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Model

Caution:

Messages from the sensor unit may not be received

on many things working properly, like the sensor connected, the sensor unit,

the connected Wi-Fi access point, cable modem, internet provider, batteries, AC

power source, SMTP email forwarder

caution when installing the unit and the criticalness of what

Warning:

Data rates may apply for your carrier

About the unit

The unit has a built in Temperature and Humidity sensor,

used to detect a voltage from some other connected device

connect external sensors that can be used to detect Water, detect Light or

Probe. If the unit detects a parameter outside the ranges you set, the unit will send email/text

messages to specified address.

The unit is self contained and does not require any applications

You can gain access to the unit to manage the setup using

are delivered as emails or text messages.

FST Sensors

Model 2020 User Manual DRAFT 2 11/23/2016

Messages from the sensor unit may not be received at any time, the unit relies


Fi access point, cable modem, internet provider, batteries, AC

power source, SMTP email forwarder to name a few. Please consider this

caution when installing the unit and the criticalness of what you’re

apply for your carrier while receiving text messages or emails

in Temperature and Humidity sensor, a 3 PIN 0-30VDC input detector

used to detect a voltage from some other connected device and a 3.5mm (1/8 Inch) jack that is use to

connect external sensors that can be used to detect Water, detect Light or an External Temperature

If the unit detects a parameter outside the ranges you set, the unit will send email/text

The unit is self contained and does not require any applications to be loaded on your smart phone or PC

You can gain access to the unit to manage the setup using a standard web browser and all unit messages

are delivered as emails or text messages.

at any time, the unit relies


Fi access point, cable modem, internet provider, batteries, AC

to name a few. Please consider this

you’re monitoring.

text messages or emails

30VDC input detector that can be

Inch) jack that is use to

External Temperature

If the unit detects a parameter outside the ranges you set, the unit will send email/text

loaded on your smart phone or PC.

a standard web browser and all unit messages

Table of Contents

Initial Setup ............................................................................................................................................. 4

Wireless Network Settings ....................................................................................................................... 6

Force AP Mode .................................................................................................................................... 6

WiFi Setup ............................................................................................................................................... 6

Logging in using the “Access Point/Unit Name”: .................................................................................. 8

Logging in using the “IP Address”: ........................................................................................................ 8

Clock Setting ........................................................................................................................................... 8

Sensor Type and Mode Settings ............................................................................................................... 9

SMTP Email/Text Server/Message setting ................................................................................................ 9

Test Emails ........................................................................................................................................ 10

Sensor Setup ......................................................................................................................................... 11

General information for all sensor settings ........................................................................................ 11

Messages send times ......................................................................................................................... 11

Internal Temperature/Humidity Sensor – Send Message based on Range settings ............................. 12

Sensor Type on 3.5mm Jack ............................................................................................................... 13

Water Sensor Setup ........................................................................................................................... 13

Light Sensor Setup ............................................................................................................................. 13

External Temperature Setup .............................................................................................................. 14

0-30 Volt input .................................................................................................................................. 14

0-30 Volt connector Pin out ............................................................................................................... 15

Heartbeat Message ........................................................................................................................... 16

Advanced User Settings ......................................................................................................................... 16

Advanced Wireless Network Settings ................................................................................................. 17

Advanced Network Time Protocol settings ......................................................................................... 17

Public IP Address ............................................................................................................................... 18

Remote Accessing ................................................................................................................................. 18

Diagnostics ............................................................................................................................................ 19

Sensor Status ..................................................................................................................................... 19

Log File Error Messages ..................................................................................................................... 20

Variables ............................................................................................................................................... 22

Carrier/Provider .................................................................................................................................... 23

LED indicators........................................................................................................................................ 24

Troubleshooting .................................................................................................................................... 25

Factory Reset ........................................................................................................................................ 26

Firmware Update .................................................................................................................................. 26

Unit Specifications: ................................................................................................................................ 29

Initial Setup If you are using the unit to send emails/SMS text messages to your phone you will need to setup a mail

forwarding account. There are a few companies that offer this service for free like SMTP2GO. SMTP2GO

will let you send 1000 emails/text a month at no charge. To open a free account with SMTP2G0, follow

the simple steps below. The email forwarding account is only used for the unit’s mail/text and does not

affect your personal email account. You can use the SMTP2GO account for multiple sensor units.

