Installing Differential Pressure sensors

This guide explains how to install Differential Pressure Sensors so they can report readings to the cloud. 

Quick access

1. What you need
2. Planning the installation
3. Activation
4. Installation process
5. Configuration
6. Battery Replacement

What you need

Besides the Differential Pressure Sensor itself, it is advisable to have the following on hand:

• A laptop or a smartphone running the DT Studio web application at studio.d21s.com. If your company does not have a DT Studio organization, get started at d21s.com/start
• We recommend having one or more online Cloud Connectors (gateways) nearby to forward sensor data to the DT Cloud to check the sensor's connectivity once it is installed. Please refer to our guide for detailed instructions on how to properly install our Cloud Connectors

Planning the installation

For larger installations, plan ahead.

Activation

Claim and activate the sensor before mounting it. 

Nearby online Cloud Connectors will automatically start to relay data from the sensor to the cloud service. The default update rate is 5 minutes.

Claim the sensor in Studio by scanning the QR code found on the back of the device. The same code is printed on the packaging label. The sensor is now available in Studio, and you can name it.

As part of the activation process, before placing the sensors, set how often readings are measured and transmitted by configuring the Heartbeat Interval for all sensors in Studio.

Installation process

For installation, follow the steps in the overview below.

Configuration

The Differential Pressure Sensor uses Heartbeat Interval (HBI) to send a message notifying the system that it is present and operational; you can set it to 2.5 min, 5 min, 15 min, 30 min, 45 min, or 60 min. 

Battery Replacement