Quickstart

This is a secure Notification Sensor for XXXQFrequencyName. To run this device please insert fresh 1 * CR123A batteries. To run this device please make sure the internal battery is fully charged. Remove the battery tab by pulling it away from water sensor. 




Turn the primary controller of Z-Wave network into inclusion mode, short press the products Action Button that you can find on the product.


Important safety information

Please read this manual carefully. Failure to follow the recommendations in this manual may be dangerous or may violate the law. The manufacturer, importer, distributor and seller shall not be liable for any loss or damage resulting from failure to comply with the instructions in this manual or any other material. Use this equipment only for its intended purpose. Follow the disposal instructions. Do not dispose of electronic equipment or batteries in a fire or near open heat sources.

Product Description

Aeotec by Aeon Labs Water Sensor 6 brings intelligence to a new level, one that is suited to both safety and convenience. It contains 4 sensing points, which would be more accurately to detect the presence and absence of water or detect whether there is water leak in some places of your home. The Water Sensor 6 has an inbuilt buzzer that can play alarm sounds to let you know when the water is detected. The Water Sensor 6 is also a security Z-Wave device that supports Over The Air (OTA) for firmware updates.

Product Usage

Optimally placing Water Sensor 6.

The final installation steps of Water Sensor 6 are very simple, all you need to do is choose the area that you want Water Sensor 6 to monitor leaks or floods in.

Water Sensor 6 is optimally placed on a flat surface where floods, leaks and drips can occur; these can include your washroom or kitchen. When placing it, ensure that its detection probes touch the surface being monitored; when water touches any 2 of the 4 probes on Water Sensor 6 an alert will be sent to your Z-Wave network. Below are some of the possible situations that can trigger Water Sensor 6.


1. Water is detected by sensing point 2 and 4.

2. Water is detected by sensing point 1 and 3.,


3. Water is detected by sensing point 1 and 2.

4. Water is detected by sensing point 3 and 4.

5. Water is detected by sensing point 1, 2, 3 and 4.



These situations will cause Water Sensor 6 to send a water presence or trigger event to your gateway. Should water clear from the area where Water Sensor 6 is installed, the sensor will also send a separate command to your Z-Wave gateway informing it that there is no more water in the area.

Testing Health Connectivity.

 

Note - Health test does not test for routing communication health, only tests for direct communication with your gateway to determine if it has a healthy direct connection.

You can determine the health of your Water Sensor 6s connectivity to your gateway using a manual button press, hold, and release function which is indicated by the LED color.

1. Press and hold Water Sensor 6 Action button
2. Wait until the RGB LED turns into a Purple Color
3. Release Water Sensor 6 Action Button

The RGB LED will blink its Purple color while sending ping messages to your gateway, when it has finished, it will blink 1 of 3 colors:

Red = Bad HealthYellow = Moderate Health
Yellow = Moderate Health
Green = Great Health

Replacing your sensors battery.

 

Your Water Sensor 6 uses 1x CR123A battery that has a 2 year battery life maximum. Ultimately the battery life of the sensor will highly depend on the uses and settings of Water Sensor. When battery power has depleted, below are the steps you can take to replace the battery in your Water Sensor 6.

1. Unscrew the 2 screws from Water Sensor 6. On the rear of Water Sensor 6 you‘ll find 2 screws in opposing corners.


2. Separate the battery cover from the Sensor unit. Use the separation tool to separate the battery cover by pushing or moving the separation along the gap between the battery cover and the sensor unit. 

Alternatively, you may use your fingers instead:

 

a. Pull open a small gap between the battery cover and Sensor unit.

b. Push or move your fingernail along the gap between the battery cover and Sensor unit.

3. Once the battery cover is separated from the Sensor Unit, you can pull out and change the battery located in the center of the Water Sensor 6 hardware.



 

Reset to factory default
  1. Press and hold the Action Button of your Water Sensor 6 for 20 seconds.
  2. Wait until the RGB LED turns into a green or rainbow gradient Color after 20 seconds of holding.
  3. Release the Action Button.
  4. If your Water Sensor 6 has been successfully factory reset, the RGB LED will be active with a colorful gradient for 3 seconds before disappearing. When you tap the Action Button on Water Sensor, its green LED will blink rapidly. If the factory reset was unsuccessful, the green LED will remain on solid for a few seconds when you tap the Action Button.
Inclusion
1. Remove the battery protector.
2. Press the button on the unit once
Exclusion
1. Press the button on the unit once
NIF Press the Z-Wave Button
Wakeup Pressing the Action Button once will trigger sending the Wake up notification command. If press and hold the Z-Wave button for 3 seconds, the Water Sensor will wake up for 10 minutes.
Protection XXXProtection
FirmwareUpdate XXXFirmwareUpdate
SetAssociation XXXSetAssociation

Association Groups:

Group Number Maximum Nodes Description
1 5 Lifeline group.1. The Battery Report or Multilevel Sensor Report (Configurable) can be sent to the associated nodes in group 1.2. When the water leak is detected, the Notification Report will be send to the associated nodes in group 1.3. When the Water Sensor is reset, the Device Reset Locally CC will be send to the associated nodes in group 1.
2 5 Send the configuration parameter 136 (0x88) to the associated nodes in group 2.
3 5 Send Basic Set (configured by parameter 88 (0x58) to the associated nodes in Group 3 when the Sensor probe 1 is triggered.
4 5 Send Basic Set (configured by parameter 89 (0x59) to the associated nodes in Group 4 when the Sensor probe 2 is triggered.

