User's Manual

Ubisense – Ultra-wideband In-Building Location System – Ubisensor V1.0
Installation and Operation Instructions
Mounting options
Ubisensors have five holes drilled in the back of the case, to which external clamps and brackets
can be attached. Four of the holes are M4 size, the other hole is M6 size (and can be used in
conjunction with a standard photographic camera mount).
To attach a clamp, bracket or mounting plate to the back of the Ubisensor, it will be necessary to
remove the rear of the device by undoing the four retaining screws (as shown in the photograph
below). Take care removing the back of the device – the DC power supply socket is attached to it.
Once the mounting device is attached to the back of the Ubisensor (normally either by passing
bolts from the inside of the case to captive nuts outside, or by screwing nuts inside the case onto
a bolt attached to the clamp outside), the rear of the device can be replaced and secured using
the four screws removed earlier.
When the Ubisensor is mounted in its final position, make sure the ventilation holes on the top,
bottom and rear of the device are not obstructed.
Setting up a sensor cell
Ubisense will have supplied you with an updated location system database containing
configuration information for the equipment you have received. At this point, it’s worth checking
that the MAC (Media Access Control) addresses of the Ubisensors you have received match the
information in the database, using the Ubisense location system configuration tools. See the
software manual for details on how to examine the contents of the configuration database – the
MAC address for each Ubisensor is printed on a label affixed to the rear of the unit (see “Features
of the Ubisensor”).
Once you are sure you have the correct equipment to hand, the sensor cells for the system can
be set up. In the Ubisense location system, a large area of space is covered by a number of
sensor cells, each of which (individually) covers a smaller area.
Each sensor cell has a master unit and number of slave units (usually three or more). The
information provided by the Ubisense location system configuration tools will let you identify, for
any particular sensor cell, which unit is the master and which are slaves, using the MAC
addresses of the devices. The master unit in each sensor cell generates a timing signal which is
used by the slave units of that cell. The master unit is connected to the slave units using shielded