Example of Config Report Time................................................................................................7
5.3 Example of Config R718MBType .............................................................................................7
5.4 Example of Config Active Threshold.........................................................................................8
6. Information about Battery Passivation .............................................................................................9
6.1 To determine whether a battery requires activation....................................................................9
6.2 How to activate the battery ........................................................................................................9
7. Relevant Products...........................................................................................................................10
8. Important Maintenance Instruction.................................................................................................10

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1. Introduction
The R718MBC series equipment is a vibration alarm device for Netvox ClassA type equipment based on the LoRaWAN open
protocol. It can count time of the movement or vibration duration of the equipment and is compatible with the LoRaWAN
protocol.
LoRa Wireless Technology:
LoRa is a wireless communication technology dedicated to long distance and low power consumption. Compared with other
communication methods, LoRa spread spectrum modulation method greatly increases to expand the communication distance.
Widely used in long-distance, low-data wireless communications. For example, automatic meter reading, building automation
equipment, wireless security systems, industrial monitoring. Main features include small size, low power consumption,
transmission distance, anti-interference ability and so on.
LoRaWAN:
LoRaWAN uses LoRa technology to define end-to-end standard specifications to ensure interoperability between devices and
gateways from different manufacturers.

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2. Appearance
3. Main Features
Compatible with LoRaWAN
2 ER14505 lithium batteries in parallel power supply (3.6V / section)
IP Rating: IP65/IP67 (Optional)
Compatible with LoRaWANTM Class A
The base is attached with a magnet that can be attached to a ferromagnetic material object
Frequency hopping spread spectrum
Configuration parameters can be configured via a third-party software platform, data can be read and alerts can be set via SMS
text and email (optional)
Applicable to third-party platforms: Actility/ThingPark, TTN, MyDevices/Cayenne
Low power consumption and long battery life
Battery Life:
⁻Please refer to web: http://www.netvox.com.tw/electric/electric_calc.html
⁻At this website, users can find battery life time for variety models at different configurations.
Indicator
Function Key

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4. Set up Instruction
On/Off
Power on Insert batteries. (Users may need a screwdriver to open)
Turn on Press and hold the function key for 3 seconds till the green indicator flashes once.
Turn off (Restore to factory setting)
Press and hold the function key for 5 seconds till green indicator flashes for 20 times.
Power off Remove Batteries.
Note
1. Remove and insert the battery; the device is at off state by default.
2. On/off interval is suggested to be about 10 seconds to avoid the interference of capacitor
inductance and other energy storage components.
3. At 1st -5th second after power on, the device will be in engineering test mode.
Network Joining
Never joined the network
Turn on the device to search the network to join.
The green indicator stays on for 5 seconds: success
The green indicator remains off: fail
Had joined the network
(not at factory setting)
Turn on the device to search the previous network to join.
The green indicator stays on for 5 seconds: success
The green indicator remains off: fail
Function Key
Press and hold for 5 seconds
Restore to factory setting / Turn off
The green indicator flashes for 20 times: success
The green indicator remains off: fail
Press once The device is in the network: green indicator flashes once and sends a report
The device is not in the network: green indicator remains off
Sleeping Mode
The device is on and in the network
Sleeping period: Min Interval.
When the reportchange exceeds setting value or the state changes: send a data report according
to Min Interval.
Low Voltage Warning
Low Voltage 3.2V

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5. Data Report
Data report configuration and sending period are as following:
Min. Interval
(Unit:second)
Max. Interval
(Unit:second) Reportable Change Current Change≥ Reportable Change
Current Change＜
Reportable Change
Any number between
1~65535
Any number between
1~65535 Can not be 0. Report per Min. Interval
Report
per Max. Interval
When the device is turned on, it will immediately send a version package and a report data.
Data will be reported once per hour by default setting.
Default Setting:
Maximum time: 0x0E10 (3600s)
Minimum time: 0x0E10 (3600s) // Detect the current voltage value every 3600s by default setting
Battery Change: 0x01 (0.1V)
R718MBC Vibration:
The device detects sudden movement or vibration to start timing, and ends the time after entering the stationary state
for 5 seconds, sends a report of the vibration duration, and restarts a new round of detection, and the timing is cleared.
If vibration continues to occur during this process, the 5 seconds timing restarts until it reaches a standstill.
Active Threshold:
Active threshold range is 0x0003-0x00FF (default is 0x0003, the most sensitive)
Active Threshold = Critical value ÷ 9.8 ÷ 0.0625
* The gravitational acceleration at standard atmospheric pressure is 9.8 m/s2
* The scale factor of the threshold is 62.5 mg
R718MB DeviceType:
0x01_R718MBA
0x02_R718MBB
0x03_R718MBC
The default value is the programming value.
Note:
1. The device report interval will be programmed based on the default firmware which may vary.
2. The interval between two reports must be the minimum time.
Please refer Netvox LoRaWAN Application Command document and Netvox Lora Command Resolver
http://cmddoc.netvoxcloud.com/cmddoc to resolve uplink data.