1. Go to www.smtp2go.com and click free sign up button (upper right).

Enter your name, email address, password and create account. You will receive the email below to

activate your account.

In the email you received, click Activate Account button. Note the setting for server, port, your user

name and password, you will need to enter these later during the unit setup.

Now you may proceed with the remaining unit setup.

Wireless Network Settings The sensor will need to be setup on your Wi-Fi to allow it to send messages; this can be accomplished by

the following.

Power the sensor up by plugging in the wall transformer into the Micro USB power port located on the

side of the unit.

First time power up the sensor will automatically go into (Access point) AP setup mode, this is indicated

by the fast flashing RED LED (twice a second). If the unit is in AP mode move down to WiFi Setup

section.

If the LED is only flashing once a second the sensor is NOT in AP mode. You will need to force it into AP

mode, using the following steps.

The unit MUST be in AP mode for initial setup to allow the user to enter the locations wireless network

name and password.

Force AP Mode

• Press the setup button (next to the RED LED)

• The RED LED with start to flash fast, continue to hold the button

• The RED LED will go on solid and then turn off

• After the RED LED it turns off, release the button

• The RED LED should flash fast (twice a second), indicating the sensor is now in setup AP mode

WiFi Setup While the unit is in AP mode (RED LED flashing fast), Use a Wi-Fi enabled device like a smart phone,

laptop or tablet to finish the setup.

• On the Wi-Fi device, navigate to the devices Wi-Fi setup

• On the device find the network that starts with “FST” and will look something like “FST-EB1A”.

Note the last 4 characters are unit dependent and can be found on the label on the back of the

unit.

• Select/Connect to the FST-XXXX network from your wireless device

• When your device asks for the network password for FST-XXXX enter the default password of

12345678

• And connect to the unit

• After the connection is established (your Wi-Fi device should state “Connected”)

• Open a internet browser like Chrome or Safari on your device

• Enter this IP address in the url 192.168.4.1

• Hit enter

• You should see the sensor status page below

1. Select your Network you want to connect to from the pull down list in “Avalible Netowrks” or

type in the network name if the Network Name (SSID) field. The signal strenght of the avalible

networks will be on the right side of the name, were -40dBm is very strong and -90dBm is very

weak network.

2. Enter the Password/Passkey for your network in the Network Password/Passkey field.

3. The default setting is for your router to assign the IP address. If you want to assign the IP

address manually check the check box for “Show Advanced User Settings”.

4. Before we finish setting the remainder of the operating parameters settings, let’s make sure we

can connect to your network first.

5. Save the changes by clicking the “Save Changes and Reboot” button located at the bottom right

of the setup page.

The unit will save the changes you made and reboot.

Once the unit reboots, you should see alternating blinking activity on the RED and BLUE LED’s as the unit

tries to connect to your network, if the RED and BLUE LED’s continues to flash alternately for a long

period of time the unit was not able to connect to your network. Repeat the initial setup procedure and

make sure your network name and password are correct as well as the rest of the network settings.

Lower and upper case characters make a difference in your user name and password.

Note: The unit will reboot after 2 and a half minutes if it does not connect to your network and try to

connect again.

If the RED LED is flashing slowly and the BULE may flicker you are connected to your network.

You can log into your network from any computer on your network, (tablet, desk top PC or Smartphone)

by using the IP address or the “Access Point/Unit Name”.

Logging in using the “Access Point/Unit Name”:

Assuming the “Access Point/Unit Name” is “FST-4E29”Type the following address into your browser

upper/lower case characters do not matter for the unit name. If you change the “Access Point/Unit

Name”, use the new name you created and add the .local/ to the end when your entering it in the

browser. Make sure you add the http:// to the front and .local/ to the end.

Example logging in using unit name:

http://FST-4E29.local/

Hit enter and the unit should display the Sensor Status screen. Note: if the browser takes you out to the

internet to search for “FST-4E29.local” then try logging into the unit using the IP Address.

Logging in using the “IP Address”:

If you set a fixed “IP Address” during setup you can type that in your browser. If you check “Obtain IP

address from DHCP” (which is default) you can log into the sensor in AP mode again and the last IP

address assigned from your wireless router can be found in the “IP Address” field at the top of the

configuration page. Note: you can make setup changes in AP mode, but you cannot send/test emails or

text message as well as receive the NTP time, the unit must be in normal operating mode and connected

to your network before emails/text messages can be sent.

