enginko MCF-LW12TERPM Outdoor Environmental Sensor Instruction Manual

: October 30, 2023
: enginko

Table of Contents

enginko MCF-LW12TERPM Outdoor Environmental Sensor
Product Description
Important Safety Information
Description
Overview
Measures
LoRaWAN network
Passwords
Conﬁguration ﬁle
LoRaWEB Tool
Payload
Maintenance
Ordering code
Declaration of conformity
References
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enginko MCF-LW12TERPM Outdoor Environmental Sensor

Product Description

The MCF-LW12TERPM is a sensor that measures PM (particulate matter) in the air. It can be mounted on a pipe or wall for installation. The sensor is configured via NFC (Near Field Communication) and has no USB port available for the user. The sensor is shipped completely off to prevent battery consumption during storage.

Important Safety Information

According to Article 14 of the Directive 2012/19/EU of the European Parliament on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE), and Article 20 of the Directive 2013/56/EU of the European Parliament on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries, the product must be collected separately from other waste at the end of its useful life. The lithium batteries must be removed from the equipment before it is given as waste and disposed of separately. For additional information and how to carry out disposal, please contact certified disposal service providers.

WARNING: Read this manual before attempting to install the device! Failure to observe recommendations included in this manual may be dangerous or cause a violation of the law. The manufacturer will not be held responsible for any loss or damage resulting from not following the instructions of this operating manual.

Do not dismantle or modify in any way.
The device is not intended to be used as a reference sensor, and enginko Srl will not be held liable for any damage which may result from inaccurate readings.
Avoid mechanical stress
Do not use any detergent or alcohol to clean the device.

Disposal information for users

Pursuant to and in accordance with Article 14 of the Directive 2012/19/EU of the European Parliament on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE), and pursuant to and in accordance with Article 20 of the Directive 2013/56/EU of the European Parliament on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries.

The barred symbol of the rubbish bin shown on the equipment indicates that, at the end of its useful life, the product must be collected separately from other waste.
Please note that the lithium batteries must be removed from the equipment before it is given as waste and disposed separately. To remove the batteries refer to the speciﬁcations in the user manual. For additional information and how to carry out disposal, please contact the certiﬁed disposal service providers.

Description

The MCF-LW12TERPM is a solar powered sensor that reads temperature, humidity, pressure and PM (PM1, PM2.5, PM10) and sends collected data over the LoRaWAN® network. Ideally suited for a wide range of applications such as weather stations, urban monitoring, air quality, industrial, environmental or farming projects.

Overview

Technical data

CPU Cortex M0+
EEProm 32Kb
Flash 64k
Encryption AES 128 bit
Class A LoRaWAN® 1.0.2 stack EU868, AS923, AU915, US915 Temperature -30 ÷ 70°C (0 ÷ 65°C ±1.0°C)
Humidity 0% to 100% will following error @25°C:
- From 0% to 20% ±5%
- From 20% to 80% ±3%
- From 80% to 100% ±5%
Pressure 300 ÷ 1100hPa (±1.0hPa)
PM sensor PM1\PM2.5 ±10%, PM10 ±30%
NFC for IoT node setup, FW upgrade and data reading
main 860mAh Li-Ion rechargeable battery and a 7200mAh Li-SOCl2 primary battery as backup
30 days of operation with no sun with main battery fully charged (20 hours of of direct sunlight)
Wall or pole mounting
Storage temperature range -30 + 80°C
Working temperature range -30 + 60°C
Protection class IP33
Dimensions (approx) L x H X P: 210 x 310 x 200mm
Weight 2.5kg

Installation
The installation must take place in a place where the LoRaWAN® signal coverage is good (SF=7 optimal, SF=12 weak).
Place the sensor in a way that the solar panel is not in the shade and exposed to the greatest possible amount of sunlight during the day.

Pipe mount
Mount the sensor on pipe as in picture:

Wall mount
Mount the sensor on wall as in picture:

Conﬁguration
To deploy the sensor, download the latest LoRa Tool Android App to setup LoRaWAN® credentials and other preferences :

Always validate your settings by reading the NFC data after the sensor has restarted.

Conﬁguration can be done only via NFC.
No USB port available for the user.

Power ON/OFF
The sensor is shipped completely oﬀ to prevent battery consumption during storage. It is therefore necessary to carry out a ﬁrst power-on prior to commissioning.
Move the NFC antenna of the mobile (the exact position varies depending on the model of the smartphone) to the sensor antenna, in the area shown in the ﬁgure:

At the ﬁrst power-on, sensor will take from 1 to 5 minutes to give an eﬀective measure of PM.
In case of long period inactivity, if necessary, is possible to shut-oﬀ again the sensor to prevent battery consumption, via downlink or with LoRa Tool App:

WARNING: After configuration, turn OFF the sensor (using LoRa Tool) if not used, to avoid unwanted battery discharge:

Backup battery
This sensor contains lithium battery, which must be disposed of separately. MCF-LW12TERPM is provided with one Li-SOCl2 battery pack as backup:

Code/Description

MCF-1S2PE/7200mAh battery pack

With this battery the sensor can run for 1 year with the rechargeable battery completely discharged. Battery replacement can be done only by enginko or trained personnel.

Firmware update
Download the latest ﬁrmwares available on the smartphone with LoRaTool app:

Update the sensor with LoRaTool:

During the update, do not move the smartphone untill the end message.

