Taking a one-time measurement - Amazon Monitron
To take a one-time measurement (mobile app only)

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Taking a one-time measurement

In addition to viewing the measurements that a sensor normally makes, you can take a one-time measurement with a sensor at any time.

Important

You can only take a sensor meaurement using the Amazon Monitron mobile app. Both admins and technicians can take this action.

To take a one-time measurement (mobile app only)

  1. From the Amazon Monitron mobile app, select your project.

    Amazon Monitron mobile app interface showing Projects page with one Test_Project listed.

  2. From the Amazon Monitron projects menu, select Assets .

    Menu options in a project interface, with "Assets" highlighted in orange.

  3. From the list of assets, choose the asset that is paired to the sensor whose measurement you want to take.

    Assets page showing one example asset for Site 1 with options to add or find assets.

  4. Then, select the sensor you want to take the measurement with.

    Asset management interface showing Example_Asset with offline and maintenance status.

  5. On the sensor page, from Sensor details, choose Actions.

    Sensor details page showing offline status, battery level, and firmware version with Actions dropdown.

  6. From Actions, choose Take measurement.

    Mobile app interface showing sensor details with "Take measurement" option highlighted.

  7. Hold your smartphone close to the sensor.

    Smartphone screen showing "Ready to Scan" with an icon of a phone near a sensor. Smartphone screen showing "Ready to Scan" with an icon of a phone near a sensor.

  8. When the measurement has been taken, move your smartphone away from the sensor.

    Dialog box showing successful measurement initiation and instruction to remove phone.

    The new measurement is added to the data that the sensor has already collected.