General
How do I decode a Door/Window event?
The Door/Window Sensor will generate events according to the proximity of the included wall-mounted magnet. Door/Window Event Message: 0x03 Byte Description 0 Presence of magnet (closed ...
How do I decode a sensor's Tamper Event message?
The sensor will send a message when the tamper switch has been either opened or closed through either an enclosure tamper or a wall mount tamper. Tamper Event Message: 0x02 Bytes Description 0 Tamper Switch ...
How do I encode a General Configuration Downlink message?
A downlink message is one that is sent to the sensor from the cloud and is used to configure the sensor itself. Messages cannot be initiated from the cloud since the sensor is typically sleeping and the radio is turned off, so the sensor itself must ...
How do I encode a Configuration Downlink for an Air Temperature and Humidity Sensor?
NOTE: All downlinks must contain a total of (8) bytes, padded with zeros at the end when necessary. See User Manual at https://www.multitech.com/brands/reveal-wireless-air-temp-humidity-sensors for more information. Threshold Mode Configuration ...
What is the Restoral Margin?
The Restoral Margin is used for the upper and lower thresholds (e.g. Temperature & Humidity) and requires the values to cross back over the threshold by a certain amount before a new event is reported. This prevents excessive event messages if the ...
How do I decode an Air Temperature and Humidity event?
The Air Temperature and Humidity Sensor will generate events when the environment changes to exceed set thresholds or on a periodic basis. Air Temperature and Humidity Event Message: 0x0D Byte Description 0 ...
How do I decode a sensor's Supervisory Message?
The wireless sensors will send a periodic supervisory message so that a backend system can verify that the device is still alive and to report error conditions. The supervisory message also contains a payload that contains the status (current) of ...
How do I decode a sensor's Reset Message?
The Reset Message is sent to the Cloud every time that the Sensor is Reset. Reset Message: 0x00 Device has Reset. The cause of reset is represented in the 5-byte reset code payload. Bytes Description 0 ...
Why do I see two messages when I press the button on a Push-Button Sensor?
The Push Button Sensors send event messages for both the button press and button release actions. It is possible to configure the sensor so that either press or release messages (or both) are disabled. For more information on Push Button Sensors ...
"Device ID Already In Use" Error
Please contact us if this error is encountered when attempting to add sensors to the RadioBridge Console.
Decoding battery information from the supervisory message
The RadioBridge Sensors use a 3V battery which measures about 3.2 volts when freshly installed. Once the battery depletes to 2.5V the sensor will cease to function. The Supervisory Message periodically sent from the sensor uses the last byte to ...
What is the procedure for sending downlink messages to sensors?
The recommended way to send a downlink is to use the RadioBridge Console API which uses a simple POST request. From there you can use the uplink and downlink APIs described in the RadioBridge API Documentation. To access the API section of the ...