From Kio Cloud you can view and manage your Kontakt.io IoT devices - including beacons, tags, badges, and Portal Beams. Be sure your devices have been added to your Kio Cloud account and are setup and installed.
To view these your devices, go to the Kio Cloud Launchpad, select Device Management > select Beacons.
Below you'll find more about device settings and the Device Management features.
The Beacons list view provides a snapshot of the primary information and settings for each beacon, Portal Beam, tag, and badge.
You can also filter devices displayed, search for devices, update multiple devices at the same time (Bulk edit). download profiles into a CSV file.
Information/Setting |
Description |
|---|---|
Pending update indicator |
SYNC icon indicates the device has a pending setting config update. SYNC FWV icon indicates the device has an available firmware update. |
Id (Name) |
Kontakt.io Unique ID (UUID). Select the link to view its profile. |
MAC |
12-character MAC address. |
Product |
Kontakt.io device model. |
Profile |
Identifies if the iBeacon device packet is enabled. |
Tags |
Identifies a tag associated to the device. |
Battery |
Last reported battery level. |
TX Power |
Current setting value. |
Interval (ms) |
Current TX Power Interval setting value. |
Major & Minor |
iBeacons numbers assigned to the Beacon. Identifies the device with greater accuracy than using UUID alone. Minor and Major are unsigned integer values between 0 and 65535. iBeacon standard requires both a Major and Minor value to be assigned. |
Order ID |
Kontakt.io Order ID associated to the device. |
When you need to find a single or several devices, be sure to use the filter and search options. The Advanced Search provides more options when you're looking for a specific device including searching by UUID, MAC address, and more.
You can also use the filtering options to provide insight into the health of your devices - identify devices that have low battery levels or have not transmitted data for a specific time frame.
. Filter options
Product Model: filter by Kontakt.io models
Firmware version: filter by current firmware version
Battery level: filter by last reported battery level. Battery level is transmitted to Kio Cloud by a Portal Light gateway or Kontakt.io mobile app.
Last Seen: filter by the last time data was received. Data is transmitted to Kio Cloud by a Portal Light gateway or Kontakt.io mobile app.
Each device has a profile where you can view its information and manage its settings.
From the list, select the device ID/Name. Its information and settings are categorized into tabs as detailed below. The tabs displayed do vary by the device model.
Note
When you make a device setting change, the setting change is downloaded to the device:
During its next Bluetooth connection to a Portal Light or integrated gateway access point.
Locally from the Kio Gateway Installer app.
From a 3rd-party app integrated with the Kontakt.io SDKs via a Bluetooth connection.
Manage its settings and view its current firmware version, battery level, last connection, password, and MAC address.
A tag assigned to a Beacon allows for easier management and searching. You can filter or search by tags from the beacon list view.
Sensors available vary by the Kontakt.io device model.
For additional information or how to set up a Portal for occupancy, please contact your Kontakt.io representative or submit a request to our support team.
An air sensor measures various chemical chemical readings in the space that is used to calculate the space's Air Quality Index (AQI).
Air sensor: ON or OFF
Air Sensor Probing Interval: how frequent readings are calculated.
You can manage a when a beacon device broadcasts by enabling an available Power Saving mode. When in a Power Saving mode, the beacon consumes less power that will extend its battery lifespan.
Active broadcasting windows: when set to ON, you can change the number of seconds the beacon is in advertising mode and sleep mode.
Movement based broadcasting: when set to ON, if movement is not detected the beacon automatically enters Power Saving mode. During Power Saving mode, the beacon broadcasts less frequently (every 2 to 10 seconds).
Working hours: when set to ON, the beacon only broadcasts between the hour time period(s) set in each day. Be sure to set the local Time Zone.
When this feature is turned on and the Beacon downloads the configuration change, it gets a new UUID and starts broadcasting randomly generated Major and Minor values.
Please make sure that your infrastructure is ready before enabling this feature. To learn more, see Secure Shuffling.
Sharing is required to grant a Kio Cloud user's permission to access beacon devices. By default, only the account owner (Superuser) has permissions to all devices.
To share a Beacon with someone they must be a user in your Kio Cloud account. When you share a device, you'll enter the user's email address associated with their user account. If you need to share a large quantity of devices be sure to use the Bulk Edit feature.
Sharing devices is important for those integrating with the Kio Cloud platform - each Kio Cloud user has a unique API key that includes their shared device permissions. For example, you have a third-party developer responsible for your integration. To allow their access to your devices, you'll add them as a user in your Kio Cloud account and then set their shared device permission level. You can set their shared access to expire on a specific date or not to expire.
The different device sharing permission levels are described below.
Option |
Description |
|---|---|
Change Owner (Assign to subordinate) |
A device can only have one owner. |
Share with viewer permissions |
User has device view permission. |
Share with editor permissions |
User has edit device configuration permission. |
Move to other company |
Moves the device to a different Kio Cloud account (company). When a device is moved, you're transferring ownership of the device to the account. The device is removed from your Kio Cloud account. |
Bulk edit allows you to edit the settings for many devices at the same time. When different product models are selected, the settings available are limited to common settings.
You can download beacon information and settings as a CSV file.
From your Beacons list select the Beacons to include, select CSV > select Export selected > select Download CSV File. The file is automatically saved to your local downloads folder location.
When a setting change is made, you'll notice the device has a SYNC icon. This icon indicates a device has a pending config update.
A device, including Beacons, Portal Beams, Tags, and Badges, downloads config updates:
During its next connection to the local network infrastructure (Portal Light, integrated 3rd-party access point).
Locally from the Kio Gateway Installer app.
From an integrated 3rd-party app via a Bluetooth connection.