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1. Turn on the sensor switch, blue light should blink once
   
2. Take your laptop or mobile device, go to the WiFi networks, and select 'Citizen_science-N'. N is the sensor number, to keep track of the sensors.
   
3. Depending on your web browser, it will either automatically take you to the 'login' page, shown below. If it does not, once connected to the 'Citizen_science-N' network, type in to your web browser 192.168.4.1. Now you should be on the WiFiManager homepage, click 'Configure WiFi'.
   
   
4. You should see your network-name in range (in this case UI-DeviceNet), the percent signal, and a lock indicating if it is password-protected (Fig. 5 below).
   
   

   In order to connect the sensor, fill out the required information below:

   • SSID: WiFi network name
   • password: WiFi network password. If there is no password, leave empty
   • Contact_name: name of person to contact
   • Email_contact: email of person to contact
   • Street_Apt_City_State_Zip: address of where the sensor is
   • CurrentTime: time sensor is being launched (hour:minutes am/pm)
   • Height_From_Ground: height the sensor is from the ground (meters)
   • Sensor_In_Sunny_Or_Shadow: type “sunny” if the sensor is in a sunny area and “shadow” if it’s in a shaded area.
   
   Fig. 6 shows an example of filling out in the requested fields. Once the fields have been filled, click save.
   

After you save, the sensor should reboot, every time it sends a measurement, the light indicator will blink blue.

If at some point your sensor isn’t sending measurements, it may be because the batteries need to be replaced (watch video below), or the Wi-Fi network can’t be reached due to the SSID changed (either you change it manually, you got a new internet service, or moved the sensor to a new location with a new Wi-Fi network); in both cases you need to relaunch the sensor. If it's the batteries, turn the sensor off, replace the batteries and relaunch the sensor, if it’s the SSID just relaunch the device. The relaunching process consists in following steps 1-4 (described above), by filling out just the SSID and password, as shown below in Fig. 7, and re-entering any new information (if the location of the sensor changed).

Mounting the Sensor

Since the sensor is going to be outside, it is important to mount it in the correct way, or else risk the weather or animals from damaging it. Here are some tips for mounting the sensor.

1. Make sure the sensor is ~2 meters off the ground. This is because air temperature is officially measured at a height of ~2 meters, or about 6 feet above ground.
2. The sensor should be in a place where rain won't be splashed inside the case, where the devices is located.
3. If you are using screws to mount the sensor, make sure there are two screws that hold the sensor in place, so the sensor doesn't rotate. Also, the open area exposing the circuit board and battery pack should be facing downwards. This is to prevent from exposing the water-sensitive parts to rain/snow and is shown in Figures 8 & 9 below.
   
   

   

   
4. The holes on the side of the sensor are used for mounting the sensor with zip ties or string. If you do this, make sure the sensor is mounted tightly, so it doesn't slip. This is shown in Figure 10.
   

Accessing the Sensor Data

Once the sensor starts sending data to the cloud, the data can be downloaded and seen at this website

1. In order to see the data the sensor is providing, navigate to the ESMC website. Under the menu 'Citizen Data' click First look of sensor launch. This tool allows one to view the data generated by the sensor, which is especially useful right after a sensor is turned on, since data is received in the cloud almost immediately. All that is needed is to see the data is entering the 'Sensor ID' which is located on the sensor's label (e.g., BME280_5) and submit the query.
   
   

   

2. Another tool located under the menu 'Citizen Data' -> Environmental Monitoring is useful for seeing the data the sensor generates. This tool is an interactive web-application which allows exploring and retrieving data from multiple sensors, along with the forecast associated with the sensor’s geolocation. In order to start displaying a sensor into this app, it will be necessary to know it’s geolocation, or exact address where it is located. Please contact Lorena Castro García or Jun Wang via email (see contact information bellow) and provide this information along with the sensor ID to have the sensor data displayed.
   
   

   

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