Milesight WS136 Smart Scene Panel User Guide

Milesight WS136 Smart Scene Panel Product Introduction

Overview
WS136 & WS156 is a LoRaWAN® based smart panel for wireless controls, triggers and alarms. Without any additional cable, WS136 & WS156 can be easily installed anywhere and control devices via LoRaWAN or Milesight LoRa D2D communication protocol. Besides, it’s equipped a user-definable E-ink screen to suit different scenes. WS136 & WS156 can be widely used in smart home, smart office, hotel, school, etc.
Features

• Equipped with a programmable E-ink screen for flexible display
• Up to 6 scenes settable, each scene can consist of multiple devices
• Easy configuration via NFC
• Standard LoRaWAN® support
• Milesight IoT Cloud compliant
• LoRa D2D control without gateway
• Compact design, easy to install

Hardware Introduction

Packing List

If any of the above items is missing or damaged, please contact your sales representative.

Hardware Overview

Dimensions (mm)

LED Patterns

being released

Status Indicator

| Send join network requests| Blinks as requests
Joined the network successfully| Blinks twice
Receive ACK packages from NS| Blinks once

Operation Guide

NFC Configuration
WS136 & WS156 can be configured via NFC-enabled smartphone.

1. Open the enclosure of the device, pull out the inside battery insulating sheets to power on the device.
2. Download and install “Milesight ToolBox” App from Google Play or App Store.
3. Enable NFC on the smartphone and open Milesight ToolBox.
4. Attach the smartphone with NFC area to the device to read device information.
5. Basic information and settings of the device will be shown on ToolBox if it’s recognized successfully. You can read and configure the device by tapping the Read/Write button on the App. In order to protect the security of devices, password validation is required when first configuration. The default password is 123456.

Note

1. Ensure the position of smartphone NFC area and it’s recommended to take off phone case.
2. If the smartphone fails to read/write configurations via NFC, move the phone away and back to try again.
3. WS136 & WS156 can also be configured by ToolBox software via dedicated NFC reader provided by Milesight IoT.

LoRaWAN Settings
LoRaWAN settings are used for configuring the transmission parameters in LoRaWAN® network.
Basic LoRaWAN Settings:
Go to Device -> Setting -> LoRaWAN Settings of ToolBox App to configure join type, App EUI, App Key and other information. You can also keep all settings by default.

port is 85.
Join Type| OTAA and ABP modes are available.
Application Key| Appkey for OTAA mode, default is 5572404C696E6B4C6F52613230313823.
Device Address| DevAddr for ABP mode, default is the 5th to 12th digits of SN.
Network Session

Key

|

Nwkskey for ABP mode, default is 5572404C696E6B4C6F52613230313823.

Application

Session Key

|

Appskey for ABP mode, default is 5572404C696E6B4C6F52613230313823.

Spread Factor| If ADR is disabled, the device will send data via this spread factor.

Confirmed Mode

| If the device does not receive ACK packet from network server, it will resend data 3 times at most.

Rejoin Mode

| Reporting interval ≤ 30 mins: the device will send specific mounts of LoRaMAC packets to check connection status every 30 mins; If no reply after specific packets are being sent, the device will re-join.

Reporting interval > 30 mins: the device will send specific mounts of LoRaMAC packets to check connection status at every reporting interval; If no

reply after specific packets are being sent, the device will re-join.

ADR Mode| Allow network server to adjust datarate of the device.
Tx Power| Transmit power of the device.

Note

1. Please contact sales representative for device EUI list if there are many units.
2. Please contact sales representative if you need random App keys before purchase.
3. Select OTAA mode if you use Milesight IoT Cloud to manage devices.
4. Only OTAA mode supports rejoin mode.

LoRaWAN Frequency Settings

Go to “Setting->LoRaWAN Settings” of ToolBox App to select supported frequency and select channels to send uplinks. Make sure the channels match the LoRaWAN® gateway.

If device frequency is one of CN470/AU915/US915, you can enter the index of the channel that you want to enable in the input box, making them separated by commas.
Examples

• 1, 40: Enabling Channel 1 and Channel 40
• 1-40: Enabling Channel 1 to Channel 40
• 1-40, 60: Enabling Channel 1 to Channel 40 and Channel 60
• All: Enabling all channels
• Null: Indicates that all channels are disabled

Note

• For the -868M model, the default frequency is EU868;
• For -915M model, the default frequency is AU915.

General Settings

Go to “Device->Setting->General Settings” of ToolBox App to change the reporting interval, etc.

REPORTING INTERVAL

CHANGE PASSWORD

Default: 1080 min
Change Password| Change the password for ToolBox App to write this device.

3.4 LoRa D2D Settings

Lora D2D protocol is developed by Milesight and used for setting up transmission among Milesight LoRaWAN® devices without gateway. When the LoRa D2D setting is enabled, WS136 & WS156 can work as a LoRa D2D controller for sending control commands to trigger LoRa D2D agent devices.

