Sensor Calibration

Wildfire Sensors require 14 days after deployment to be calibrated to the environment. During this time the they do not provide useful data.

Sensors are Calibration-ready upon delivery

When a sensor is delivered to the customer, it is charged up and calibrated and ready for deployment. No additional settings need to be made to the device.

Sensor calibration durations

When a Wildfire Sensor has been deployed and is charging, the status icon is Grey. When it is fully-charged, the status icon changes to Orange to indicate the Sensor is calibrating. When calibration is complete (14-days), the status icon becomes Green.

Charge Wildfire Sensor - 1 day

After the Wildfire Sensor has been mounted, it requires 1 day to fully charge the supercapacitors.

Once charged, the sensor’s solar panel continuously charges the supercapacitors during daytime.

Use of semiconductors

The Wildfire Sensor's power supply is stored in supercapacitors rather than rechargeable batteries as rechargeable batteries can potentially ignite. Using batteries would defeat the purpose of a wildfire detection system.

For more information, see Silvanet Wildfire Sensors.

Calibrate Wildfire Sensor - 14 days

After the Wildfire sensor has been fully charged, the sensor begins a 14-day initial calibration.

Once mounted, the Wildfire Sensor runs a calibration to prepare the device for fire detection. During this period, the Sensor does not provide any useful data may send false fire alerts, even after a month after deployment.

After this "settling in" period, the Wildfire Sensor is ready to detect fires.

Interactions after calibration period

After interactions with the Wildfire Sensor, it requires at least 5 days to return to steady state.

For more information, see Sensor normalization.