Quark-Elec Application Note

QK-W011 WiFi Remote Controller Application Notes

Features

Turn Electronics ON or OFF from Mobile Phones

Remote Control from 50 Meters with WiFi
Android & iOS App
Instant Set Up
Up to 4 Mobiles Phones per Unit
Switching Electronics through Relays or 433MHz RF Power Sockets
Master ON/OFF Turn Everything on with One Click
Waterproof Enclosure
UK, Europe & USA RF Power Sockets Available

Applications

Control Lighting, Electrical Appliance

Garage Doors, Shutters
Automation Application
Remote Maintenance
Irrigation Systems
Plant Maintenance
Valve Control
Pumping Station
Oil/gas Pipelines Control
Security Systems
PLC and Automation System
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Document History
Issue

Date

Changes / Comments

1.0

21-12-2013

Initial release

1.1

08-04-2014

USA type main sockets available

Order Information
Part No
QK-W011

Description

QK-W011UK

WiFi Remote controller (only three relays output, no RF 433MHz module and RF
plug sockets)
WiFi Remote controller with three RF 433MHz UK type main sockets

QK-W011EU

WiFi Remote controller with three RF 433MHz Europe type main sockets

QK-W011US

WiFi Remote controller with three RF 433MHz USA type main sockets

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Contents
1

INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................... 3

SETUP ................................................................................................................................... 4

2.1
2.2
2.3
3

POWER UP .......................................................................................................................... 4
ACCESS QK-W011.............................................................................................................. 4
RESET................................................................................................................................. 5
APP(ANDROID VERSION) ................................................................................................... 5

3.1
3.2
3.3

CONNECT W ITH MOBILE PHONES.......................................................................................... 5

RESET PASSWORD ............................................................................................................... 7
RENAME THE PORT .............................................................................................................. 8

PARING WITH RF POWER SOCKETS ................................................................................ 9

HARDWARE........................................................................................................................ 10

5.1
5.2
5.3
6

CONNECTIONS ................................................................................................................... 10
RF MAIN SOCKETS ............................................................................................................. 10
ENCLOSURE ...................................................................................................................... 11
OPERATING SPECIFICATIONS ........................................................................................ 12

1 INTRODUCTION
QK-W011 series remote controller is a versatile device which can be attached to many of
electronic devices in homes, offices, plants, or wherever you need. Operators can control any
remote equipments, heater, lights, machines, or power sockets through WiFi network. QK-W011
support three relay outs and 433MHz RF transmitter. RF power sockets within 25 meters of QKW011 can be controlled by mobile operators.

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Figure 1 System diagram

2 SETUP
2.1

Power up
QK-G021/022 module can be powered by 12VDC. Connect a 12 volt DC power supply to
the power socket, switch on the power supply. The indicator LED will turn on once system
finish initialization. This LED indicator flashes quickly if any wireless data transmit.

2.2

Access QK-W011
After 30 seconds of powering on, customer should be able to search an AP called
WiFi168. Access WLAN of your phone and connect with the WiFi168. The default
password is 88888888.

Figure 2 Search AP

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Figure 3 Search AP

2.3

Reset

QK-W011 can be reset to factory setting by the following process:

1, Power off QK-W011.
2, Press and hold the RESET button, and then power up QK-W011.
3, Wait 5 seconds, and the release RESET button. Wait another 5 seconds, the indicator LED
should turns on.
4, During the LED on state, power off QK-W011 again the system should reset to the factory
setting.

3 APP(ANDROID VERSION)
The latest version of Android APP can be downloading with the following link:
http://www.quark-elec.com/down/class/?3.html

3.1

Connect With Mobile phones

Once open the APP, enter 192.168.1.100 in the IP bar and 5000 in the port bar (for some old
QK-W011, this should be 1). Then click Connect, then WiFi icon should change to blue, this
indicated the connection has been successful setup.

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This icon changes from gray

to blue once the WiFi
connection setup.

Figure 4 Control Panel on App

Once the mobile phone has connected with QK-W011, the operator can control these
electronics devices which connected on relays and RF main sockets. The indicator icons
(the light bulb next to Off button) can demonstrator each relays/main socket settings.

These icons indicate the

status of the relays/switches.

