Testing preparations
Realistic test locations
We strongly recommend running the test in a location that is similar to its intended destination. Do not run the test in a location that is vastly different from their intended destination. Running a test in an urban parking lot, for example, will cause discrepancies. The sensors are primarily forest sensors and urban areas will affect the functionality.
Find a forest location like the final deployment location.
Smoke behavior and test locations
Because wildfire smoke behaves differently in different locations, select a location that is realistic and reflects the final deployment environment.
A parking lot, work yard or an urban area may not be the best location for a setup although it may be convenient. The results of a test in those type of locations would not be very useful. For example, under a forest canopy, wind behavior is different from wind behavior in an open area such as a work yard.
Deployment arrangements
A shorter distance between deployed sensors results in quick detection times while increasing the distance between sensors leads to longer detection times. Therefore, use different sensor spacings depending on the objective of the fire tests (quick detection vs. longer distance between test fire and sensors).
Note
Ensure the sensors are at least 3 meters above ground level.
The following shows several ideal deployment arrangements:
10 sensors with 2 m distance between each sensor with fire in center.
16 sensors with 15 m distance between sensors with fire in center
16 sensors with 15 m distance between sensors and fire located near or beside a sensor
See also
For more information about how to deploy devices in the Silvanet solution, see Planning Deployments and Deploying Silvanet Devices.