AN-101D Parking Sensor User Manual-202011-V1.3

Installation Notes:
1. Ensure the installation is in accordance with applicable specifications of the devices.

2. The installation of the device shall only be performed by a professional installer or an
authorized engineering representative.
3. To ensure the safety of installer, please use dedicated and qualified installation tools.
4. Devices should be installed in places far away from fire, strong electric field and strong
magnetic field and etc., otherwise it may cause damage to the device.
5. Do not install the device in high vibration ground environment.
6. Do not install the device in places close to power output, especially underground cables.
7. Make sure there are no metal objects within 30cm of the surrounding area of the device.
8. When installing, there must be no stones or sharp objects at the bottom of the mounting hole,
so as to avoid the device being breached.
9. The final explanation right related with installation is reserved for Shenzhen Winext
Technology Co., Ltd.
Content
1. Introduction........................................................................................................................................................... 3
1.1 Overview....................................................................................................................................................3
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1.2 Features...................................................................................................................................................... 3
1.3 Specification.............................................................................................................................................4
1.3.1 Hardware........................................................................................................................................4
1.3.2 Software.........................................................................................................................................5
2. Structure................................................................................................................................................................ 6
2.1 Hardware....................................................................................................................................................6
2.1.1 Appearance..............................................................................................................................................6
2.1.2 Dimension...............................................................................................................................................6
2.2 Software structure......................................................................................................................................7
3. How to work.......................................................................................................................................................... 7
4. Installation............................................................................................................................................................. 9
4.1 Instruction for installation..........................................................................................................................9
4.2 Tools......................................................................................................................................................... 10
4.3 Installation method...................................................................................................................................11
4.3.1 Installation location......................................................................................................................11
4.3.2 Installation direction.....................................................................................................................11
4.4 Installation process...................................................................................................................................12
5. Configuration...................................................................................................................................................... 15
5.1 Configuration Tool list.............................................................................................................................15
5.2 Winext Manage APP for configuration & calibration...............................................................................16
5.2.1 Prepare for configuration..............................................................................................................16
5.2.2 Install wireless configuration tool driver......................................................................................16
5.2.3 Calibration...................................................................................................................................18
6. Communication Format.......................................................................................................................................26
6.1 Calibration Frame.....................................................................................................................................26
6.2 Heartbeat Frame.......................................................................................................................................27
6.3 Status change frame.................................................................................................................................29
6.4 Error frame...............................................................................................................................................31
7. Trouble-shooting.................................................................................................................................................32
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1. Introduction
1.1 Overview
AN-101D is a surface-mounted type geomagnetic parking sensor with radar detecting based on
standard LoRaWAN protocol to detect the status (occupied or empty) of a parking space. When it
detects that there is a car parked in or leaving the parking space, the status information of the
parking space will be sent to a LoRa gateway, and gateway will transmit the information to LoRa
network server, then LoRa network server will decode the LoRa data and interface with the smart
parking platform to achieve real-time management of parking lots. Easy to install in ground, it is
widely used in urban road-side parking space and other application scenarios.
1.2 Features
 Support LoRaWAN CLASS A;
 Frequency (optional): CN470/AS923/EU868/US915/AU915/
RU864-870/IN865-867
 Support the magnetic induction of XYZ in three directions;
 Radar detection for parking space occupation status
 Support BLE wireless transparent communication
 Built-in Li-SOCl2 battery
 IP67 protection
 Temperature range: -40℃～+80℃
 Strong resistance to interference and easy installation
 High accuracy: >98%
 Low power consumption
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1.3 Specification
1.3.1 Hardware
Item Description
1.Sensor Three-axis magnetic sensor
2.Radar Millimeter-wave radar detecting
3.Power 3.6V/19Ah Li-SOCL2 battery
CN470MHz /EU868MHz
4.Frequency US 915MHz /AS923MHz
(optional) AU915MHz/RU864-870
/IN865-867
5.Power supply 3.6V/16000mAh, built-in Li-SOCL2 battery
6.Idle current ≤15uA

7.Working current ≤125mA
8.Rx current ≤15mA
9.Antenna Built-in LoRa antenna and radar antenna
10.Temperature range -40℃～+80℃
11.Installation Surface-mounted
12.Life cycle 4 years(based on occupied status change 20 times per day)
13.Load bearing 10T

14.Dimension Φ195mm*29.5mm
1.3.2 Software
Item Description
Accuracy > 98%
Wireless configuration Support BLE wireless configuration
Calibration Support dynamic automatic calibration
Temperature compensation Support
Protocol LoRaWAN Class A
Data transfer Support data re-sending within 3 times
Heartbeat interval 6h by default, it can be set by users.
Support web-based graphical configuration, and wireless
Configuration tool
serial port configuration
Middleware Available to buy
IoT Vision Available to buy
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2. Structure
2.1 Hardware
2.1.1 Appearance
2.1.2 Dimension
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Figure:Φ195mm*29.5mm
2.2 Software structure