Example logging in using IP address:

http://139.168.0.39

Once you have logged back into the unit you can complete the setup.

Clock Setting The unit comes preconfigured to receive the date/time/ from a NPT (Network Time Protocol) server.

The only changes you will need to make are the time-zone settings. The unit comes factory set to EST

Eastern Standard Time) which is -5 hours from UTC. If you observe daylight savings time, make sure the

check box is checked.

Sensor Type and Mode Settings If you have an external sensor connected to the 3.5mm side jack, you will need to select what sensor is

connected in the “Sensor Type on 3.5mm Jack” pull down menu.

You will need to select the “Notification Mode” (Email or RESTful). Email Notification will allow you to

send emails or text messages and the RESTful interface will allow sending notifications to other home

automation controllers or server like Universal Devices ISY99.

SMTP Email/Text Server/Message setting Using the account information you created at smtp2go.com or an another SMTP service, enter the

following.

1. Enter the “SMTP Server”, default is “mail.smtp2go.com”

2. Enter the “SMTP Server port”, default is “2525”

3. Enter the “SMTP Server User Name” you used to create the account with smtp2go

4. Enter the “SMTP Server Password” you assigned when you setup the account

Enter the Password you created

the smtp2g0 account here

5. In the From Email Address, enter the “Your Personal Email Address” you would like the emails

from. NOTE: Yahoo, Gmail and AOL do NOT allow email forwarding through their mail servers,

so use an email address like a work email or roadrunner email.

6. Enter the Email/Text subject line for the email or use the default. Note the subject line can

support the insertion of unit variable; see Variables section for more detail.

7. For now setup one send to email up during the testing and then add any additional recipients

after you have all the ranges and sensor setup and tested.

8. Enter up to 4 email/text lines for recipients’ to send notification messages to when sensor is out

of set ranges.

9. If you want to send a text messages you will need to enter the carrier to the suffix of the phone

number you’re sending to. Example if your cell phone number is 704-555-1212 and on Verizon

uses [email protected], Sprint uses [email protected] see Carrier

List section. Note do not add a “1” to the front of your phone number.

10. You can enter multiple email/text address on a signal line, by adding a semicolon “;” between

each address. Example: [email protected]; [email protected]

11. You can duplicate the same email address/text to the same line, you may want to get 2 or 3 text

messages in a row to indicate the importance of a message

12. NOTE: Email/Text address on lines 1 and 2 will receive systems messages like Heartbeat as well

as all other sensor messages. Email/Text address on lines 3 and 4 will only receive sensor

messages. This is useful if you have a relative or neighbor on your email/text list and you only

want them to receive sensor range messages and not messages like the Public IP address

changed.

Test Emails

After entering your email setting and email address you must click the “Save Changes” button first and

then you can preform the test.

• Log into the unit, if not already there

• On the bottom of the page and select “Send Test Emails”

• The unit will send an email to each of the email address entered

• The unit will display a log of the atcivity

If you see an “Email accepted>” message in the log you should receive the email in your inbox.

The test email you received should looks something like this.

If you received the email or text, Congratulations! You can now setup the remianing sensor ranges and

settings.

Sensor Setup

General information for all sensor settings

All message fields can contain system variables, like unit name, temperature ETC. These variables will

be inserted into the message before the message is sent out. Reference the Variables section for a list

of variables and settings.

Messages send times

Each Sensor can have their own time range to send messages based on the criticalness of the sensor.

For example if you have a Water Sensor installed, you may want to receive a message 24 hours a day or

if you have a Light Sensor installed to monitor a flashing light when your water softener is low on salt,

you may set the time to 3:00pm to 8:00pm.

Example of send message times

Will send messages 24 hours a day

Will send messages between 7:00am until 9:59pm (19 hours)

Will send message between 12:00am and 3:59am (4 hours)

Will send messages between 12:00pm and 5:59pm (6 hours)

For unused ranges, leave them blank as well as the message and the unit will ignore sending those

items.

Internal Temperature/Humidity Sensor – Send Message based on Range

settings

The unit has a built in Temperature/Humidity sensor.

