LED indicator

The LED indicator is activated for approximately 10 minutes after the Power button is pressed or a direct connection has ended.

For more information on LED behavior, watch a video at: https://www.campbellsci.com/videos/cloud17 .

The red LED will turn on according to power and recipe states.

Red LED activity

State

Description

Off Aspen 10 running in low-power mode
Off (immediately after Power button is pressed or a direct connection attempted)

No power, no recipe running.

One flash every 10 seconds Powered from internal battery, recipe running
Two flashes every 10 seconds Powered from internal battery with solar recharge active, recipe running
Rapid flashing Sensor detected, followed by always on while retrieving recipe
Always on

Powered, no recipe running. See Recipes.

The blue LED will turn on according to cellular modem communications states.

Blue LED activity

State

Description

Off Aspen 10 running in low-power mode
Off (immediately after Power button is pressed or a direct connection attempted)

Cellular modem off, insufficient power, or failure to establish a connection with the provider (periodic retries will occur)

One flash every 10 seconds Modem actively connected to CampbellCloud
Two flashes every 10 seconds

Modem attempting to establish connection with cellular provider

Three flashes every 10 seconds

Modem determining its location using a global navigation satellite system (GNSS)

Rapid flashing

Modem communications interrupted and modem turning off. Typically caused by pressing the Power button for 3 seconds.

Always on

Cellular modem turning on or off

Typical LED sequence when first installing an Aspen 10 and sensor is shown in the following table.

Installation LED activity

Color and state1

Description

Red rapid flashing Sensor first connected
Red always on No recipe
Red always on, two blue flashes every 10 seconds Modem connecting with cellular provider
Red always on, one blue flash every 10 seconds Modem connected to Cloud

Red always on. LEDs may go off completely for one to two seconds.

Retrieving recipe, loading program and restarting

One blue flash every two seconds. This will continue for about 10 additional minutes after the Power button is pressed or a direct connection has ended. Then the LED will turn off.

Recipe obtained successfully and program running
1LED may appear purple when red an blue LEDs are on at the same time.