Kontakt.io Plugin + Cisco Spaces
With Kontakt.io's Portal Beam and Cisco Spaces, you'll have complete visibility into your workspace room occupancy and get insights and analytics to help you understand how spaces are being used. The Portal Beam integrates with your existing Cisco Access Point infrastructure, making it easy to deploy and scale across different locations without a significant additional investment.
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The following image illustrates the Portal Beam outcomes within Cisco Spaces Rich Maps, showcasing real-time room occupancy and environmental data.
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To get room outcomes almost immediately, all that's needed is to complete steps detailed in the deployment guide.
There are a few deployment steps completed from your Cisco Spaces account and then you're ready to begin mounting Portal Beams. The Kontakt.io Device Management Plugin provides access to Kontakt.io's Kio Setup Manager mobile app. From this app, you can verify the people and objects detected within a Portal Beam's coverage area and more!
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Log in with your Cisco Spaces account credentials.
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Capture a Portal Beam's real-time thermal image to verify people detection within its field of view (coverage area).
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Set Exclusion Zones for non-human, stationary heat source objects or other areas that need to be excluded from occupancy detection. Examples of heat source objects include a TV, window, or other type of electrical device.
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Send captured thermal image to the Kontakt.io Device Management Plugin - provides a troubleshooting resource.
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Apply available firmware updates immediately.
The following Portal Beam thermal images show how Exclusion Zones can be set to exclude objects or areas from occupancy detection. Each exclusion zone is outlined in red.
Hot objects: wall-mounted TV and window excluded from occupancy detection.
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Captured thermal image |
TV and window set to exclusion zones |
Large room: two specific areas excluded from occupancy detection.
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Captured thermal image |
Two areas set to exclusion zones |