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5.1 Example of Report Data
FPort：0x06
Bytes 1 1 1 Var(Fix=8 Bytes)
Version DeviceType ReportType NetvoxPayLoadData
Version– 1 byte –0x01——the Version of NetvoxLoRaWAN Application Command Version
DeviceType– 1 byte – Device Type of Device
The devicetype is listed in Netvox LoRaWAN Application Devicetype doc
ReportType – 1 byte –the presentation of the NetvoxPayLoadData，according the devicetype
NetvoxPayLoadData– Fixed bytes (Fixed =8bytes)
Device Device
Type
Report
Type NetvoxPayLoadData
R718MBC 0x2C 0x01 Battery
(1Byte,unit:0.1V)
Workdurationtime
(4Bytes,unit:1s)
Reserved
(3Bytes,fixed 0x00)
Example 1 of Uplink: 012C012400000018000000
1st byte (01): Version
2nd byte (2C): DeviceType－R718MBC
3rd byte (01): ReportType
4th byte (24): Battery－3.6v , 24 Hex=3.6Dec 36*0.1v=3.6v
5th ~8th byte (00000018): Work Count－24s, 18 Hex=24 Dec
9th ~ 11th byte (000000): Reserved
Example 2 of Uplink: 012C019F00000022000000
1st byte (01): Version
2nd byte (2C): DeviceType－R718MBC
3rd byte (01): ReportType
4th byte (9F): Battery－3.1v , 1F Hex=31Dec 31*0.1v=3.1v// Low battery
5th ~8th byte (00000022): Work Count－34s, 22 Hex=34 Dec
9th ~ 11th byte (000000): Reserved
Note:
When the battery is low voltage, the highest bit of the voltage is 1, and bit0-bit6 represents the voltage value.

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5.2 Example of Config Report Time
FPort：0x07
Bytes 1 1 Var (Fix =9 Bytes)
CmdID DeviceType NetvoxPayLoadData
CmdID– 1 byte
DeviceType– 1 byte – Device Type of Device
NetvoxPayLoadData– var bytes (Max=9bytes)
Description Device Cmd
ID
Device
Type NetvoxPayLoadData
Config
ReportReq
R718MBC
0x01
0x2C
MinTime
(2bytes Unit:s)
MaxTime
(2bytes Unit:s)
BatteryChange
(1byte Unit:0.1v)
Reserved
(4Bytes,Fixed 0x00)
Config
ReportRsp 0x81 Status (0x00_success)
Reserved
(8Bytes,Fixed 0x00)
ReadConfig
ReportReq 0x02 Reserved (9Bytes,Fixed 0x00)
ReadConfig
ReportRsp 0x82 MinTime (2bytes Unit:s)
MaxTime
(2bytes Unit:s)
BatteryChange
(1byte Unit:0.1v)
Reserved
(4Bytes,Fixed 0x00)
(1)Configure device parameters MinTime = 5 min, MaxTime = 5min, Battery Change = 0.1v
Downlink: 012C012C012C0100000000 // 012C (Hex) = 300(Dec)
The device returns:
812C000000000000000000 // Configuration is successful
812C010000000000000000 // Configuration failed
(2)Read device parameters
Downlink: 022C000000000000000000
The device returns: 822C012C012C0100000000 // Current device parameters
5.3 Example of Config R718MBType
FPort：0x07
Description Device Cmd
ID
Device
Type NetvoxPayLoadData
SetR718MB
TypeReq R718MBC 0x03 0x2C
R718MBType(1Byte)
0x01_R718MBA
0x02_R718MBB
Reserved
(8Bytes,Fixed 0x00)

