Sensor installation & commissioning
Mounting a sensor well matters more than any later setting: a sensor that is badly coupled to the machine measures the mounting, not the machine. Pick the location first, then the mounting method, then bring the sensor online.
Which sensor you have depends on your solution — see Overview of solutions.
1. Pick the location
Mount as close to the bearing load zone as you can reach, directly on the machine housing. Avoid thin covers, guards, cooling fins and loosely fastened parts — they resonate at frequencies that tell you nothing about the machine — and avoid anywhere people or moving machine parts will knock the sensor.
The full rules, worked examples and the four classic mistakes are in Recommended installation locations.
2. Mount it
Choose one of the five mounting methods — bolt mount adapter, orientation adapter, magnetic glue adapter (flat or curved) or direct glue. Bolt mounting gives the best frequency response; the orientation adapter adds the ability to align the axes.
Clean and, where possible, flatten the surface first. See Mounting methods for the comparison table, surface requirements and step-by-step instructions.
The Treon Industrial Node C is glued on. Degrease the surface, apply a thin layer of cyanoacrylate adhesive (Loctite 454) for a flat surface or a thicker gap-filling adhesive (Loctite 3090 or 4070) for a curved one, and press firmly for 30 seconds.
At least one-third of the base — a contact area of about 30 × 25 mm — must be bonded to the machine. See Mounting.
3. Bring it online
Power the node on by bringing an NFC field (a smartphone) close to it, or by pressing and holding the power button until the status light turns green. It joins the Wirepas mesh by itself and starts measuring on its configured profile.
See Powering on.
Gateways first
In a deployment with several gateways, power on all the gateways and wait for green before activating the sensors. Otherwise every sensor forms a mesh around the first gateway it finds instead of arranging itself into the best layout.
The Treon Industrial Node C is powered on and provisioned in one step, by tapping it with the Treon Connect mobile app over NFC. The asset must already exist in Treon Connect, because commissioning attaches the sensor to it.
See NFC commissioning for the full step-by-step flow.
First data takes a while
Commissioning starts the sensor's internal measurement clock. It can take several measurement cycles before the first data reaches the cloud — that is normal, not a fault.
4. Record what you installed
Note the serial number of each sensor against its position on the machine. Both sensors carry the serial number and a QR code on the body — on the base for the Treon Industrial Node X, on the side for the Treon Industrial Node C — and both can also be read with an NFC phone.
Give the measurement point a name that identifies the position, not just the machine, for example "Conveyor belt B2, position 3, left side" or "Fork lift 3, motor top side".
Next: Connectivity verification.