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Strips Drip Oil for LoRaWAN: quick start

From the opened box to a working sensor on one page. The full manual has the details, the settings and the troubleshooting.

Revision A · October 2026 · Sensative AB

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Strips Drip Oil is a LoRaWAN leak sensor that tells water from oil: liquid at its long edges raises a flood alarm, and oil soaked into its absorbing layer raises an oil alarm. It also measures temperature.

In the box

  • Strips Drip Oil, with the oil-absorbing foil and the adhesive already on
  • One or two magnets on the sensor. They keep it in transport mode.
  • The LoRaWAN keys (DevEUI, JoinEUI and AppKey), on a label in the box and by e-mail

You need

  • A LoRaWAN gateway within range, powered on and online
  • An account on a LoRaWAN network server, with the gateway added
  • The region on the sensor's label. Gateway and network server must use the same region, and in US915 and AU915 the same sub-band.
  • The Strips payload decoder in your network server or application
  • The Strips LoRa Config Tool, to turn on detection

From box to ready

1

Register the sensor in the network server

Add a new end device: OTAA, LoRaWAN 1.0.4, regional parameters RP002-1.0.1 and the frequency plan for your region. Enter the DevEUI, JoinEUI (AppEUI) and AppKey exactly, and add the Strips payload decoder.

Done when: the device is listed, waiting for its first join.
2

Join and check the signal

Take every magnet off the sensor. Hold it by its ends and do not touch the capacitive sensors along the long sides: it calibrates now. It sends a join request: a short green blink, then one long green blink when joined. Five short red blinks means the join failed: check the keys, region, sub-band and gateway. Then hold Strips where it will sit and send an uplink: magnet to the rounded end three times, 20 cm away and 2 seconds apart.

One or two magnets on Strips; take them all off and it sends a join request
Take every magnet off. Strips leaves transport mode and sends a join request.
Done when: the network server shows the device as joined, and the link carries at least SF9 (SNR above −5 dB, RSSI above −115 dBm).
3

Turn on detection

From the factory, oil and liquid detection are off. In the Strips LoRa Config Tool, choose Strips Multi-sensor +Oil and the profile "Liquid, Oil Leak, and Temperature Alarm". Send the payload as a downlink on port 11, then send an uplink with the magnet so that Strips picks it up.

Done when: Strips answers with status code 0300 (OK).
4

Mount it within two hours of the join

Lay it flat where a leak will reach its long edges: on the floor, in a drip tray, or under equipment and pipes. Keep it away from very hot or very cold liquids and surfaces, and keep the rounded end (the antenna) off metal. The surface must be clean and dry, with no oil. Peel off the transparent film on the back and press Strips Drip Oil flat onto the surface. On a rough surface, use the +Clip accessory (sold separately).

Done when: the sensor is in its final place, dry and free of oil, two hours after the join. It calibrates again then, and takes what it senses as the base level.
Do not mount Strips on metal or inside a metal structure. If it must go on metal, put padding between them.
5

Calibrate if needed

If the sensor was not mounted, dry and free of oil at that two-hour mark, or if you move it later, calibrate it yourself: with the sensor in place, send the downlink 030030 (hex) on port 11, then send an uplink with the magnet.

More in the full manual

Settings, troubleshooting, maintenance and specifications are in the Strips Drip Oil for LoRaWAN manual.

Support: support@sensative.com