Aj1e Superior Solutions SS-0001 Salt Sensor Instruction Manual

Aj1e Superior Solutions SS-0001 Salt Sensor

Salt Sensor® Directions SS1RF Revision B

Installation of the Salt Sensor on the Salt Tank (Brine Tank)

1. Locate an area about 1/3 the way up from the bottom of the tank.
2. To avoid the water softener blocking signals, the location should be 45°- 90° from the water softener if it is located next to the tank as shown.
3. Clean an area about 5 in. x 10 in. where the Tx will be mounted with the supplied alcohol wipe and then let it dry. Note: It may be useful to mark the area with masking tape or other methods so you know where it was cleaned.
4. Remove the backing from the two tabs on the top and bottom of the unit. Please Note: The bottom of the Transmitter (Tx) unit is the side with the battery compartment.
5. Carefully locate the bottom tab of the Salt Sensor about 1/3 up the side of the tank & over the cleaned area. Take care to keep the unit as straight as possible. Gently attach it in the middle only.
6. Check the unit for proper position. Very-firmly press the two tabs onto the tank for about 15s each moving your fingers along the full length of each tab.

NOTE: You can temporarily mount the unit. See Alternate Mounting Method

Operation of the Salt Sensor

Note: Batteries are included in both the Salt Sensor and Remote Monitor units.

1. Pull the plastic battery tab from between the battery and the battery contact on the Salt Sensor and replace the battery cover.
2. The unit will start flashing red, green, blue and repeat that sequence. This is the power up state for the unit.
3. With your salt level filled to at least 3 inches over the top of where the unit is mounted, push and hold the operator button for 4 seconds until you hear the 2nd beep, then release the button. This will put the unit into the calibration mode. You will see blinking blue LED while the unit is being calibrated. The calibration will take around 10 seconds. Once the calibration is complete you will get a confirmation 3 chirps and green LED which is the current state of “Salt Level OK” or Green. The Salt Sensor is now in its initial Check Mode. If you want to test the sensor, during the 1st 30 minutes after calibration, you can pull salt away from the sensor, and the unit should go to an alarm mode of 3 beeps and flashing red if enough salt has been removed. Then push the salt back and leave it or calibrate it again.
4. At this point, you can pick a good location for the Remote Receiver.

Salt Sensor Remote Monitor (Rx) Front View

alt Sensor Remote Monitor (Rx) Side View

1. The remote receiver will begin flashing the icons, then it will start listening for the transmissions from the Tx for the next 30 Minutes. This is the startup mode.
2. While the Remote Monitor is listening for a signal, the inner radio icon will be flashing 1/s, and the Antenna Icon will be lit if it is receiving from the Salt Sensor. If the Antenna Icon is not present, the Remote Monitor is out of range for the Salt Sensor. You can walk around with the Remote Monitor watching the Antenna Icon to figure out a good location to place the Remote Monitor. The Antenna Icon will light when transmissions are being received. The ideal location will be a place where the Antenna Icon is lit almost all the time but not less than 50% or the time. If the signal needs to pass through any metal, wires, HVAC ducts it can will interfere with proper reception. See tips for picking location for Rx.
3. The Remote Monitor is now in a location that it will be able to pick up and notify you of the status of the salt.
4. There are two levels of salt the Salt Sensor will send the Remote Monitor. Those are “Salt Low Warning” and “Low Salt”. For the Salt Low Warning, the Remote Monitor will flash the inner icon on the salt tank. This warning is when the salt gets near to the top of the Salt Sensor. For Salt Low, the Remote Monitor will turn off the inner icon on the salt tank, and flash the outer tank icon. This will be a point on the Salt Sensor that uncovers around 1/2 of the upper part of the sensor above the batteries.
5. If you want to ever get the most current status of the Salt Sensor, you can push the reset button on the Monitor and it will wake up the unit. The Monitor will stay awake until it gets the next signal from the Salt Sensor.

Timing Between the Tx and the Rx

The Salt Sensor and Remote Monitor will synchronize with each other’s internal-clocks to conserve batteries. The Salt Sensor will wake up every 24 hours and take readings. The Monitor will wake up before the Salt Sensor, and Stay awake until it receives a signal from the Salt Sensor and then go back to sleep. When the Salt Sensor wakes up, it will transmit information to the Remote Monitor. When the Monitor receives the information, it will resync its clock with the Salt Sensor and immediately go back to sleep.

If the Remote Monitor did not receive any information, from the Salt Sensor for 5 consecutive days, it will alternate blink each of the icons on the display. You need to then check to make sure the batteries are not low in the Salt Sensor, or, the Remote Monitor has been moved to a bad location that no longer can receive information due to interference for instance. Either put the sensor back to where it was initially located, or if it has not been moved, the unit is now getting more interference and a new location should be chosen.

Picking a new location

1. On the Salt Sensor, press the operator button momentarily. The Salt Sensor will then show the current state: (Green, Amber, or Red LED), and then start a 30-minute cycle of transmissions to the Remote Monitor.
2. Push the reset button on the Monitor to wake it up. The Monitor will stay awake for 30 minutes.
3. Walk around with the Monitor again as in Step 3 of the Remote Monitor Operation until you find a new location.

Alarms

1. When Salt Getting Low Warning condition is met, the Salt Sensor will flash an Amber LED every 24 minutes
2. When Salt Low condition is met, the Salt Sensor will beep 3 times over 3 seconds and flash the RED LED with each beep. It will continue this pattern every 24 minutes.
3. When the battery is getting low on the Salt Sensor, it will beep twice every 15 minutes. This low battery warning will repeat until the batteries are drained. Warning: If this state continues for too long, the Salt Sensor will eventually not be able to send a signal to the Remote Monitor and you run the risk on not receiving low salt status.
4. When Salt Getting Low Warning condition is met, the Salt Monitor will flash the Salt Icon every 1 second.
5. When Salt Low condition is met, the Remote Monitor will turn off the Salt Icon and flash the Salt Tank Icon every 1 second
6. Alternating & flashing each icon every 1 second Remote Monitor has not received a signal for 5
7. Flashing Battery Icon, Salt Sensor Battery Low – Replace Batteries and Recalibrate over Salt at least 3 inches above the top of the tank.

