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For the first few prototypes of using Sensor Pipe for DustTrak, the following directions apply.

Set up the Dust Track

• Go to the Analog settings and set the lower bound to 0 mg/m³ and the upper bound to 0.1 mg/m³
• When figuring out how to wire up the connector ... see the attached picture (from the Dust Trak manual, here). The arrows in the pdf are displaced rightward a little, but if shifted left would refer properly to the appropriate pins. Then, on the actual Dust Trak model we received, the entire output connector was rotated 180 degrees; but the pin assignment on the connector still remained true, relative to its own geometry (there's a simpler way of saying this, I'm sure): i.e.: the connections which were on the left end up on the right. I think you'll get it immediately. The cable is a '4-pin, mini-DIN connector'. Might be avail at Radio Shack, or equivalent?

Set up Fido with DustTrak

• Plug Fido blue wire into top right pin on DustTrak
• Plug Fido yellow wire into bottom right pin on DustTrak
• Plug Fido Micro USB power into USB power supply on DustTrak
• Configure the WiFi (or just connect Fido and Router via Ethernet)
• Use Ethernet chord to connect Fido Pi Ethernet port and your Wifi Router
• Plug in Fido Pi's USB power supply
• Wait 5 minutes
• Go to local Fido App (see URL below)
• Click on the gear icon in the top right
• Enter data in the WiFi SSID and Wifi Password fields
• Select WiFi Security type
• Click the save button at the bottom
• Wait 1 minute
• Unplug Fido's power and ethernet chord
• Plug Fido back into power supply without having the Ethernet connected
• Wait 5 minutes
• Verify data is flowing in on the local Fido App
• Verify new data is going to local Hive server
• Verify new data is going to online Hive server

Set up Fido with DustTrak

• Plug Fido blue wire into top right pin on DustTrak
• Plug Fido yellow wire into bottom right pin on DustTrak
• Plug Fido Micro USB power into USB power supply on DustTrak
• Configure the WiFi (or just connect Fido and Router via Ethernet)
• Use Ethernet chord to connect Fido Pi Ethernet port and your Wifi Router
• Plug in Fido Pi's USB power supply
• Wait 5 minutes
• Go to local Fido App (see URL below)
• Click on the gear icon in the top right
• Enter data in the WiFi SSID and Wifi Password fields
• Select WiFi Security type
• Click the save button at the bottom
• Wait 1 minute
• Unplug Fido's power and ethernet chord
• Plug Fido back into power supply without having the Ethernet connected
• Wait 5 minutes
• Verify data is flowing in on the local Fido App
• Verify new data is going to local Hive server
• Verify new data is going to online Hive server

grove4

• Online Hive server: view the data online
• Data graphed as parts per thousand
• Local Hive Server: view the data while connected to the LAN (Linux and Mac only)
• Data graphed as parts per thousand
• Local Hive App: Configure the WiFi and see live values (Linux and Mac only)

grove3

• Online Hive server: view the data online
• Data graphed as parts per thousand
• Local Hive Server: view the data while connected to the LAN (Linux and Mac only)
• Data graphed as parts per thousand
• Local Hive App: Configure the WiFi and see live values (Linux and Mac only)
• Data shows up in Celsius but is not Celsius, more software work to be done