I am using RAK 13011 Magnetic Switch to detect a door opening. It works when the detection module is set to monitor pin 17. It’s quite sensitive so make sure you don’t have yout phone, magnetised screwdriver or other ferromagnetic materials in the vicinity when testing, or you’ll get a lot of false positives.
The radar sensor also works well - I think the detection module is set to monitor pin 21 which has a 100Ohm pull-up. I had it in a small enclosure first and got lots of false positives. Now, with an enclosure about 10x7x5 cm it works perfectly.
I think it would be good to complete your list by including the pins that need to be monitored along with pullup on or off in the settings
Nice thanks for the detail. Yeah, I’m trying to collect as many config combinations as possible (slot+pin+settings). Can you confirm which Slots you used for both the magnetic switch and radar? Any settings required in the app?
I can’t edit the OP, so here’s a summary of the additional info I’ve come across, including yours in the previous post:
Important note about the “radar” sensor: I’ve been working with it for over a year, and I’ve found a situation that causes false triggers. This is obviously dependent on a lot of factors, but if you’re experiencing false triggers from the motion sensor, try reducing your LoRa tx power. When the LoRa antenna is in close proximity to the RCWL0516 (which is really what this is), TX power in excess of ~10dBm can cause intermittent false motion detection.
The best solution I’ve found if you need to run higher TX power is to relocate the LoRa antenna away from the nearfield of the motion detector. It’s usually easier to relocate the LoRa antenna than to relocate the motion detector because of the ribbon cable needed to move the WisBlock sensor off the base board. I haven’t experimented with that yet, but I would bet the ribbon cable will act as an antenna and exacerbate the issue unless the antenna is also relocated away from the entire assembly.
