Quark-Elec Application Note

QK-W015 WiFi Remote Controller Application Notes

Features

Turn Electronics ON or OFF from anywhere through internet

Remote Control from 50 Meters with WiFi
Android, iOS App & Application for Windows platform
Instant Set Up
Up to 10 Mobiles Phones per Unit
Switching Electronics Devices through Relays or 433MHz RF Main Sockets
Master ON/OFF Turn Everything on with One Click
Support both Ad-hoc and Station Mode
UK, Europe & USA RF Power Sockets Available

Applications

Control Lighting, Electrical Appliance

Smart House
Automation Application
Remote Maintenance
Irrigation Systems
Plant Maintenance
Valve Control
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Pumping Station
Security Systems
PLC and Automation System

Document History
Issue

Date

Changes / Comments

1.0

12-10-2014

Initial release

1.1

02-12-2014

New hardware release

Order Information
Part No

Description

QK-W015

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

QK-W015UK

QK-W015 with three RF 433MHz UK type main sockets

QK-W015EU

QK-W015 with three RF 433MHz Europe type main sockets

QK-W015US

QK-W015 with three RF 433MHz USA type main sockets

Contents
1

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

SETUP ................................................................................................................................... 3

2.1
2.2
3

POWER UP .......................................................................................................................... 3
ACCESS QK-W015.............................................................................................................. 3
AD-HOC MODE ..................................................................................................................... 4

3.1
3.2
4

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

RENAME THE PORT .............................................................................................................. 6
STATION (INFRASTRUCTURE) MODE .............................................................................. 6

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4.1
4.2
4.3

STATION MODE SETTING THROUGH APP ............................................................................... 7

SWITCHING TO STATION MODE .............................................................................................. 8
RESET................................................................................................................................. 9

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

APP(ANDROID VERSION) ................................................................................................. 10

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

7.1
7.2
7.3
8

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

1 INTRODUCTION
QK-W015 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 from anywhere in the world
through internet. QK-W015 support three relay outs and 433MHz RF transmitter. RF power
sockets within 50 meters of QK-W015 can be controlled by mobile operators.

Figure 1 System diagram (Station mode)

2 SETUP
2.1

Power up
QK-W015 remote controller need to be powered by 12VDC voltage. Connect a 12 volt DC
power supply to the power socket, switch on the power supply. The blue LED should light
up and then flashing slowly. After about 10 seconds, the Red LED will light up indication
system finishes initialization.

2.2

Access QK-W015
After QK-W015 finish initialization, operator should be able to scan SSID on the mobile
terminals and find a SSID called WiFi168. Access WLAN of the mobile terminal and
connect with the WiFi168. The default password is 88888888. Blue LED will keep light
up once the WiFi168 is connected by the operators mobile terminal. If WiFi168 cannot

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be found, please go to RESET section of this application note following the steps to reset
the module.

Figure 2 Search SSID

Figure 3 Connect to QK-W015

3 AD-HOC MODE
The IEEE 802.11 has two basic modes of operation: Ad-hoc mode and infrastructure
mode(also called station mode). In ad hoc mode, mobile terminals transmit directly peer-topeer. While In infrastructure mode, mobile terminals communicate through an access point(AP)
that serves as a bridge to other networks (such as Internet or LAN). QK-W015 WiFi controller
can support in both Ad-hoc and Station mode.
Setting QK-W015 works in Ad-hoc mode is quite straightforward. Once the mobile terminal
connected to WiFi168 network, QK-W015 then works in Ad-hoc automatically.

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Figure 4 Working in Ad-hoc mode

Operator can use the following link to download the latest version of Android App to work with
QK-W015.
http://www.quark-elec.com/down/class/?3.html

Figure 5 Main page of APP

3.1

Connect With Mobile phones

Once the WiFi168 is connected, operators can control these electronics devices in
Main control panel which have connected on relays and RF main sockets. The
indicator icons (the light bulb next to Off button) can demonstrator each relay.
Due to one way communication between QK-W015 and 433MHz RF main sockets,
the status of the RF main sockets cannot be check and indicated.

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These icons indicate the

status of the relays.