The whole structure is made up of AN-101C software and web-based configuration software
(Winext manage App) connected via wireless configuration tool.
3. How to work
The smart parking system consists of LoRa geomagnetic parking sensor, LoRa gateway, LoRa
network server on Cloud or PC, application platform.
Parking sensor
Using adaptive algorithm, parking sensor can detect magnetic field change and estimate if the
parking space is occupied or not, and then sends the information to gateway accordingly.
LoRaWAN gateway
LoRaWAN gateway receives data from parking sensor via LoRaWAN communication protocol.
Then data is sent from LoRaWAN gateway to platform via Ethernet or cellular mobile network.
LoRa network server
LoRa data should be parsed by LoRa network server and then display on application
management(smart parking) platform visually. As to LoRa network server, Winext LoRaWAN
middleware or IoT vision can provide API and MQTT message subscribing to interface with
customer’s application platform. If customers haven’t had their own application platform, they can
develop their own application platform based on Winext LoRaWAN middleware or IoT vision.
The Winext LoRaWAN middleware or IoT vision can be deployed locally on Cloud or PC, and
data is in customer’s side.
Management platform
Application management platform receives information from platform and makes it visualization.
It displays the collection of parking status, the record of parking time, parking fees, etc. The
application platform can analyze the data comprehensively and make full use of the data to
improve management efficiency.
Technical architecture of the system
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4. Installation
4.1 Instruction for installation
To avoid equipment damage and personal injury caused by improper installation and construction,
please follow the following precautions:
 Ensure the installation is in accordance with applicable specifications of the devices.
 The installation of the device shall only be performed by a professional installer or an
authorized engineering representative.
 To ensure the safety of installer, please use dedicated and qualified installation tools.
 Devices should be installed in places far away from fire, strong electric field and strong
magnetic field and etc., otherwise it may cause damage to the device.
 Do not install the device in high vibration ground environment.
 Do not install the device in places close to power output, especially underground cable.
 Make sure there are no metal objects within 30cm of the surrounding area of the device.
 When installing, there must be no stones or sharp objects at the bottom of the mounting hole,
so as to avoid the device being breached.
 The final explanation right related with installation is reserved for Winext Technology.
4.2 Tools
Please prepare installation tools as below:
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4.3 Installation method
4.3.1 Installation location

The parking sensor should be installed in the center of the parking space, as below:
Figure: Installation location
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4.3.2 Installation direction

Please pay attention to the arrow mark in the device. During installation, ensure arrow mark
direction and vehicle is perpendicular. Here a diagram as follows:
Figure: Installation direction
4.4 Installation process

(1). Drill a hole
Drill 4 holes in the center of parking space with a hammer drill.
The hole size is with diameter 10mm, depth as 40mm.
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(2). Locate parking sensor on the surface

Put the parking sensor on the location and aligning to the 4 holes accordingly.
(3). Fix
Put the expansion screws into the holes, to let the expansions screws hold parking sensor closure
with the ground. Strike it with a hammer and fix it with a wrench.
Note: The accessory kit includes 4 expansion screws and a wrench.
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(4). Finish
5. Configuration
In order to ensure the detection accuracy of the geomagnetic parking sensor, the following matters
shall be noted when configuring the geomagnetic parking sensor.
1. Before configuring the parking sensor, please contact our technical engineers or sales to provide
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relevant configuration software and detailed operation instructions.

2. Calibration of the parking sensor shall be performed by professional technicians according to
user manual of it.
3. During the calibration, the parking sensor should be within the signal range of the wireless BLE
configuration tool.
4. During the calibration, there should be no cars or any other large metal objects in two adjacent
parking spaces.
5. During the calibration, there is no metal object within 30CM of the parking sensor.
6. After the calibration, the parking sensor must not be moved again. If the parking sensor is
moved or you need to change its position, you should re-calibrate it.
5.1 Configuration Tool list
Item Description
Laptop Installation
Wireless configuration tool The laptop communicates with device via wireless configuration tool.
You should install CP210x driver for this tool
Configuration software Winext manage App
5.2 Winext Manage APP for configuration & calibration
5.2.1 Prepare for configuration

Before configuration, please prepare the following tools and docs.
5.2.2 Install wireless configuration tool driver

A) Install Winext manage App, file as below:
B) Install the CP210x driver for wireless configuration tool, file as below:
1) Open CP210x driver for wireless configuration tool
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2) Select the driver program to install depending to the system type.