1. Enable LoRa D2D feature.
2. Define a unique LoRa D2D key that is the same as LoRa D2D agent devices, then select the frequency and spreading factor. (Default LoRa D2D Key: 5572404C696E6B4C6F 52613230313823)
3. Enable one of WS136 & WS156 button mode and configure a 2-byte hexadecimal command (This command is pre-defined in LoRa D2D agent device). When you press this button, WS136 & WS156 will send the control command to corresponding LoRa D2D agent devices.
   Note: When this feature is enabled, the control command from this button will not send to the LoRaWAN® gateway.

E-ink Screen Display Settings
WS156 supports e-ink screen display content programming according to user requirements.

1. Every button shows 1 to 6 numbers by default. Users can modify these numbers to any characters or click “Custom” to import pictures.
2.  After modifying or importing, click “Preview” to check the display result on the upper picture.
3. Click “Write”, then attach the smartphone with NFC area to the device to complete the screen programming.
4. Click “Save” to save the current display as a template in ToolBox App. You can import this template to another device by clicking “Import Template”.

Note

WS156 e-ink screen will show below fixed icons:

WS156 do a full-screen refresh once a week in order to remove ghosting.

Maintenance
Upgrade

• Download firmware from Milesight website to your smartphone.
• Open ToolBox App and click “Browse” to import firmware and upgrade the device.

Note:

• Operation on ToolBox is not supported during the upgrade.
• Only Android version ToolBox supports the upgrade feature.

Backup
WS136 & WS156 supports configuration backup for easy and quick device configuration in bulk. Backup is allowed only for devices with the same model and LoRa frequency band.

1. Go to “Template” page on the App and save current settings as a template. You can also edit the template file.
2. Select one template file that saved in the smartphone and click “Write”, then attach it to another device to write configuration.

Note: Slide the template item to the left to edit or delete the template. Click the template to edit the configurations.

Reboot and Reset
Via Hardware: Hold on the button inside the device for 3s to reboot, 10s to reset.
Via Toolbox App: Go to “Device -> Maintenance” to tap “Restart” or “Reset”, then attach the smartphone with NFC area to the device to complete reboot or reset.

Installation

WS136 & WS156 can be placed on the desktop directly. If it needs to be fixed, please try below installation methods.
Fixed by 3M Tapes
Paste 3M tape to the back of the panel, then tear the other side and place it on a flat surface. Please note the screen direction when installing.

Fixed by 86 Box
Remove the back cover of the panel, screw the back cover to the 86 box with screws, then install back the panel. Please note the screen direction when installing.

Device Payload

All data are based on the following format(HEX):

For decoder examples you can find them at https://github.com/Milesight- IoT/SensorDecoders.
Basic Information
WS136 & WS156 report basic information of panel whenever joining the network.

EXAMPLE

ff0bff ff0101 ff166592b32851010013 ff090100 ff0a0102

Channel| Type| Value| Channel| Type| Value
ff| 0b

(Power On)

| ff (Reserved)| ff| 01

(Protocol Version)

| 01 (V1)
Channel| Type| Value| Channel| Type| Value
ff| 16(Device| 6592b328510| ff| 09| 0100
SN)| 10013| (Hardware version)| (V1.0)
Channel| Type| Value| | |

ff

| 0a

(Software version)

| 0102 (V1.2)| | |

Button Message
WS136 & WS156 reports battery level according to reporting interval (1080 mins by default) and button message when button is pressed.

ff

|

34(Button Message)

| Byte 1: Button Number

Byte 2-3: Button LoRa D2D Command, the command is 01-06 by default.

Example

01 75 64

Channel| Type| Value
01| 75 (Battery)| 64 => 100%
ff 34 01 18 00

Channel| Type| Value

ff

| 34(Button Message)| 01 => Button 1

18 00=>This button LoRa D2D command is 0018

Note: if you press one button more than 6 times in a row, the 7th and follow-up messages will delay delivery.

Downlink Commands
WS136 & WS156 supports downlink commands to configure the device. The application port is 85 by default.
Note: Since the device type is class A, it only receives downlinks when the device uploads a battery level or button message to network server.

ff

| 03 (Set Reporting Interval)| 2 Bytes, unit: s
35 (Set LoRa D2D Key)| 8 Bytes, other bytes are fixed as 0.
36 (Set LoRa D2D Spreading

Factor and Frequency)

| Byte 1: Spreading factor

Byte 2-3: Frequency, unit: Hz

Example

1. Set reporting interval as 20 minutes.
   ff03b004

   Channel| Type| Value
   ff| 03 (Set Reporting

Interval)

| b0 04=>04 b0=1200s

=20 minutes

2. Set LoRa D2D key as 12345678123456780000000000000000.
   ff351234567812345678

   Channel| Type| Value
   ff| 35 (Set LoRa D2D Key)| 12 34 56 78 12 34 56 78

3. Set LoRa D2D spreading factor as DR5(SF7) and frequency as 505.7 MHz.
   ff3605a05e241e

   Channel| Type| Value

ff

| 36 (Set LoRa D2D Spreading Factor and

Frequency)

| Byte 1: 05 (DR5)

Byte 2: a0 5e 24 1e => 1e 24 5e a0=505700000 Hz (505.7 MHz)

References

• GitHub - Milesight-IoT/SensorDecoders

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