Figure 6 Indicator of the setting

3.2

Rename the port

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

Figure 7 Rename the port

4 STATION (INFRASTRUCTURE) MODE

To control QK-W015 remotely, it should be set working in station mode, operator need perform
the following procedure to finish the setting.
1,Press and hold the Reset button, then power up QK-W015. The blue LED will light up for few
seconds, then the red LED turns on. Keep the red LED turns on for 3 seconds, release
Reset button.
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2, Wait for 60 seconds, red LED turns off and then turns on again. During this period, blue LED
blinking every second interval.
3, Operator can now use the mobile terminal search and connect WiFi168.
4, Once this Ad-hoc connection has been setup, operator can start the following setting through
APP.
SSID name ---- Input the SSID name(or called AP name) which QK-W015 will access to.
Password --- Input the password for accessing AP. Quark-elec notices for some old type
Access Point, they maybe have connection problem with QK-W015 if the AP security type
set as WEP. So, if operator has the access problem, please change the security type to
WPA or WPA2, avoiding WEP on the wireless router.
IP address --- Dynamic IP address will be assigned by QK-W015 if operator dont set a
static IP address on APP.
5, Re-power up QK-W015 to apply the remote control function.

4.1

Station mode setting through APP

Operator should make sure QK-W015 has connected with the mobile terminal in ad-hoc
mode before the following setting. Run the APP, click Station mode setting, input SSID of
the AP and then Save. The red LED will turn off. Keep waiting until the response
message received from QK-W015. Then the same way applies for setting the password. It
is recommended that operator dont set static IP address to QK-W015 if static IP address
has to be used.

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Figure 8 Station mode setting

4.2

Switching to station mode

Once the above setting finished, operator can click Switch to station mode to set QKW015 working in station mode.
After click Switch to station mode, the red LED light will turn off indicating system is busy.
Waiting about 90 seconds, the blue LED will turns off. Another 30 seconds, the red LED
light turn on firstly and then the blue LED. If the SSID or password is not correct, then the
blue LED will keep blink. In this case, operator should reset the module and repeat the
setting procedure again.
Once QK-W015 has successfully connected with the AP in station mode, operator should
re-power up QK-W015 to get the full function applied (dont press the reset button during
the re-power process).

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Figure 9 Switch to station mode

4.3

Reset

Operator can always reset QK-W015 if the setting is incorrect or would like to switch the working
mode. Following below steps to reset QK-W015 to the factory settings:
1, Power off QK-W015.
2, Press and hold the Reset button, then power up QK-W015. Blue LED will light up for few
seconds, then the red LED turns on. Keep the red LED turns on for 3 seconds, release
Reset button.
3, Wait for 60 seconds, the red LED turns off and then turns on again. During this period, the
blue LED is blinking every second.
4, Operator can now available to connect to WiFi168.

5 PARING WITH RF POWER SOCKETS

QK-W015 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-W015. 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-W015. 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.

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Figure 10 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.

6 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
Once the mobile phone has connected with QK-W015, the operator can control
these electronics devices which connected on relays and RF main sockets. And the
operator can check the relays status by click Check relays status.

7 HARDWARE
7.1

Connections

General view of the module is show as below and details of each connection are described on it.
QK-W015 use 12VDC 1.0Amp power. The outside and inner diameter of the plug is 5.5mm and
2.1mm.

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RF 433MHz aerial

LED2

NO1
COM1
COM1
COM1
NC1
NO2
COM2
COM1
NC2
NO3
COM3
COM1
NC3

Reset

12V

LED1

Figure 11 mechanical drawing

7.2

RF main sockets

Customer can select USA, European or UK type RF main sockets. Quark-elec standard RF
main sockets support 2000 Watts power rating.
Although QK-W015 have running specific algorithm to increase the RF transmission reliability,
Quark-elec cannot guarantee 100% of proper action rate of RF main sockets. QK-W015 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-W015
433Mhz RF main sockets

Proper action rate (RF main sockets been

successfully trigged by QK-W015)

2 meters

100.0%

5 meters

100.0%

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7.3

8 meters

99.2%

10 meters

98.1%

15 meters

95.4%

20 meters

93.7%

Enclosure

IP56 Insulation Class 2 plastic enclosure, 115mm*90*40 external dimension is used for QKW013.

Figure 12 Enclosure drawing

8 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

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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

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

Power rating on RF main sockets

< 2000 W

Please feel free to order our products from our onlinemall:

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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
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