1. Select in the pull down how you want the temperatures to be displayed (Fahrenheit/Celsius)

Range setups:

There are 2 temperature ranges that can be setup for the internal temperature sensor. When the

internal temperature goes below the setting in BLUE the message in GREEN will be sent and when the

temperature goes back above the range in RED the GREEN message will be sent. For example, you want

to monitor the temperature in your house and if the temperature gets to cold (the furnace is not

working) you may set the low (BLUE) to 45° and the high (RED) to 55°, so if the temperature moves

below 45° (BLUE) the message in GREEN will be sent and when the temperature moves up past the 55°

(RED) the message in GREEN will be sent. This will allow the user to know if it’s to cold and if it warms

up again.

If you leave the temperature/humidity and message blank, the unit will not take action on those ranges.

You can follow the same setup for the reaming temperature/humidity ranges for the reminding Ranges

1 through 4.

2. You can select the times you want the sensor to report when it detects something outside the

ranges set. Set the “Only Send Messages Between Hours”. NOTE: 12:00AM to 11:59PM will

send messages 24 hours a day.

All email address lines will receive the messages 1 through 4.

Sensor Type on 3.5mm Jack

The unit can support optional external Sensors connected to the 3.5mm side jack. By selecting the

sensor choice in the “Sensor Type on 3.5mm Jack” one of the following options will be displayed

automatically in setup.

Water Sensor Setup

Connect the water sensor into the 3.5mm jack located on the side of the unit. Place the water sensor on

a flat surface that would be in the path of the water during a leak. In the setup page under “Sensor Type

3.5mm” select “Water Sensor”. Enter the times you want to be notified of the presence of a water leak

and enter messages to be sent; you can enter a message when the sensor detects the presence of water

and when the water presence is not detected anymore.

If the water sensor mode is selected and the water sensor is connected to the 3.5mm jack the top center

of the water sensor will show a quick RED flash about every 10 seconds, this will indicate the sensor is in

connected. Note the sensor will always show the connection status even outside the monitoring times.

Multiple water sensors can be connected at the same time using a 3.5mm stereo “Y” splitter cable.

All email address lines will receive the messages 1 through 4 for the 3.5mm Sensor Jack.

Light Sensor Setup

Connect the Light Sensor into the 3.5mm jack located on the side of the unit. The light sensor will allow

the monitoring of the presents of light. You could monitor an indicator light/LED on a furnace filter,

water softener or other home systems. The Light Sensor has a detector on the bottom opposite the

cable entry end. The Light sensor comes with foam adhesive tape to permanently mount the sensor on

the equipment being monitored, make sure you have the exact position of the Light Sensor before

permanent mounting. Also make sure adjacent lamp/LED on the equipment won’t interfere with the

Light Sensor if they go on or off. The light Sensor has a RED LED that will mirror the indicator light/LED

on the equipment being monitored, so if the Equipment LED if flashing, the Light Sensor RED LED should

be doing the same.


External Temperature Setup

Connect the Temperature Probe into the 3.5mm jack located on the side of the unit. The Temperature

probe will monitor temperature on and external device, like a water heater, pool, pump house or some

other remote area.

The setup for the Internal Temperature probe is the same format as the Internal Temperature settings,

please reference that section.


0-30 Volt input

The unit can detect the presence of voltage on the 3 PIN terminal block located on the side of the

sensor. This will trigger the unit to send a message when the voltage on PIN 2 reaches 2.5VDC to 30VDC

(ON) and send a message when the voltage drops to 0V to 2.0VDC (OFF). The 0-30 Volt input can also

detect voltage cycling (going ON/OFF/ON/OFF). The maximum cycling rate is 2 tenths of a second or

200mS rate.

The “Enable Signal Cycling on Input” setting allows for a delay in the monitoring of the input to ensure it

what state it is actually in before the message gets sent (ON/OFF/CYCLING). The check box must be

checked if the input you are monitoring could be cycling. If the input will only go (ON/OFF) you can un-

check this box, the result will be faster response from the monitoring of the 0-30 volt input.

All email address lines will receive the messages 1 through 4.

0-30 Volt connector Pin out

Pin Description

3 3.3VDC @ 30mA

2 Signal Input (0-30V)

1 GROUND

The 0-30 Volt could be used for monitoring

• Door opening or closing

• Sense power from a device

• Detect the Siren voltage coming from a Burglar or Fire alarm system

If you chose not to receive a message for any given sensor, just clear out the message field, for example:

IF you only want to know if the Light sensor is FLASHING and don’t want to know if it OFF or ON clear

out the message field for the ON and OFF state.

