Comprehensive Environmental Monitoring
In addition to standard Watchman features (i.e. Temperature and Humidity), it provides the gas-level monitoring.
The gas sensor monitors many kinds residential and industrial gases including: butane, propane, methane, carbon monoxide, alcohol, hydrogen, and smoke.
The sensor value (0-1024) reflects the approximated trend of gas concentration in a permissible error range. Higher the gas concentration, higher is the sensor value.
pp-Code allows configuring alerts on gas level values. Though the Watchman kit logs the stats every hour, the kit reads the gas level every minute. In case of sudden increase in gas concentration (+25), it sends the log to pp-Code portal immediately (does not wait for the next hour). Owners will receive instant alert (if it exceeds the configured threshold).
[Please note that it does not represent the exact gas concentration. The detection of certain components in the air usually requires a more precise and costly instrument, which cannot be done with a single gas sensor. If you intend at obtaining the gas concentration at a very precise level, then we don’t recommend this gas sensor. ]
You can choose MQ2 or MQ9 sensor as you place the order (same price):
- MQ2: suitable for combustible gas, smoke, alcohol, propane detection
- MQ9: suitable for carbon monoxide, coal gas and liquefied gas detection
Many use cases
- Can be used to detect CO and/or excessive smoking/alcohol consumption
- Can be used for industrial markets to detect butane/propane/methane/hydrogen gas leaks
- Can be used to determine deviations from normal gas concentration levels
Works along with Standard features
It works along with Temperature, Humidity and Party-Detection readings as well as corresponding email / SMS alerts.
You can also define alerts for higher Gas levels.