Aeon Aeotec MultiSensor 6 - Advanced Features and Operations; Battery Level Monitoring; Outdoor Installation Considerations; Management and Troubleshooting

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AdvancedFunctions.
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YourMultiSensorhasbuiltinbatteryleveldetection.Itwillautomaticallyreportitsbatteryleveltotheassociated
controller/gatewaythroughoutitslifeuntilthebatteryisfullydrainedandneedsreplacing.Thebatterystatuswilloftenbe
displayedintheuserinterfaceofthecontroller/gateway.WhenusedproperlyinanoptimisedZWavenetwork,your
MultiSensorcanbepoweredbybatteriesfor24monthsbeforebatteryreplacementisnecessary.
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Recommendation:Fornetworkswhichdonotofferamethodtodisplay
thebatterylevelofyourMultiSensor,itisrecommendedthatthesensorbetestedoccasionallytoensurethatthebatteriesstill
holdenoughchargetooperate.Batteriesnaturallylosetheirchargeovertime.
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Outdoorinstallation.
Pleasenotethatwheninstalledoutdoorsofyourhome,yourMultiSensorshouldonlybereliedonfortemperature,light,
humidity,andultravioletreadings,whereasthemotionsensingcapabilitiesshouldbedisabledonyourgatewayinorderto
avoidfalsemotionreadings.Ifselectinganoutdoorlocation,it'simportanttopositionyourMultiSensorinasheltered
location.ItisbestifyourMultiSensorisnotdirectlyexposedtorain,andisimportantthatthehumidityventingon
yourMultiSensorneveris.
IfyouwishtousetheMultisensor6outdoors,youwillneedtolowersettings,andangletheMultisensor6accordinglyasall
environmentswillrequiredifferentsolutionsordifferentsettingsforthemotionsensortoworkproperly.Parameter4[1
byte]willdeterminethesensitivityofthemotionsensorfromavaluerangeof0disabledto5maxsensitivity(yourabilityto
configurethissettingwilldependonthegatewayused).
Itisadvisedthatifyouareseeingfalsemotiontracking,runtrialanderrortodeterminethebestsensitivityfromarangeof
05bygoingdown1sensitivitylevelaftereverytest(first5,4,3,2,then1),whilesettingParameter3[2byte]to10to
allowaPIRsensortimeoutof10secondsafterdetectingmotiontorapidlydeterminethebestsettingsformotionuse
outdoors.
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RemovingyourMultiSensorfromZWaveNetwork.
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