Congratulations on your purchase of a co2mon.nz CO2 Monitor. Your monitor will begin providing you with local feedback as soon as you connect it to power, however to get the most benefit from your monitor, complete the steps on this page to connect the monitor to your WiFi network, which will allow your measurements to be securely recorded on co2mon.nz, where you can access them at any time.
It is also recommended to read the installation instructions for guidance on choosing the location to place your CO2 monitor in.
Plug the supplied power adaptor into the wall and connect the supplied USB cable between the power adaptor and the power connector on the bottom edge of the CO2 Monitor.
The CO2 Monitor will take a few seconds to boot up before you see anything on the main display, and it may take up to 5 additional seconds after the display appears before the first CO2 ppm measurement is obtained and the indicator lights illuminate.
Insert a toothpick, or stiff paper clip through the grille on the left side of the CO2 Monitor and briefly (1-2s) press the small black setup button just below the silver connector (about half way down).
Pressing the button will place the CO2 Monitor into setup mode, in which the CO2 Monitor waits for configuration information to be provided by your phone.
You will know that the CO2 Monitor has succesfully entered setup mode when the indicator lights change to blue, and a QR code is displayed on the screen.
When you see setup mode has been successfully entered you can proceed to the next step.
On your phone visit https://co2mon.nz/setup and click the blue
Connect device to Wi-Fi button that should appear below the photo of the CO2 Monitor.
If the blue Connect device to Wi-Fi button does not appear, check
that you are using the Google Chrome browser on an Android phone with Bluetooth enabled.
Upon clicking the button, you may be prompted to grant the page permissions to make Bluetooth connections, which you must grant, and you will be shown a list of available devices to pair with.
Select the device in the list with the name "co2monitor-XXXX" where XXXX is a random string of letters and
digits, and then click Pair.
Once you have selected the device and clicked Pair, a pop-up windo will be shown for you to
enter the Network Name (SSID) and password for the WiFi network you want to connect the CO2 Monitor
to.
Enter the details for your network and click Connect.
After you select the Connect button the CO2 Monitor will store the configuration and
reconnect, which may take 10-60s.
You can confirm that the CO2 Monitor has completed setup and entered normal operation when the display and indicator lights return to their normal state.
You can now visit your co2mon.nz dashboard, where you will see your CO2 Monitor listed - if it is not showing as "online", proceed to the troubleshooting section below.
From your main dashboard you will also see links to the following dashboards:
Congratulations you're all done! If you wish, you can review the available configuration settings and learn how to customise the operation of your CO2 Monitor.
If you encounter problems with any of the steps above, we suggest checking the following tips before trying again.
If these don't help email us at help@co2mon.nz and we'll try and help.
Confirm the monitor should return to normal mode (red/green/orange lights, not blue)
within 10-60s.
If you are still seeing blue lights the monitor remains in configuration mode and you will need
to return to Step 3
and try again.
If you have an older CO2 monitor, you may need to follow the steps below rather than the updated instructions above.
If you're stuck, email us at help@co2mon.nz and we'll try and help.
Plug the supplied power adaptor into the wall and connect the supplied USB cable between the power adaptor and the power connector on the bottom edge of the CO2 Monitor.
The CO2 Monitor will take a few seconds to boot up before you see anything on the main display, and it may take up to 5 additional seconds after the display appears before the first CO2 ppm measurement is obtained and the indicator lights illuminate.
If you see text starting with CO2-Monitor- displayed at the
very top
of the main display, your CO2 Monitor is already in setup
mode and you
can proceed to Step 3.
Insert a paper clip through the grille on the left side of the CO2 Monitor and briefly (1-2s) press the small black setup button just below the silver connector (about half way down).
Pressing the button will place the CO2 Monitor into setup mode, in which the CO2
Monitor creates a WiFi access
point for you to connect to via your phone/computer. Setup mode is indicated on the
main display by showing the name of the access point (which will
consist
of the string CO2-Monitor- followed by 8 characters) in the very top row.
When you see setup mode has been successfully entered (access point name is present on the display) you can proceed to the next step.
On your phone/computer enter your WiFi settings and view the list of available networks - select the network
whose name matches that shown on the main display of your CO2 Monitor (It will start with
CO2-Monitor-).
Once you have selected the CO2 Monitor network and connected successfully, your phone/computer may automatically prompt you to visit the configuration page. If this automatic prompt does not appear you can open your web browser and navigate to the address http://192.168.100.1/.
Once you are at the configuration page you will see three blue buttons - select the top button labeled
Configuration.
You will now be presented with a list of detected WiFi networks, click on the name of the network you want to connect the CO2 Monitor too and enter the password in the box below.
Note: While there are spaces for two SSID/passwords to be completed, you should only enter details in the first (top) SSID and password box.
Scroll down to the bottom of the configuration page and select the Save button.
After you select the Save button the CO2 Monitor will store the configuration and
reboot.
This process may take 10-60s, during which time your phone/computer will become disconnected from the
CO2 Monitor
and return to its normal connection.
You can confirm that the CO2 Monitor has completed setup and entered normal operation when the access point name is removed from the top-line of the main display of the CO2 Monitor.
If you encounter problems with any of the steps above, we suggest checking the following tips before trying again.
If these don't help email us at help@co2mon.nz and we'll try and help.
CO2-Monitor-
in the very top row of the main display - above the main CO2 ppm display. If this string is not
present, press the
setup button again until it appears. You do not need to hold down the
button,
a quick press is sufficient.
Save the string starting CO2-Monitor- should disapper from the main display
within 10-60s.
If you are still seeing this string the CO2 monitor remains in configuration mode and you will need
to return to Step 3
and try again.