NKE LoRaWAN Sensor 50-70-001

NKE S0 Pulse Sensor is a LoRaTM sensor designed to be operated with any device that delivers a pulse output for water, gas, electricity or energy meters. It communicates over LoRaTM secured, long-range with the bidirectional radio network. It includes an integrated antenna. Its Lithium battery 3.6V, 3.6Ah enables 12 years of autonomy for one radio transmission per day 3 Pulse Inputs.

Pulse sensors by NKE have three main advantages. First, they benefit from a Long-Range Radio, Technology LoRaWAN up to 4km in free field. Then, they take advantage of a standardized protocol IPv6 6LoWPAN. Last, they significantly optimize energy consumption for battery-operated sensors or even energy self-sufficiency for energy harvesting sensors.

The WATTECO series benefits from know-how in the development of communication systems based on the 6LoWPAN standard, the adaptation of IP layers to constrained networks in buildings where radio bandwidths are limited, and where optimizing the consumption of equipment is imperative. WATTECO distinguishes its product offering by providing a range of all-IP wireless sensors - based on the 6LoWPAN (IPv6) technology standardized by the IETF - and Box (sensors optionally non-battery-operated). The deployment of IP networks for low-power automation applications allows "Internet" uses to be generalized to sensor networks.

IP TECHNOLOGY IP technology is a significant alternative to fieldbuses usually operated in Construction & Energy efficiency sectors. The layer model as per the OSI standard ensures network constraints are isolated from user applications. Operating over IP in sensor networks provides many options in terms of configurations or application functionalities. Thanks to this solution, all the elements that make up the network can communicate natively over IP without the need for specific network software layers.

All NKE sensors implement a powerful ZigBee-like application layer which allows for configurable change of value (CoV) reporting of all attributes, based on value change threshold and minimum and maximum reporting intervals. The binary format of the NKE ZCL-like application layer implements many of the clusters of the ZigBee Cluster Library. In addition, all NKE sensors support “batch reporting”: a powerful data-series compression feature in the sensor which decreases the amount of data transferred and related energy consumption by typically over 95%. NKE sensors also implement a listen-before-talk feature which is useful when doing dense sensor deployments.