User's Manual

EcoContact+ IOM Guide Telkonet, Inc.
For Use With Firmware V. 2.x 20800 Swenson Drive, Suite 175
Anatomy of an EcoSense+ Waukesha, WI 53186
Revision 4 [phone]
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Magnet Type: Minimum distance
between target on
magnet and target
on sensor:
Maximum distance between
target on magnet and target on
sensor:
Distance between target
center points
In-door magnet 0mm 30mm (if magnet is installed in a
metal door frame, this distance is
reduced)
0-10mm
On-door cylinder
magnet
5mm 20mm 0-10mm
On-door rectangular
magnet
12mm 30mm 0-10mm
SpecialConsiderationsforIn‐DoorMountingPlacement
DoThis,NotThat
Corre
ct- sensor and magnet are within the maximum
distance when the door is closed:
Incorrect-door would have to swing all the way open
in order for the sensor to read the magnet:
Sensor:Doorvs.Frame
Consider this: If your sensor is drilled into the door, and at some later date the door gets
replaced, you risk losing the sensor. In that scenario, it is worth considering drilling the magnet
into the door instead of drilling the sensor into the door. The magnet is less expensive to replace
than the sensor.