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0x03_R718MBC
SetR718MB
TypeRsp 0x83 Status (0x00_success)
Reserved
(8Bytes,Fixed 0x00)
GetR718MB
TypeReq 0x04 Reserved (9Bytes,Fixed 0x00)
GetR718MB
TypeRsp 0x84
R718MBType(1Byte)
0x01_R718MBA
0x02_R718MBB
0x03_R718MBC
Reserved
(8Bytes,Fixed 0x00)
(3)Change the device type to R718MBA
Downlink: 032C010000000000000000
The device returns:
832C000000000000000000 // Configuration succeeded
832C010000000000000000 // Configuration failed
(4)Check the current device type
Downlink: 042C000000000000000000
The device returns: 842C010000000000000000 // Current device type is R718MBA
5.4 Example of Config Active Threshold
FPort：0x07
Description Device Cmd
ID
Device
Type NetvoxPayLoadData
SetActive
ThresholdReq
R718MBC
0x05
0x2C
Threshold
(2Bytes)
Deactivetime
(1Byte,Unit:1s)
Reserved
(6Bytes,Fixed 0x00)
SetActive
ThresholdRsp 0x85 Status (0x00_success)
Reserved
(8Bytes,Fixed 0x00)
GetActive
ThresholdReq 0x06 Reserved (9Bytes,Fixed 0x00)
GetActive
ThresholdRsp 0x86 Threshold (2Bytes)
Deactivetime
(1Byte,Unit:1s)
Reserved
(6Bytes,Fixed 0x00)
(5)Assuming the threshold is 10m/s², the value that needs to be set is 10/9.8/0.0625=16.32, the last value is 16.32 which needs
to be taken an integer, and the configuration is 16.
Configure device parameters Threshold= 16, Deactivetime=10s

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Downlink: 052C00100A000000000000 // 10 (Hex) = 16(Dec), 0A (Hex) = 10(Dec)
The device returns: 852C000000000000000000 // Configuration succeeded
852C010000000000000000 // Configuration failed
(6)Read device configuration parameters
Downlink: 062C000000000000000000
The device returns: 862C00100A000000000000 (current device configuration parameters)
6. Information about Battery Passivation
Many of Netvox devices are powered by 3.6V ER14505 Li-SOCl2 (lithium-thionyl chloride) batteries that offer many
advantages including low self-discharge rate and high energy density.
However, primary lithium batteries like Li-SOCl2 batteries will form a passivation layer as a reaction between the lithium
anode and thionyl chloride if they are in storage for a long time or if the storage temperature is too high. This lithium chloride
layer prevents rapid self-discharge caused by continuous reaction between lithium and thionyl chloride, but battery passivation
may also lead to voltage delay when the batteries are put into operation, and our devices may not work correctly in this situation.
As a result, please make sure to source batteries from reliable vendors, and it is suggested that if the storage period is more
than one month from the date of battery production, all the batteries should be activated.
If encountering the situation of battery passivation, users can activate the battery to eliminate the battery hysteresis.
ER14505 Battery Passivation:
6.1 To determine whether a battery requires activation
Connect a new ER14505 battery to a resistor in parallel, and check the voltage of the circuit.
If the voltage is below 3.3V, it means the battery requires activation.
6.2 How to activate the battery
a. Connect a battery to a resistor in parallel
b. Keep the connection for 5~8 minutes
c. The voltage of the circuit should be ≧3.3, indicating successful activation.
Brand Load Resistance Activation Time Activation Current
NHTONE 165 Ω 5 minutes 20mA
RAMWAY 67 Ω 8 minutes 50mA
EVE 67 Ω 8 minutes 50mA
SAFT 67 Ω 8 minutes 50mA
Note:
If you buy batteries from other than the above four manufacturers, then the battery activation time, activation current, and
required load resistance shall be mainly subject to the announcement of each manufacturer.

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7. Relevant Products
8. Important Maintenance Instruction
Your device is a product of superior design and craftsmanship and should be used with care. The following suggestions will help
you use the warranty service effectively.
• Keep the equipment dry. Rain, moisture, and various liquids or moisture may contain minerals that can corrode electronic circuits.
In case the device is wet, please dry it completely.
• Do not use or store in dusty or dirty areas. This can damage its detachable parts and electronic components.
• Do not store in excessive heat. High temperatures can shorten the life of electronic devices, destroy batteries, and deform or melt
some plastic parts.
• Do not store in a cold place. Otherwise, when the temperature rises to normal temperature, moisture will form inside, which will
destroy the board.
• Do not throw, knock or shake the device. Rough handling of equipment can destroy internal circuit boards and delicate structures.
• Do not wash with strong chemicals, detergents or strong detergents.
• Do not apply with paint. Smudges can block debris in detachable parts and affect normal operation.
• Do not throw the battery into a fire to prevent the battery from exploding. Damaged batteries may also explode.
All of the above suggestions apply equally to your device, battery and accessories. If any device is not working properly.
Please take it to the nearest authorized service facility for repair.
Model Function Appearance
R718MBA Detect the movement or vibration of the device and triggers an alarm.
R718MBB Counts the number of movements or vibrations of the device.
R718MBC Counts the movement or vibration duration of the device.