this video nearly didn't happen because rf solutions have trusted us with this brand
new product that is launching tomorrow and i thought it'd be a great idea to demonstrate its
application in some garden lighting however when somebody ordered the kit the wrong one turned up
i thought was getting mains voltage lighting instead i got this low voltage kit and we've
had to do some engineering work to get it to work with a solution and we'll circle back to how we
did that later on but this RIOT solution you might have been thinking riot well there was nearly a
riot when this turned up but let's have a look at the great features first this dual band receiver's
got four independent channels that can switch up to one kilowatt from a volt free contact
so making it great for garden lighting so you think the problems garden lighting
you want to switch it from inside the house you want to switch it from outside the house
this is where this product comes in of course there's lots of other things we may want to
control in the garden such as pond pumps electric patio heaters or even electric gates and that's
where the four independent channels are really useful because there can be completely different
electrical circuits that you're controlling so something with a high in rush current such as a
pond pump or possibly an led driver isn't going to affect other channels because they can be
completely different circuits in their own right let's look at the practical installation elements
first, the unit is supplied in this robust ip68 the enclosure we've got five entry points along the
bottom comes with the glands as well m20 external mounting options there and this external aerial
here to get the maximum range before we look at range here's a top tip when it comes to ip ratings
this box is ip68 this fixture is ip65 and we've hacked it to bits by removing
the manufacturer's components to get it to work but we will come back to that so we're worried
about mismatch if this joint failed water could track up inside the cable and get into that box
to prevent that use a gel box like this barney the gel stops any water traveling up the cable
i've got this fobber remote control here which gives you up to 200 meters of reception range
in an outdoor environment like this however if you're in an environment where there's trees
other buildings that can be reduced but how can you check the great thing about the riot
it's got an inbuilt signal strength receiver looks like a 1980s graphic equalizer that you
might have had on your hi-fi but it's a great the diagnostic tool when you're setting this up
the flexibility of rf solution systems means if 200 meters on that remote isn't enough
you can swap to some of the other ones in the system and this trap remote here would
get you up to two kilometers of range and if two kilometers isn't enough we can move from the fm
transmitters to Lora based receivers that get you an incredible 16 kilometers of range and if 16
kilometers isn't enough that's where the r i ort element of this device really kicks in because as
long as we can get a wi-fi signal to our receiver we can then switch it from anywhere in the world
in the interest of research i thought i'd best explore that infrared patio heating
a little bit further however i think we've turned up a little bit too early
great for applications like this where we have a big seating area here you could divide it
into individual zones but we'll be worried about the customers coming in switching the heating on
and leaving wasting energy the great thing about the riot is you can have the outputs
configured as timed outputs so that your customer could trigger the heating in their area and then
it times out after minutes or possibly even an hour so we're not wasting energy of course for
larger loads we'd probably be switching them via a contactor as well a lot of installers get nervous
as soon as they hear the word iot or internet of things and closely associated with that an app but
this system is really easy to set up there's a dedicated app for the installer to get the
product onto the wi-fi network simply push the button in the box to start the training process
then you move on to the two options for actual controls there's a simple version or there's a
pro version of the app which allows you to tailor the outputs of each individual channel and even
set some really clever timer functions being able to switch things on from across the other side the
world it's fantastic but what if you're worried what if you think i've left something up can you
check the state of the relays remotely that is the great thing about the app you can remotely
interrogate the riot device and the status of the relays is reflected in front of you in the app
inside the box there's a generous amount of wiring room so you can configure the system to your needs
and there's also some of the features we can set up in there the outputs can be either latching
or momentary depending on how you set this jumper link and he can have timed outputs which is shown
on the graphic at the bottom of the board but also displayed on the signal strength indicator there's
also a mode button to switch between fm and laura radio systems and that learn button as well
to pair our remotes and app channels and you can pair up to 128 channels so that's a lot of remotes
or a lot of apps and the key night amongst you might have spot at how we managed to power
this 12 volt lighting system from this box the secret is it can work off either mains voltage
or low voltage which is what we've done here if you'd like to see how rick did that check
out the extended footage here if you'd like to learn more about dry that sounds like plumbers
plumbers words or vault free contacts watch this video here