Quick Starter – Rain Sensor Settings

DIP Switches setup for mode 1 rain detector

Eager to test out your rain sensor now? This is a quick starter guide to help you familiar with your sensor.

  1. Open up the rain sensor’s dome with the 4 screws found at the bottom of the enclosure. Connect the power to P1 P2 (12V or 24V).
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  2. You can set to the DIP switches (to rain sensing mode) as illustrated on the right (DIP switch 1 = ON, switch 5 = ON).
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  3. Assembly back the rain sensor‘s enclosure.
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  4. Spray or dip some water on top of the rain sensor clear dome cover. You should see a tiny green light glow in the centre of the circuit board. This green light indicates that relay output is triggered by the water.
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  5. To test the sensor if it can detect a rain stop, just hold and wait for 2-3 minutes. You do not need to wipe off the water droplet on top of the sensor’s dome cover. You should see the green indicator light turn off after a period of about 2-3 minutes. This means that sensor has detected that the rain is stopped.
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Quick Setting for Rain/Water Detection DIP Switch Settings
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 Rain Detection (Sensitive) 1  0 0 0  1 0  0 0

For a more refined rain detection settings, please check out this sensor operation settings page “Mode 1 – Rain Sensing“.

This “Mode 1 – Rain Sensing” is the most popular and the simplest mode to use.

Go back to the main rain sensor page.