32-bit operating system selects “CP210xVCPInstaller_x86.exe”.
64-bit operating system selects "cp210xvcpinstaller_x64.exe".
3) Install the driver step by step:

Here is an example of laptop OS of 64-digit :
Select “I accept this agreement”, and then click “Next”，will come to as below:
Wait for a while and click on “Finish”
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Check whether you’ve installed the driver or not, as below:

Click "Computer" - "Attribute" - "device manager".
5.2.3 Calibration steps

1) Close to the parking space where the parking sensor is installed, insert the wireless
configuration tool into the USB port of the laptop.
2) Find “Winext manage App”, and open the folder of it, double-click “serialport.exe” to run this
configuration App, and click “English” to switch the language of the interface to English, as
bellows:
3). Open Winext manage App, as below:
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4). Configuration process

a. Select serial port
Click on Computer-Attribute- Device manager icon to check serial port number, select bluetooth
“Silicon Labs Dual CP2105 USB to UART Bridge: Standard COM Port”.
b. Open serial port and scan
Here is an example to select COM4. Click “Open SerialPort”and click “Scanner” icon. After
scanning, the parking sensor’s ID will be available in drop down box. You can follow step 1, 2, 3.
c. Select the device’s ID from the drop-down box. Click on “Connect”. It will return “OK”at the
bottom message box after successful connection. You can follow step 1, 2, 3.
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d. Activate and reset

Click “Action device” icon, and click “Reset”on the top right. It will return “OK”at the bottom
message box after successful setting. You can follow step 1,2.
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e. Radar detecting setting

Click “Open” icon, and click “Radar calibration”icon. It will return “OK”at the bottom message
box after successful setting. You can follow step 1,2.
f. Radar detecting and calibration

Click on “Calibration”under “New geomagnetic”, it will return “OK” at the bottom message box
after successful calibration. If it returns “ERROR: 9”, it indicates failed calibration. Please check
and remove if there is existing magnetic interference nearby. And make sure the parking lot is not
occupied during calibration.
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g. Close and disconnect

After calibration, please click “Close”icon and “Disconnect”icon.
Note: After finish such operations above, it must close the slave serial port. If not, it will have
impact on the device’s lifespan.
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h. You can proceed and have a testing now.
6. Communication Format
6.1 Calibration Frame
Bit
Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
0 Sensor Type
1 Transfer
Frame Type Reserved
Direction
2
X-axis data
3
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4 Y-axis data
5
6 Z-axis data
7
8 Reserved for factory testing
9
10
11
Note: X-axis, Y-axis, Z-axis calibration data, is in floating-point, transferred in 4 bytes to upload,
in big-endian.
Here is the formula to convert to floating-point, as below:
Item Number(bits) Description
Sensor type 8 0x01
Frame type 4 0x07
Reserved 3 Reserved
“0” uplink Node -> Platform
Transfer direction 1
“1” downlink Platform -> Node
6.2 Heartbeat Frame
Bit
Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
0 Sensor type
1 Transfer
Frame type Reserved
direction
2
X-axis calibration data
3
4 Y-axis calibration data
5
6 Z-axis calibration data
7
8 Temperature
10
Parking status Battery voltage
11 Reserved
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in big-endian.
Here is the formula to convert to floating-point as below:

(X-axis calibration data -32768)/4096
Number （ bi
Item Description
ts）
Sensor type 8 0x01
Frame type 4 0x08
Reserved 3 Reserved
“0”uplink Node -> Platform
“1”downlink Platform -> Node
The temperature read by the sensor*100, it’s a 16-bit
Temperature 16 signed digit, which includes 2-byte with high bits
coming first.
Parking status 1 1：Occupied; 0：Unoccupied
Battery voltage 7 Be divided by 10 for the battery voltage value
Reserved 24 Reserved
6.3 Status change frame

Bit
Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
0 Sensor type
1 Transfer
Frame type Reserved
direction
2
X-axis calibration data
3
4 Y-axis calibration data
5
6 Z-axis calibration data
7
8 Temperature
9
10 Parking
Battery voltage
status
11 Reserved
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in big-endian.
Here is the formula to convert to floating-point, as below:

(X-axis calibration data -32768)/4096
Number （ bi
Item Description
ts）
Sensor type 8 0x01
Frame type 4 0x0a
Reserved 3 /
Transfer direction:
Transfer direction 1 “0” uplink Node->Platform;
“1” downlink Platform ->Node
The temperature read by the sensor*100, it’s a 16-bit
Temperature 16 signed digit, which includes 2-byte with high bits
coming first.
Parking status 1 1: Occupied; 0: Unoccupied
Battery voltage 7 Be divided by 10 for the battery voltage value
Reserved 24 /
6.4 Error frame

