meersens mBox Guardian User manual
INSTALLATION GUIDE
mBox Guardian
Indoor monitor
MMG - 174
www.meersens.com
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Kit content:
•Air quality monitor with: CO2, PM2.5, TVOC, HCHO, temperature, humidity
•µUSB cable, and power supply adapter
•User manual
Other material needed for the installation:
•On the wall, an electrical outlet with or without a ground connection near where
the mBox Guardian will be installed (<1m).
Positioning of the station:
Be sure to position mBox Guardian:
•On one of the walls of the room.
•At a height between 1 and 2 m corresponding as much as possible to the height
of the respiratory tract of people occupying the premises (children, adults,
seated people mostly ...).
•Out of draughty areas (air intake or exhaust, door, window).
•Away from heat sources (radiator, direct sunlight).
•Away from specific and localized sources of pollution (kitchen, garbage can,
changing area, perfume diffuser...)
•More than 1m from the corners of the room.
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Product:
Introduction
Thanks for choosing our Air Quality Monitor mBox Guardian MMG-174. There are high
precision sensors inside it and mainly used for indoor to detect the PM2.5, Carbon
Dioxide (CO2), Formaldehyde (HCHO), TVOC, Temperature Humidity at the same time.
It provides an accuracy data for your indoor air quality, and then take a good protection
for your stakeholders.
Here is a Wi-Fi function and help you check its real time data at anytime and anywhere
on your cellphone via Meersens Pro App after Wi-Fi pairing.
Air pollution grade scale:
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Component introduction:
Wi-Fi pairing settings:
After receiving an email with your login information and downloading the Meersens
Pro application from the Apple or Android stores, you can begin the pairing process.
Warning: this network must be a Wi-Fi 2.4 GHz. During the peering process, please
ensure that your phone and the sensor are within 5 meters of the Wi-Fi router. Please
ensure that your phone is connected to the same Wi-Fi network to which you are
connecting the sensor and that the device is charged before starting the pairing
process.
1. Turn on the device, then go to the Meersens
Pro app and scroll down to the "sensors"
section. Then add a sensor by clicking on the
“+”icon located on the right
2. Select the model “MMG-174” in the dropdown
list.
3. Choose the name of the sensor to identify it
more easily later (example: meeting room).
Press the top button until the QR Code
appears and scan it. If you are unable to scan,
please manually enter the serial number and
MAC address according to the product label.
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*Note: If your Wi-Fi network name does not indicate whether it is a 2.4GHz or 5GHz
network:
•For individuals: please refer to the "Changing my Wi-Fi frequency"
appendix on page 6
•For professionals: please consult your network administrator.
4. Select the sensor current location.
5. Enter Wi-Fi network credentials (name and password) at the Peering step.
Once paired, the sensor can safely be positioned further than 5 meters from the Wi-Fi
router.
6. Press and hold the gray button on the top of the case for more than 5 seconds. The
Wi-Fi icon on the product's screen should flash rapidly. Once the icon is blinking,
press the "Pairing" button. Wait for the pairing process to complete successfully.
Your device is now paired. Click on “Declare new sensor” button to finish the
procedure. The first data will appear within the first 10 minutes.
(Please note that you may have to try the pairing step again if the first time was
unsuccessful).
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Precautious:
The sensors and chips used in this product are high-precision components, please
keep it away from high temperature and humidity, inflammable gas, liquid environment
when you are using it.
We suggest you to keep the device linking Wi-Fi all the time and then you could check
the data at anytime and anywhere through your cellphone.
•The device adopts over charge protection design. The device can be connected
to the power supply for a long time and continue to charge, without affecting
the battery life, realize 24 hours monitoring.
•Do not make the product bear strong shock and vibration (such as falling from
a high place)
Due to the characteristics of formaldehyde (HCHO) sensor, in order to ensure the
measurement accuracy, please pay attention to the following points before using:
•If you are using it for the first time or if you have not used it for a long time ago,
please take the device out of the box and stay it under ventilated area for 4 hours
and then open the power.
•If the device undergone super-cooling or super-heating environment, the sensor
automatically enters the protective state. Please put it in the normal
temperature environment for 2 hours before starting to use.
•Other non-formaldehyde organic gases (such as alcohol, perfume, oil paint,
smoke, alcohol) will also increase the formaldehyde data of the detector. Please
try to avoid other gas interference when measuring.
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Change my Wi-Fi frequency
•BOUYGUES TELECOM
1) To enter the configuration interface of your Bbox, type the following
URL https://mabbox.bytel.fr in your browser (computer or smartphone). Enter your
administrator password. If you don't know it/no longer, tap on forgotten password.
2) You will find all of your Internet box settings. Click the name of your Wi-Fi network
in the Wi-Fi box to change its settings.
3) You end up on this page. Click "Advanced Settings" to make the change.
Appendix
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4) Then click on the button “Separate 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz networks” and confirm.
You will then have two Wi-Fi networks available. One network with the previous name
of your network and another with “[NAME]-5G”. You can now connect your mBox on
the 1st network!
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•ORANGE TELECOM
1) First of all, you will need to connect to the configuration interface of your Livebox. To
do this, go to the following link. In the search bar type: http://livebox/ or
192.168.1.1. This is the page you will find:
Enter your password if you know it, otherwise you can click on “Forgot password or
first login”. You will be asked for a new password, and a 4-digit pin code will be
displayed on your Livebox, enter it:
2) Once connected, check that you have activated both types of wifi. To do this, go to
“My wifi”.Then go to “Advanced Wi-Fi”
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Click on the “scan” button
Then check the two boxes dedicated to WIFI 2.4 GHz and WIFI 5 GHz
Once both types of Wi-Fi are enabled, return to “Advanced Wi-Fi” and you can
separate the 5 GHz Wi-Fi network from the 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi network by checking “No”.
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