3

2

1

Blue LED

Setup Button

Red LED

Temperature

/Humidity

3.5mm

Sensor Jack

USP Power Jack

Example Magnetic Door Reed Switch attached to the unit

Heartbeat Message

This feature will send a message to the use indicating that the unit is up and running. You can send the

frequency to receive the message and what time to send the message.

Only email address lines 1 and 2 will receive the messages (System Messages)

After making any changes to the user settings, they must be saved before they will take effect. Note the

unit will reboot after any “Save Changes”.

Advanced User Settings To see and change the Advanced User Settings, check the check box located at the top of the

configuration page. These settings include setting a static IP address, Gateway and Subnet. Setting

Access point name and password used for remote login and setting the Public IP address server and

email notification of a Public IP address change.

Advanced Wireless Network Settings

You can change DHCP settings, create a fixed IP Address, Gateway and Subnet Mask settings here. The

fixed IP address will be required if you are going to remotely access the unit from outside you network

over the WAN (Wide Area Network).

Advanced Network Time Protocol settings

Changes can be made to where the unit communicates to get the current time and date. These will

show if you select the “Show Advance User Settings” check box located at the top of the configuration

page.

URL Field Server Port Field Local Post Field

pool.ntp.org 123 2390

time.nist.gov 123 2390

time-a.timefreq.bldrdoc.gov 123 2390

Public IP Address

The unit will check to see if your Public IP address has changed, this is the IP address your internet

Service Provider assigns. You only need to know the Public IP Address if you plan on remotely log into

the unit from outside your network. If you want to be notified of your Public IP Address when it

changes, click the check box “Send Message to Email 1&2 on Public IP address change?”

Public IP Server Field Public IP GET Field

api.ipify.org {leave blank}

wtfismyip.com Text

Remote Accessing

To remotely access the unit from outside your network you will need to go into advanced user settings

and check the box for “Require Password for logon?”, failure to do this will open your unit/network to

hackers since they could just find an open port and gain access to your unit and setup information and

possibly infiltrate your network and anything attached to it. You will need to open a port on your

cable modem or router to point to the IP fixed IP address of the unit. You will want to use a port that is

not being used by some other device on your network. For this example we will use port 88 and we will

use a Public IP address of 174.108.55.152. The example below is for an ASUS RT-N66 wireless router.

• Log into your router

• Under Advanced setting, select WAN

• On the top tab, select “Virtual Server/Port Forwarding”

• Enter in a name for the unit, not critical what you call it

• Enter the Port Range of 88

• Enter the fixed IP address you gave the unit

• Enter in the Local Port of 80 for the unit

• Select “TCP” from the Protocol pull down menu

• And click the “+” sign under Add/Delete

This will create a port to talk to the unit. Some routers require a reboot to take effect.

From outside you network you can log into the unit using the following URL (us your Public IP Address in

place of the 174.108.55.152.

If you want to test the access, you could turn your WiFi off on your Smartphone and open a browser and

type your local IP and port number. Having the WiFi turned off, will force the communications to go over

the cellular network. If it is successful you should see the user name and password login.

When the “Require Password for logon?” is enabled you will be required to log in using the User Name

and Password even being local. If someone tries to login local or remote with the wrong credential 4

times in a row, the unit will block all access for 10 minutes, but will continue to send notification. If the

unit is locked for 10 minutes and email will be sent to email 1 and 2 indicating such. You can reboot the

unit manually by removing power and it will clear the lockout.

Diagnostics

Sensor Status

You can look at the current sensor status by clicking on the link at the bottom of the setup page Sensor

Status or by entering the /status after the IP or name in the URL, for example 192.168.0.215/status or

https:/FST-4E29/status.

Note: You will need to hit refresh page or click on the Sensor Status again to get the most updated

information. The displayed information may differ based on the sensors you have.

Sensor Status

You can look at the log in the unit by clicking on the link at the bottom of the setup page Display Log or

by entering the /log after the IP or name in the URL, for example 192.168.0.215/log or https:/FST-

4E29/log.

The log file will hold the last 30 events from the unit. It will track items like getting the time from the

NTP server and email communication. This is very useful during email setup to see the actual reason

why an email was not sent.

Log File Error Messages

The log file error messages can help you diagnose email setup issues as well as other items.