Figure 5 Indicator of the setting

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3.2

Reset password

Operators can change the WiFi password once connected with QK-W011 module. The
password should be 7 to 17 characters long. New password will not be active until re-power
QK-W011(Unplug the power header and connect again).

Figure 6 Change password

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Figure 7 Password setting

3.3

Rename the port

Operators can rename the three relay outputs and three RF main sockets as meaningful names
through settings on App.

Figure 8 Rename the port

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4 PARING WITH RF POWER SOCKETS

QK-W011 has a build-in 433Mhz RF transmitter module. It can pair with up to four RF power
sockets. So the operators are able to turn ON/OFF the electrical devices by switching the
power sockets.
The power sockets have been paired and ready to use if they come with QK-W011. However
the operator can always pair or release the pairing by following steps:

Insert the RF power socket into a powered mains wall socket.

The LED light on the socket should flash at 1 second intervals indicating its ready to
pair with the QK-W011. If the lights doesnt flash, press and hold the ON/OFF button for
5 seconds to clear the memory indicated by the quickly flashing LED.
Open WiFi Remote control panel in App, press the corresponding RF switch ON
button. The paring command will be sending out through RF signals.

Figure 8 RF Switch ON buttons

Once the power socket received the paring command, The LED light on the socket will
flash briefly more quickly and then flash at 1 second intervals. This RF main socket
should have been successfully paired now.
Repeat above process for each different RF main sockets.

Simply plug-in the appliance which you want to operate remotely into the socket, press the
corresponding ON button on App that is paired to the socket. The appliance will turn on.

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5 HARDWARE
5.1

Connections

General view of the module is show as below and details of each connection are described on it.
QK-W011 use 12VDC 1.0Amp power. The outside and inner diameter of the plug is 5.5mm and
2.1mm.

COM2
COM1
NC2
NO3
COM3
COM1
NC3

NO1
COM1
COM1
COM1
NC1
NO2

Reset

12V

RF aerial

Figure 9 QK-W011mechanical drawing

5.2

RF main sockets

Customer can select USA, European or UK type RF main sockets. Like most of the similar RF
main sockets in the market, customer should keep at least 0.2 meter distance between one RF
main socket and the other. This is due to EMC interference between these RF main sockets.

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Although QK-W011 have running specific algorithm to increase the RF transmission reliability,
Quark-elec cannot guarantee 100% of proper action rate of RF main sockets. QK-W011 RF
signal could be affect by other nearby RF devices such as bell ring, car key, cordless phone,
mobile phone, RF alarm system. The following is a real test result taken in a house
environment in the UK.

Distance between QK-W011

433Mhz RF main sockets

5.3

and

Proper action rate (RF main sockets been

successfully trigged by QK-W011)

2 meters

100.0%

5 meters

100.0%

8 meters

98.1%

10 meters

96.9%

15 meters

95.2%

20 meters

92.2%

Enclosure

IP56 Insulation Class 2 plastic enclosure, 115mm*90*40 external dimension is used for QKW011.

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Figure 9 Enclosure drawing

6 OPERATING SPECIFICATIONS
Item

Specification

Operating Temperature

-25C to +80C

Storage Temperature

-40C to +85C

DC Supply

12.0V(+/-10%)

Average Supply Current (typical

quiescent)

160mA

Supply Current in Busy Period(data

transmission)

190mA

WLAN Standard

IEEE 802.11 b/g/n

Operating Frequency

2.4000 to 2.4835 GHz

Receive Sensitivity

-85 dBm @ 11Mbps, -70 dBm @ 54Mbps

Transmit Mean Output Power

+17 dBm for 802.11b, +13 dBm for 802.11g, +12 dBm for
802.11n

WiFi Antenna

Build-in module U.FL antenna connector

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Encryption

Support for WEP40/64, WEP104/128, WPA-PSK, WPA2PSK, AES and TKIP

433Mhz Transmitting Power

1W

433Mhz Modulation Mode

ASK (AM)

RF Transmission Power

<10mW

RF Emission Distance

25 to 50 meters (open air condition)

Rated Current on Relay

7A240VAC

Rated Voltage on Relay

90V-245V

For more technical information and enquires please go to Quark-elec forum:

http://quark-elec.com/forum/

For sales and purchasing information, please email us: info@quark-elec.com

Quark Electronics (UK)

24 Meadowbank
Hitchin
Herts. UK
SG4 0HY

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