Configuration Parameters

Parameter 2: Enable/Disable waking up for 10 minutes when re-power on (battery mode) the MultiSensor.

Enable/Disable waking up for 10 minutes when re-power on (battery mode) the MultiSensor.
Size: 1 Byte, Default Value: 0

Setting Description
0 Disable
1 Enable.

Parameter 8: Set the timeout of awake after the Wake Up CC is sent out..

Set the timeout of awake after the Wake Up CC is sent out..
Size: 1 Byte, Default Value: 30

Setting Description
8 - 127 Available rang is 8 to 127 seconds.

Parameter 9: Report the current power mode and the product state for battery power mode

Report the current power mode and the product state for battery power mode.Note: this parameter cannot be used as Set usage.
Size: 2 Byte, Default Value: 0

Setting Description
0 USB power mode
256 Keep sleep state for Battery power mode
257 Keep awake for 10 minutes for battery power mode.

Parameter 10: Set the alarm time for the Buzzer when the sensor is triggered.

Set the alarm time for the Buzzer when the sensor is triggered.
Size: 4 Byte, Default Value: 101968650

Setting Description
1 - 255 Repeated cycle of Buzzer alarm.
256 - 65535 the time of Buzzer keeping ON state (MSB)
65536 - 2147483647 The time of Buzzer keeping OFF state

Parameter 39: Configure the default low battery value.

Configure the default low battery value. When the current battery level is lower than this value, it will send out the low battery alarm.
Size: 1 Byte, Default Value: 20

Setting Description
10 - 50 Available rang is 10% to 50%.

Parameter 48: Enable/disable the sensor report

Enable/disable the sensor report
Size: 1 Byte, Default Value: 0

Setting Description
0 Disable
1 Notification Report for Water Leak event
2 Notification Report for Vibration event
4 Configuration Report for Tilt sensor
16 Notification Report for Under heat alarm
32 Notification Report for Overheat alarm

Parameter 49: Set the upper limit value (overheat).

Set the upper limit value (overheat).
Size: 4 Byte, Default Value: 68157696

Setting Description
0 Celsius unit
1 Fahrenheit unit
65536 - 2147483647 Temperature value

Parameter 50: Set the lower limit value (under heat)

Set the lower limit value (under heat)
Size: 4 Byte, Default Value: 20971776

Setting Description
0 Celsius unit
1 Fahrenheit unit
65536 - 2147483647 Temperature value

Parameter 57: Set the recover limit value of temperature sensor.

Note:1. When the current measurement <= (Upper limit - Recover limit), the upper limit report is enabled and then it would send out a sensor report when the next measurement is more than the upper limit. After that the upper limit report would be disabled again until the measurement <= (Upper limit - Recover limit).2. When the current measurement >= (Lower limit + Recover limit), the lower limit report is enabled and then it would send out a sensor report when the next measurement is less than the lower limit. After that the lower limit report would be disabled again until the measurement >= (Lower limit + Recover limit).3. High byte is the recover limit value. Low byte is the unit (0x01=Celsius, 0x02=Fahrenheit).
Size: 2 Byte, Default Value: 5121

Setting Description
10 - 255 Available rang is 1.0°C to 25.5°C

Parameter 64: Set the default unit of the automatic temperature report in parameter 101-103.

Set the default unit of the automatic temperature report in parameter 101-103.
Size: 1 Byte, Default Value: 1

Setting Description
0 The unit is Celsius.
1 The unit is Fahrenheit.

Parameter 84: Get the state of tilt sensor

Get the state of tilt sensor.Note: this is a Get-only parameter.
Size: 1 Byte, Default Value: 0

Setting Description
0 The Water Sensor main unit is in horizontal direction.
1 The Water Sensor main unit is in vertical direction.

Parameter 86: Enable/ disable the buzzer.

Enable/ disable the buzzer.
Size: 1 Byte, Default Value: 1

Setting Description
0 Disable
1 Enable

Parameter 87: To set which sensor is triggered the buzzer will alarm.

To set which sensor is triggered the buzzer will alarm.
Size: 4 Byte, Default Value: 55

Setting Description
1 If the Water leak is triggered, the buzzer will alarm.
2 If the vibration is triggered, the buzzer will alarm.
4 If the tilt sensor is triggered, the buzzer will alarm.
16 If the under heat is triggered, the buzzer will alarm
32 If the overheat is triggered, the buzzer will alarm.

Parameter 88: To set which value of the Basic Set will be sent to the associated nodes in association Group 3 when the Sensor probe 1 is triggered.