Message Meaning Troubleshooting

DS= Failed to read External

Temperature sensor

The external temperature

Probe could not be read by

the unit

Check to make sure the Probe is

fully seated in the 3.5mm jack on

the side of the unit.

DTH= Failed to read Internal The internal

Temperature/Humidity sensor temperature/humidity sensor

could not be read by the unit

NPT Time not set – no packets

received

The unit has not established

communications with the

internet time server

This will happen when the unit

first powers up looking to sync

with the time server, sometimes

the time server may be down and

un able to sync.

NPT= Time Set from NPT server

EMAIL= Email accepted>

“[email protected]”

The Mail Server excepted

your email and is resending

EMAIL= Could Not Connect to

Email Server (1 or2)

The mail server did not like

the server settings

Check to make sure the Mail

Server Settings are correct, Server

Name, Port

EMAIL= Email Server did not

accept EHLO


accept AUTH LOGIN request

Check the SMTP Server Username

and Password credentials


accept USER name




accept USER/PASSWORD




accept user’s EMAIL address

Check the SMTP Email Address,

make sure it is valid


accept send to EMAIL address

Check the format of the Send

Email address and Send Text and

make sure they are valid.


accept DATA request


accept email MESSAGE body


accept QUIT

EMAIL= Connected but timed out The SMTP Server and or the

unit timed out with each

other

REST= Could Not Connect to server

REST= Accepted Command> Message was sent

REST= Declined Command> Message was declined Check server setting for RESTful

interface

Variables The Sensor can imbed real-time information into your messages like the actual temperature read and

called variables. The format for embedded information is {xxxx}. For example: if you wanted to embed

the temperature in an email message you would use the following format.

Message Body The Temperature in the wine room is now {tempf}

You can combine multiple variables to a message

Message Body The Temperature in house is now {tempf} and the Humidity is at {humid}

Note: all variable names must be lower case

Variables available for use

Variable Description SMTP, sent as REST, sent as

{humid} Internal Humidity

Sensor

Actual value Actual value

{tempf} Internal Temperature

Sensor in Fahrenheit


{tempc} Internal Temperature

Sensor in Centigrade


{ip} Unit assigned IP

address


{pip} Send your public IP

address from your

internet service

provider


{mac} Units MAC address Actual value Actual value

{name} The Access point name Actual value Actual value

{time} Time in

HH:MM:SS am/pm


{date} Date in M/DD/YYYY Actual value Actual value

{blife} Internal Battery Life

remaining


{bvolt} Internal Battery

Voltage


{light} External (3.5mm jack)

Light sensor current

state

OFF, ON, FLASHING 0,1,2

{input} External (3 Pin screw

terminal) input,

current state

OFF, ON, FLASHING 0,1,2

{water} External (3.5mm jack)

Water sensor current

state

WET,DRY 0,1

The Email Subject line can also contain variables. For example you could insert the AP name in the SMTP

email subject line as follows.

Your email received subject line would look something like this

To better format your emails you can add a carriage return/new line to break up the sentences by using

a <cr> embedded in the messages.

For example, the message

Message Body

The message would be sent in email/text as the following.

The temperature in the house is high

Current Temp=85

Current Humidity=48%

Carrier/Provider

Listing of text messaging gateways for cell phone providers

Carrier/Provider Gateway Address

Metro PCS ##########@mymetropcs.com

T-Mobile ##########@tmomail.net

Verizon Wireless ##########@vtext.com

AT&T ##########@txt.att.net

Sprint PCS ##########@messaging.sprintpcs.com

Nextel ##########@messaging.nextel.com

Cricket ##########@mms.cricketwireless.net

US Cellular ##########@email.uscc.net

Cingular (GSM) ##########@cingularme.com

Cingular (TDMA) ##########@mmode.com

The temperature in the house is high<cr>Current Temperature ={tempf}<cr>Current Humidity={humid}%

Note: If your carrier/provider is not listed, you can find the carrier’s Gateway from their website or

search on the internet.