Error frame: Report abnormal or error information, such as device is not detected.
Bit
Byte 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
0 Sensor type
1 Transfer
Frame type Reserved
direction
2 Error type
Number（bi
Item Description
ts）
Sensor type 8 0x01
Frame type 4 0x09
Reserved 3 /
“0” uplink Node -> Platform;
“1” downlink Platform -> Node
0: Device detected
Error type 8
1-255 Reserved
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7. Trouble-shooting
1. Is there a request to the location where the device is installed in the parking space?
A: Please refer to the vehicle guide and select the installation direction. It is to be installed in the
position of 3:2 in the parking space. Please look up to sections 4.3.
2. How far is from the device distance to the gateway?

A: It is recommended that device layout be within the radius of 300~500 meters of the gateway, in
order to ensure the stability of data transmission.
3. What is the recommended device heartbeat time?

A: 6 hours.
4. What is the recommended transmission rate for the device?

A: You can use the AN-106 LoRa Tester to test the signal strength to determine the geomagnetic
rate. The closer the signal is to the gateway, the better the rate can be set accordingly.
(SF=7/8/9/10/11/12, the higher the value, the smaller the rate is).
5. Is it necessary to calibrate every device before use?

A: It needs calibrate for first installation. Please make sure there should be no large metal objects
within 3m. If it needs to deploy large amount devices, please arrange enough hands for the jobs .
6. How long does a magnetic charge last?

A: The device has a built-in 19000mA Li-SOCL2battery. Based on occupation status changes 20
times a day and the heartbeat packet 4 times a day, it can be used for 4 years around.
7. If the gateway is restarted or replaced, does the device need to connect network, calibrate and
configure again?
A: The device calibration and configuration are required for the first use. During use, if the
gateway is restarted or replaced, network connection request, calibration and other configuration
are not required. But please make sure that the frequency point used by the gateway is consistent
with that used by the device. Besides, the gateway communicates based on standard LoRaWAN
protocol.
8. How to select the device frequency point?

A: The device frequency point setting should be consistent with that of the gateway. Then it can
be connected and report data to the platform network.
9. Why is the the parking space actual status opposite to the status displayed on the platform?
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A: The cause might be that the device has been impacted by metal interference around during
calibration. Please re-calibrate the device. Please make sure that there is no vehicle in the parking
space and the two adjacent parking space. Besides, there can be no metal interference around.
10. In configuration, there is nothing to return in the message box. What is wrong?
 Please check serial port number, baud rate, data bit, stop bit and calibration bit. They
need to be filled as required
 Please check if it is selected the correct device ID
 Please check if it is run Active and Open serial port operation
 Try to close Winext manage App and run it again
11.During device configuration, the calibration data rolled to a halt halfway and failed to be
calibrated as below:
A: Try to configuration again or try to close Winext manage App and run it again.
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Installation Notes:

1. Ensure the installation is in accordance with applicable specifications of the devices.

5.Power supply 3.6V/16000mAh, built-in Li-SOCL2 battery

6.Idle current ≤15uA

12.Life cycle 4 years(based on occupied status change 20 times per day)

13.Load bearing 10T

2.2 Software structure

4.3 Installation method

4.3.1 Installation location

Figure: Installation location

4.3.2 Installation direction

Figure: Installation direction

4.4 Installation process

(2). Locate parking sensor on the surface

relevant configuration software and detailed operation instructions.

5.1 Configuration Tool list

5.2 Winext Manage APP for configuration & calibration

5.2.1 Prepare for configuration

5.2.2 Install wireless configuration tool driver

1) Open CP210x driver for wireless configuration tool

2) Select the driver program to install depending to the system type.

3) Install the driver step by step:

Wait for a while and click on “Finish”

Check whether you’ve installed the driver or not, as below:

5.2.3 Calibration steps

3). Open Winext manage App, as below:

4). Configuration process

d. Activate and reset

e. Radar detecting setting

f. Radar detecting and calibration

g. Close and disconnect

h. You can proceed and have a testing now.

6.1 Calibration Frame

6.2 Heartbeat Frame

Here is the formula to convert to floating-point as below:

6.3 Status change frame

Here is the formula to convert to floating-point, as below:

6.4 Error frame

2. How far is from the device distance to the gateway?

3. What is the recommended device heartbeat time?

4. What is the recommended transmission rate for the device?

5. Is it necessary to calibrate every device before use?

6. How long does a magnetic charge last?

8. How to select the device frequency point?

Shenzhen Winext Technology Co., Ltd.

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