My sensors come pre-set to the most commonly used settings however most of my standard size sensors have additional features that can only be enabled or set via this adapter. For example you can:

• Change House code
• Change the module ID
• Change the reporting interval ( 1 minute to over 32,000 minutes (about 3 weeks))
• Set alarm thresholds
• Change units to Fahrenheit or Celsius
• Enable test mode to to check operation

Here is a link to the Monitor Overview Monitor

The USB Adapter allows you to change the configuration of your Sensible living sensors. It lets you talk directly to the sensor module and adjust its settings. It works the same as the popular FTDI Basic ® board but uses the CH340G chip and is less expensive. As you can see from the images above the Desktop App has a built in Sensor Management console to make fine tuning of your sensors simple and easy.

Also available on this site:

• Receiver
• Mini-Plant Sensor
• Mini-Temperature Monitor
• Mini-Water leak detector
• Mini-Tilt Sensor
• Mini-Light Sensor
• Mini-General Purpose Sensor
• Temperature and Humidity Monitor
• Refrigerator/freezer temperature monitor
• Quad AC Current monitor (monitors up to four circuits simultaneously)
• Wireless MQ2 Combustible Gas sensor
• General Purpose Sensor board
• Motion Sensor
• Range Extender

Why did you make it?

From time to time I have customers that want to customize their sensors. For example there are features in your Sensible living sensors that are only settable via a USB to Serial adapter. Using the adapter you can change your house code, change the reporting interval, change the module ID etc. On sensors like the Refrigerator/Freezer monitor there is a settable alarm threshold that will cause the sensor to send a message immediately instead of waiting until the hour is up.

Note: This will not work with the Mini Sensors (Mini Temp, Mini-Light, Mini-Tilt, Mini-Plant etc.)

Arduino ® enthusiasts

As I mentioned above the USB to Serial Adapter works the same as the FTDI boards but is less expensive.