LED indicators

RED BLUE Description

Flashing slowly,

once a second

OFF Normal operation, unit is monitoring sensors

Flashing slowly,

once a second

ON/Flickering Normal operation, unit is monitoring sensors and communicating

over your WiFi network

Alternating

ON/OFF opposite

of the BLUE LED

Alternating

ON/OFF

opposite of

the RED LED

Unit is trying to connect to the Wi-Fi selected in setup, usually

connects in less than 10 seconds, if it continually stays in this mode

check to make sure the correct Wi-Fi SSID and password are

correct or make sure the unit is not to far from your Wireless

Router

Fast Flashing,

twice a second

OFF Unit is in AP mode and waiting for user to log into via a wireless

device for setup

LED indicator Meaning

LED’s Meaning

RED Flashing once a second Unit is running

RED Flashing twice a second

Unit is in AP setup mode

RED and BLUE alternating

every half a second

Unit is trying to connect to

Wi-Fi

BLUE flickering or on solid

Unit is sending information

over Wi-Fi

RED or BLUE on solid Unit failed, repower

Troubleshooting

Symptom Items to Check

RED LED continues to flash fast • The unit has not been setup yet, log into

the unit using a WiFi enabled device as

explained in section “Initial Setup”

I don’t receive emails Log into the unit and send a “”test Email” and look

at the results from the log. If there is an error

correct and retest, if there no error and it shows

the emails was accepted, the email may be getting

blocked from your spam filter or your email host

maybe blocking the email being forwarded from

SMTP server, if you are using smtp2g0.com log

into your account and check for any messages

The RED and BLUE LED’s are continuously

alternating blinking

• The unit did not connect to your Wi-Fi,

check the Wi-Fi setting by going into AP

mode as explained in section “AP Mode”.

• Make sure the sensor is within range of

your Wi-Fi router.

Unit turns on and appears to run and all LED’s go

out after 20 seconds

• This is normal operation for battery mode,

if you are connected to an AC power

source check to make sure the unit is

connected to the wall transformer

• Connect to an alternate Micro USB power

supply or directly to your USB port on your

computer using another cable

Receiving many messages about Temperature or

Humidity

• You may have your ranges to tight, the

unit will send when the LOW setting is hit

and when the HIGH setting is hit, having a

setting to close can create many messages.

Did not receive a message when a sensor range

was hit

• Check to make sure the sending times are

proper for your requirements. Note a

setting of 12:00am to 11:59PM will receive

messages 24 hours a day

http://192.168.0.10/rest/vars/set/2/4/1

Factory Reset The unit can be restored to factory settings by performing the following steps.

Press and hold the setup button

The RED LED will start to flash fast

The RED LED will go off

The RED will start flashing again (about 15 seconds to this point)

The RED will go off and the BLUE will start to flash fast (you can abort factory reset at this point by

releasing the setup button before both LED go on solid) (about 30 seconds to this point)

Both LED (RED/BLUE) will go on solid (about 40 seconds to this point)

Release the setup button and the unit will reset the user settings back to factory default

The RED LED should flash fast indicating you are now in AP setup mode. You can access the unit via a

wireless device as explained in Wireless Setup

Firmware Update The unit has the ability to re-flash the firmware via a web browser. There is no link to this feature from

the setup page; you will need to type in the following example using your devices name. You can also

use the IP address followed by /firmware, example 192.168.0.39/firmware. Note: you can update the

firmware in AP mode also. Download the latest firmware file you downloaded from

www.fstsensors.com

Select the “Click here to select Firmware File” if you want to proceed with the firmware update.

Select the proper file that you received from FST, it should look something like the example below

staring with FST and ending in .bin, Example “FSTxxxxxxxx.bin”. Note: flashing the wrong file could

render the unit inoperable; the only way to restore the firmware will be at the factory.

After you select the proper file, click the Update Button.

The unit will be updated with the new firmware and reboot. You should see the message below after 15

to 30 seconds.

Note: In most cases the current user settings will remain in effect based on the actual updates in the

firmware. Please check what features were added and if user settings will be affected.

Unit Specifications:

Feature Specification

Micro USB Power jack +5vdc @300mA

3 PIN 0-30VDC Input 2.5V to 30VDC to turn on

0V to 2.0VDC to turn off

Maximum Cycling/frequency 200mS

3.5mm Sensor Jack

• Water Sensor

• Light Sensor

• Temperature Probe

Internal Temperature Range – 40°F to +176°F accuracy ±2°F

Internal Humidity Range 0 to 100% accuracy ±5%

Dimensions 2.75” x 2” x .75”

Operating Current 170mA at 3.3VDC

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