Measures

Period
Period is the interval (in minutes) between one measure and the next one. The sensor sends one measures for every transmission. Value can be between 15 and 65535 minutes (default: 30 minutes).
Period interval can be set with App or with downlink command.

Temperature Pressure
Altitude compensation: When the sensor is not installed at the sea level, the reading of barometric pressures at other elevations must be compensated. Set the right altitude value with LoRa Tool app:

Value can be from -300 to 3000 meters. Altitude can also be set with downlink command.

Humidity 3.5 PM
The PM measurement principle is based on laser scattering. This technology, together with high-quality and long-lasting components, enables precise measurements from its ﬁrst operation and throughout its lifetime of more than ten years

Mass concentration/particles number
As default particulate matter is expressed as mass concentration (in μg/m3). If “Particles” is set to ON, particulate matter is expressed as number concentration (in #/cm3):

LoRaWAN network

The sensor is compliant with LoRaWAN® speciﬁcation 1.0.2, regional 1.0.2b.

Activation
The device supports the following activations on a LoRaWAN® network:

NONE: sensor not activated
OTAA: the JoinEUI and the AppKey not setted, must be written to the device;
OTAA MCF88: Over the air activation, ﬁxed keys: JoinEUI = 904e915000000001, AppKey on request;
OTAA ENGINKO: Over the air activation, ﬁxed keys: JoinEUI = 904e915000000001, AppKey on request;
ABP: requires writing to the device of NwkSkey, AppSkey, DevAddr.

The device exits factory activated with NONE mode. On request devices can be shipped aleady activated.
Note: in OTAA AppKey is write only, in reading the ﬁeld will always be empty, even if set.

Other settings

Network settings:
- please keep “Any” settings. Change it only if Objenious network is used (default_ any).
Network type:
- LoRa syncword can be setted as “private”(0x12) instead “public” (0x34), but the NS must be setted accordingly (default: public).
Band: select the right LoRaWAN ® band settings accodingly to country requirements.
DST: set to change DST (default: none).
No time sync: set to disable time synchronization request (default: enabled).

Normally sensor asks for a time sync at every power on (uplink starting with

or, if enabled, once a week.
If not handled in the right way can cause a unnecessary battery consumption.
Please check chapter 2.1 DATA FRAME FORMAT.

UnConﬁrmed: set for unconﬁrmed uplinks (default: conﬁrmed uplink).
Single join/day: set for to allow only one join per day (default: multiple join allowed).

Passwords

The device can be protected by passwords, to avoid unauthorized persons to read data or modify parameters.

As default passwords are equal to 0.
Allowed values range from 0 to 999999999 (only numbers).
To change the passwords, set the new values with the LoRa Tool App:

Once the passwords are setted, to gain access from LoRa Tool to the sensor, open the App:

and set the right values before reading from the device:

To bring back the sensor to factory default and reset the passwords, a reset code must be requested to enginko (please provide the DevEUI of the sensor when you ask for that code).

Conﬁguration ﬁle

WIth LoRa Tool App is possible to conﬁgure the device using an XML ﬁle, instead to manually adjust the parameters (for details about the ﬁle format please ask to enginko). This is very useful especially in case of multiple devices conﬁguration.
With “Save” button an XML ﬁle with the actual conﬁguration of the sensor will be generated. This is useful to store or clone the conﬁguration, or to send it to enginko’s support if needed.

Multi devices conﬁguration

WIth LoRa Tool App is possible to conﬁgure many devices in an easy way.
For multi-conﬁguration is needed at least one XML ﬁle with the parameters to set.
Settings on this ﬁle will be applied to all the sensors.
With an additional XLS ﬁle is possible to load diﬀerent LoRa conﬁguration parameters (Activation Type, AppKey, AppEUI, NetKey, DevAddress, Band, Private option) for each sensor, based on DevEUI.
When the sensor is approached, if one parameter is diﬀerent from ﬁles, the APP will ask you if you want to overwrite.
XLS is prevailing on the XML, so if both ﬁles are enabled, if the DevEUI of the device matches one of the DevEUIs in the XLS ﬁle, LoRa parameters will be setted from this one.

These conﬁguration can be done in the in the Settings:

Enable or disable the use of the general conﬁguration by ﬁle;
Enable or disable the use of the speciﬁc conﬁguration by ﬁle;
Verify the passwords;
Writing the passwords.

For details on ﬁles format please ask to enginko.

LoRaWEB Tool

enginko provides, upon free registration, LoRaWEB online tool, where for each sensor it is possible to ﬁnd documentation, javascript examples for parsing, downlink generator and uplink decoder:
LoRaWEB Tool (iot.mcf88.cloud/LoRaWeb)

Payload

For payload descriptions, uplinks and downlinks format and available commands please refer to this document:
DATA FRAME FORMAT

Maintenance

Keep the surfaces clean and remove dust from the solar panel with a damp cloth when necessary. Remove gently any debris lodged inside the unit.

Ordering code

Code	Description
MCF-LW12TERPM	enginko LoRaWAN® outdoor PM and environmental sensor EU863-870
MCF-LW12TERPM-AS	enginko LoRaWAN® outdoor PM and environmental sensor

AS920-925
MCF-LW12TERPM-US| enginko LoRaWAN® outdoor PM and environmental sensor US902-928
MCF-LW12TERPM-AU| enginko LoRaWAN® outdoor PM and environmental sensor AU915-928

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