Smoke Sensor S20

The S20 is a wireless photoelectric smoke sensor. It alarms on smoke or over-threshold temperature — an 83 dB sounder on-site, an instant alert to your remote server. Options include CO₂/TVOC early-burning detection, human detection, and a camera that sends a JPEG image with every alarm. Several network versions are available.

BeginSense S20 smoke sensor
Key Features

Alarm on-site. Alert everywhere.

On-site alarm

83 dB sound pressure

Network variants

LTE / NB-IoT / LoRaWAN / Sigfox / WiFi

Long battery life

>3–5 years standby by model

Compact ceiling mount

Φ130 × 32 mm body, 150–155 g

  • Early burning detection — optional TVOC and CO₂ sensors catch combustion in its earliest stages.
  • Visual verification — optional camera with night vision sends a JPEG image with every alarm.
  • Occupancy intelligence — optional human detection adds security and presence insight.
  • Low-power warning — battery status is reported before performance is ever at risk.
  • Ceiling installation — clean, tool-light mounting for residential and commercial spaces.
  • Smoke + temperature alarm — dual-criteria detection on every network variant.
Target Applications

Wherever smoke means serious risk

Homes and apartments

Homes & apartments

Whole-home early warning with optional air quality and occupancy sensing — no hubs, no wiring.

Offices

Offices & retail

Ceiling-mounted detection with centralised alerting for multi-floor commercial buildings.

Warehouses

Warehouses & logistics

Battery-powered deployment where cabling is impossible, with JPEG verification on alarm.

Hotels

Hotels & hospitality

Discreet design, remote testing and low-battery warnings across hundreds of rooms.

Care homes

Care & assisted living

Instant remote alerts give caregivers immediate awareness, with optional human detection.

Factories

Factories & facilities

Optional TVOC/CO₂ sensing catches overheating materials before open flames develop.

Specifications

Choose your network. Keep everything else.

Five radio variants share one enclosure, one app and one data protocol family.

ModelS20-4S20-NS20-LS20-SS20-W
BandsLTE-FDD: B1/3/5/7/8/20/28 (EU)
B2/3/4/5/7/8/28/66 (LA)
Cat-NB2: B3/5/8/20/28EU868 / US915 / AU915 / CN470 / AS923 / KR920 / IN865RC1 / RC2 / RC3 / RC4 / RC5 / RC6 / RC7WiFi 2.4 GHz
Functions
Smoke alarmYesYesYesYesYes
Temperature alarmYesYesYesYesYes
Device testingSMS / App / ButtonApp / ButtonApp / ButtonApp / ButtonApp / Button
Human detectionOptionalOptionalOptionalOptionalOptional
JPEG image reportOptionalOptionalOptional—Optional
Sensors
TemperatureRange: −40 to 85 °C
HumidityRange: 0 to 100 %
TVOC (optional)Range: 0 – 65,000 ppb
CO₂ (optional)Range: 400 – 65,000 ppm
Air quality (optional)Level 1 – 5
Hardware
DimensionΦ130 × 32 mm
Weight155 g155 g150 g150 g150 g
Battery4000 mAh / 3.6 V
Working current65 mA60 mA50 mA50 mA50 mA
Sleeping current65 µA60 µA50 µA50 µA50 µA
Battery life (1 ping/day)>3 years>4 years>5 years>5 years>3 years
CommunicationTCP / UDP / MQTTTCP / UDP / MQTTLoRaWANSigfox backendTCP / UDP / MQTT
ConfigurationAPP / SMSAPPAPPAPPAPP
Operating temperature−10 to +60 °C
Operating humidity5 % – 95 %

Available with Pre-installed Global IoT SIM & Subscription Model (For Bulk Orders).

FAQ

Smoke Sensor S20 — common questions

If you have in-building WiFi coverage, S20-W is the simplest option. For wide-area deployments without local infrastructure, S20-4 (4G LTE) works nearly anywhere with cellular coverage; S20-N (NB-IoT) and S20-L (LoRaWAN) are ideal for very low-power wide-area networks, and S20-S covers Sigfox regions. Battery life is longest on LoRaWAN and Sigfox (5+ years).

Yes. The camera option (not available on the Sigfox variant) captures a JPEG image when an alarm occurs, including at night, and reports it together with the alarm to your server.

Devices can be tested by button, via the app, or — on the LTE model — by SMS. The unit reports its own battery level and sends a low-power warning, so maintenance is condition-based rather than scheduled.

The S20 detects rising temperature and humidity changes in the early stages of overheating, before visible smoke is present. Optional TVOC and CO₂ sensors add further early-burning sensitivity, but they noticeably increase power consumption.

Specifying the S20 for a project?

Send us your deployment size and network environment — we will recommend the right standard variant and options. Private-label, firmware and platform-integration support is available for qualified projects.

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