The sensors allow you to track the status of a trap - showing if it is set or sprung.
Our sensors are based on a hall switch which detects the presence of a magnet. The magnet is afixed to the trap so that the magnet moves away from the sensor when the trap is sprung.
The sensor is designed to be extremely low power use (3 year battery life), they report battery level with each data transmission.
When the magnet comes down in contact with the magnet sensor it detects that the trap has sprung. This is transmitted to our server and can be connected to Trap.nz for push notifications to your phone. When the trap is set an update is sent that the trap is set. When you are first setting up your sensor and put your battery into the sensor you will hear a beep, 1 beep when there is no magnet present and 2 when there is a magnet present.