To set which value of the Basic Set will be sent to the associated nodes in association Group 3 when the Sensor probe 1 is triggered.
Size: 1 Byte, Default Value: 0

Setting Description
0 Send nothing
1 Presence of water, send Basic Set 255 (0xFF), absence of water, send Basic Set 0 (0x00).
2 Presence of water, send Basic Set 0 (0x00), absence of water, send Basic Set 255 (0xFF).

Parameter 89: To set which value of the Basic Set will be sent to the associated nodes in association Group 4 when the Sensor probe 2 is triggered.

To set which value of the Basic Set will be sent to the associated nodes in association Group 4 when the Sensor probe 2 is triggered.
Size: 1 Byte, Default Value: 0

Setting Description
0 Send nothing.
1 Presence of water, send Basic Set 255 (0xFF), absence of water, send Basic Set = 0 (0x00).
2 Presence of water, send Basic Set 0 (0x00), absence of water, send Basic Set 255 (0xFF).

Parameter 94: To set which power source level is reported via the Battery CC.

To set which power source level is reported via the Battery CC.
Size: 1 Byte, Default Value: 0

Setting Description
0 report the USB power level.
1 report the CR123A battery level.

Parameter 101: To set what unsolicited report would be sent to the Lifeline group.

To set what unsolicited report would be sent to the Lifeline group.
Size: 1 Byte, Default Value: 3

Setting Description
0 Send Nothing
1 Battery Report is enabled.
2 Multilevel sensor report for temperature is enabled.
3 Battery Report and Multilevel sensor report for temperature are enabled.

Parameter 111: To set the interval time of sending reports in Report group 1

To set the interval time of sending reports in Report group 1.Note:1. The unit of interval time is second if USB power.2. If battery power, the minimum interval time is equal to Wake Up interval set by the Wake Up CC.
Size: 4 Byte, Default Value: 3600

Setting Description
5 - 2678400 Available rang is 5 to 2678400 seconds.

Parameter 135: To set which sensor report can be sent when the water leak event is triggered and if the receiving device is a non-multichannel device.

To set which sensor report can be sent when the water leak event is triggered and if the receiving device is a non-multichannel device.
Size: 1 Byte, Default Value: 1

Setting Description
0 Send nothing
1 Send notification report to association group 1.
2 Send configuration 136 (0x88) report to association group 2.
3 Send notification report to association group 1 and Send configuration 136 (0x88) report to association group 2.

Parameter 136: When the parameter 135 (0x87) is set to 2 or 3, it can get the sensor probes status through this configuration value.

When the parameter 135 (0x87) is set to 2 or 3, it can get the sensor probes status through this configuration value.Note: This parameter is a Get- only parameter.
Size: 1 Byte, Default Value: 0

Setting Description
0 absence of water is triggered by probe 1.
1 presence of water is triggered by probe 1.
2 presence of water is triggered by probe 2.

Parameter 201: Temperature sensor calibration

Temperature sensor calibration.Note:1. High byte is the calibration value. Low byte is the unit (0 (0x00)=Celsius, 1 (0x01)=Fahrenheit)2. The calibration value (high byte) contains one decimal point. E.g. if the value is set to 20 (0x1400), the calibration value is 2.0 °C (EU/AU version) or if the value is set to 20 (0x1401), the calibration value is 2.0 °F(US version) 3. The calibration value (high byte) = standard value - measure value.E.g. If measure value =25.3°C and the standard value = 23.2°C, so the calibration value= 23.2°C - 25.3°C= -2.1°C (0xEB).If the measure value =30.1°C and the standard value = 33.2°C, so the calibration value= 33.2°C - 30.1°C=3.1°C (0x1F).
Size: 2 Byte, Default Value: 1

Setting Description
-128 - 127 Available rang is -12.8°C to 12.7°C.

Parameter 252: Enable/disable all configuration parameters to be locked

Enable/disable all configuration parameters to be locked.
Size: 1 Byte, Default Value: 0

Setting Description
0 Disable
1 Enable.

Parameter 255: Reset to factory defaults.

Reset to factory defaults.
Size: 4 Byte, Default Value: 0

Setting Description
1 Reset all configuration parameters to factory defaults.
1431655765 Reset the product to factory defaults.

Technical Data

Dimensions 0.0380000x0.0850000x0.0240000 mm
Weight 62 gr
Hardware Platform ZM5101
EAN 1220000015258
IP Class IP 65
Battery Type 1 * CR123A
Device Type Notification Sensor
Network Operation Reporting Sleeping Slave
Z-Wave Version 6.51.09
Certification ID ZC10-17055615
Z-Wave Product Id 0x0086.0x0002.0x007A
Firmware Updatable Updatable by Consumer by RF
IP (Ingress Protection) Rated ok
Sensors Air TemperatureWater Flow
Supported Notification Types Heat AlarmHome SecurityWater Alarm
Frequency Europe - 868,4 Mhz
Maximum transmission power 5 mW
EuropeNotification Sensor