All,
I am using an “Aeotec Multisensor6 in 1 Gen 5” with a Vera Edge. It is installed and reporting data in the web UI. However, the temperature is off by 5 degrees F. From the Aeotec spec, it appears that I could send Z-wave command ‘Command Class = COMMAND_CLASS_CONFIGURATION’ ‘Command = CONFIGURATION_SET’ to set parameter ‘201 (0xC9)’. From the web UI ‘Devices’ tab, it is not clear to me how to set this configuration value. Can you explain how to use the Vera UI7 to set the temperature calibration for a ‘Aeotec Multisensor 6 in 1 Gen 5’?
Thanks,
David
Normally you would add a configuration parameter like that under Device Options
There will be several configuration variables there already.
Click on Add Configuration Setting, make the variable 201
Does the documentation say what the data size is or number of bytes?
Keep in mind that two different temperature sensors in the same room can report very different temperatures. Not because one is wrong, but because they are not in the exact same place. The temperature of a room can vary significantly. Even over just a few feet.
Also remember, they don’t report temperature in real-time. The temp you see was the temp at the last wake-up time which may be 20 minutes ago.
This time of year, my inside temp is variable by a few degrees since it’s falling when the heaters off and rising when the heater’s on.
I have several temp sensors but since they don’t all report at the same time they all show different temperatures.
They are within a couple of degrees though depending on where they are and when they report in.
Thank you for the reply.
[quote=“Hutchca, post:3, topic:190274”]Normally you would add a configuration parameter like that under Device Options
There will be several configuration variables there already.
Click on Add Configuration Setting, make the variable 201
Does the documentation say what the data size is or number of bytes?[/quote]
I haven’t seen anything to adjust there. I’ve read some other posts indicating something in Device Options or in Advanced but nothing like what they said.
Keep in mind that two different temperature sensors in the same room can report very different temperatures. Not because one is wrong, but because they are not in the exact same place. The temperature of a room can vary significantly. Even over just a few feet.
Also remember, they don't report temperature in real-time. The temp you see was the temp at the last wake-up time which may be 20 minutes ago.
This time of year, my inside temp is variable by a few degrees since it’s falling when the heaters off and rising when the heater’s on.
I have several temp sensors but since they don’t all report at the same time they all show different temperatures.
They are within a couple of degrees though depending on where they are and when they report in.
I have a calibrated room thermometer within inches of the sensor and its been in place since last night. They are still 3F different.
UI5 or UI7?
Either way under Device Options you should see several configuration parameters.
I don’t have the Aotec 6-in-1 but I have a couple of 4-in-1 sensors.
Since these sensors create several child devices, you need to be sure you’re opening the root device and not one of the child devices.
On my 4-in-1 the root is the motion sensor device.
Under “Device Options” you should see a list of variables under configuration settings.
If parameter 201 is already listed there, you just need to change the value.
Below those settings is a button to “Add configuration settings” if parameter 201 is not already listed there.
Here is what I found out for calibrating the temperature and humidity sensors:
- Go to your Multisensor 6 motion node
- Go to Device Options
- Add 2 configurations, one for humidity and another for temperature.
Temperature is parameter 201 [1 byte dec]:
Lets say you need to add +3 F or C, then you would set it to 30 (which can be seen as 3.0)
If you need -25F or C (can be seen as -2.5), then you would calculate 255 - 25 = 230 and set it to 230.
Humidity is parameter 202 [1 byte dec]:
For positive, lets say you need to add +12, then set it to 12.
For negative, lets say you need to minus -12, then set it to 255 - 12 = 243
I don’t have a light or UV meter, so I’ll just adjust these two. I assume that the adjustments are the same.