Rooms are the primary location unit used across the Kontakt.io platform. Kio Apps use the rooms defined in Smart Location to report where people, assets, devices, and events are located. Room types and properties help classify each mapped space so Kio Apps know what the space represents and how to display it.
Every room has a type and a name. The type is selected when you draw the room. The name is set in the room properties. Together, these determine how the room is categorized and identified in app views, alerts, reports, and maps.
Room types
| Type | What it represents | When to use |
|---|---|---|
| Room | An enclosed physical space | Use for patient rooms, offices, labs, exam rooms, meeting rooms, or any defined space that will be monitored, searched, or reported on. |
| Corridor | A hallway or passage | Use for connecting spaces between rooms. |
| Virtual | An open area without enclosed walls | Use for open-concept spaces or large areas, such as workstation areas, lounge areas, or seating areas measured by a Portal Beam. |
| Parking Lot | A parking level's single location area (auto-created with the level — not drawn) | Used only on floors that belong to a parking lot building. Parking Lot areas are created automatically with the parking level and are not drawn manually. |
You set a room's type by choosing the matching drawing tool — Add room, Add corridor, or Add virtual room — when you draw it.
Parking Lot is the exception. A parking level’s area is created automatically with the level and is not drawn manually.
Room name
Room name is required, with a maximum of 50 characters. Use a clear, recognizable name that helps users identify the room in app views, alerts, and reports. Room names should be unique on each floor, but rooms on different floors can use the same name.
Seats for Portal Beam occupancy
Seats are only needed when the deployment specifically requires occupany seat-level reporting in the Kio Workspace Insights. When a Portal Beam monitors a seating area, Kio Workspace Insights can report which seats are occupied.
Rooms and virtual rooms can optionally include up to 6 seats.
Practical guidance for room drawing
- Draw rooms to match actual physical boundaries as closely as the floor plan allows.
- A room or corridor cannot overlap another room or corridor. Smart Location prevents overlapping polygons.
- Include corridors between rooms. Like a room, a corridor is a mapped space where assets and people are located.
- Use a virtual room for open areas without enclosed walls, such as workstation areas, lounge areas, or seating areas measured by a Portal Beam.
- Create rooms before Infrastructure devices are installed.