Lights

1. Green Flashing every 24 minutes, status OK

2. Amber Flashing every 24 minutes, status Salt Warning.

3. Red Flashing every 24 minutes, status Salt Low

4. Flashing alternating Green, Amber, Red Salt Sensor in Startup Mode.

5. Flashing Blue 2X, Tx is calibrating.
   Salt Sensor, takes a reading on the tank and gives the current status of the tank. Green Led (Salt OK), Amber LED (Salt Getting Low Warning), Red with 3 beeps 1/s (Salt Low). The Salt Sensor will do continuous transmission to the Remote Monitor for 30 Minutes.

6. Press and hold for 2s and release after 1st beep – Salt Sensor will flash a white LED, and toggle the beeper between mute 2 beeps for 48 hrs. and unmute 1 beep.

7. Press and hold for 4s and release after 2nd beep – Salt Sensor will calibrate and will do continuous transmission to the Remote Monitor for 30 minutes. While calibrating, the LED will double wink blue. Cal complete 3 beeps

8. Press and hold for 6s and release after 3rd beep – Salt Sensor will chirp 2X and enter Feature mode, LED 2X Purple. See Feature Mode Options.

9. Press and hold for 10s and release after 4th beep – Salt Sensor will factory reset, beep 8 times upon completion, and enter start up mode (See step 2 Operation of the Salt Sensor Transmitter).

Operator Button

Momentary press and release – Flashes all icons and wakes up the Remote Monitor and listens for a signal from the Salt Sensor along with showing the current status.

Icons

1. Salt Icon – On when Salt is OK, Flashing when Salt Warning, Off when Low Salt

2. Salt Tank – On when Salt is OK, Flashing when Salt Low

3. Antenna Pole – Off when Rx is awake and listening with no signal, On with signal. Off, when no valid signal has been received over a 5-day period.
   signal from the Salt Sensor up to once every second.

4. Battery Icon – Flashing, Salt Sensor Batteries are Low (Replace Batteries).

5. All Icons off, Remote Monitor batteries are low (Replace Batteries)

Setting the Salt Sensor & Monitor IDs 

Both the Tx and the Rx have the capability of setting and ID for each unit. In the case where multiple Tx units are in close proximity to each other, or your unit is close enough to a neighbor’s unit, the receiver could receive a signal from the wrong transmitter. If this is the case, or has a strong potential to be the case, the IDs on each of the sets of units needs to be different from one another.

Each unit has a dip switch on it. Each set of units need to be set to a unique pattern that is different from any of the other sets of units. In order to do that follow the following steps.

Setting the Salt Sensor (Tx)

1. Remove the battery door and the batteries from the unit.

2. Set the 4 switches under the battery to a unique pattern from any of the other units (See Picture Below).

3. Replace the batteries and battery door.

4. The Tx will go back into start up mode (See step 2 under Operation of the Salt Sensor Transmitter).
   Setting the Remote Monitor (Rx)

5. Remove the four screws on the back of the unit and remove the front.

6. Set the 4 switches under the front to the same unique pattern that was set on the Tx (See Picture Below).

7. Replace the back and the 4 screws.

8.  The Rx will go back into start up mode (See step 2 under Receiver Operation (Rx).

View of Tx ID Switches

Battery Installation

Battery life for the Tx and Rx units is approximately 3+ years.

1. If the Salt Sensor is running low on battery power, it will beep twice and blink a red LED every 15 Minutes. On the Remote Monitor, the low battery icon will flash warning of the low battery condition.
2. The Remote Monitor will run until the batteries are too low to operate the LCD and will blank the full LCD screen on the Monitor.
3. To replace the batteries on the Salt Sensor unit, remove the battery door and replace the 3 AA batteries with 3 new quality AA batteries.
4. To replace the batteries on the Remote Monitor unit, remove the battery door and replace the 2 AA batteries with 2 new quality

Alternate Mounting Method

The Salt Sensor has a strap mount in the middle of the mounting tab on the top and bottom. These can be used to mount the unit to the tank using sets of long zip-ties, large rubber bands, flexible trash can liner holders, or any other non-conductive material. This can be a short term or long-term method.

Tips for Picking a Location for the Rx

1. The Salt Sensor uses a radio frequency to broadcast that is susceptible to other radio signal interference. Please place the unit in an area that minimizes interference away from other electronic devices.
2. Radio frequencies have problems passing through metal objects. Do not place the unit in a position where the Tx has to transmit through things like HVAC Duct, Metal, Stoves, Refrigerators TVs, Microwaves, Etc.

Specifications

Tx – 7.11 in. H x 3.49 in. W x .96 in. D
(180.5 mm x 88.6 mm x 24.4 mm)
Rx – 3.92 in. H x 3.09 in. W x .97 in. D
(99.6 mm x 78.6 mm x 24.6 mm) Weight – Total 6.15 oz. (233 g) with batteries Operating Temp. 32° to 130°F (0° to 54.4°C) Humidity – 5-90% RH (non- condensing) Water Resistance – Splash Resistance

Receiver (Rx) Icon Display Matrix

TROUBLE SHOOTING GUIDE

FEATURE MODE OPTIONS

LIMITED 1 YEAR WARRANTY

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Model SS21RF • Rev A 08/01/20
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