A Portal Beam is a multi-function device that delivers occupancy measurements, environmental monitoring, IR beaconing for asset and badge tracking, and the infrastructure to support mobile indoor navigation.
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A Portal Beam can be set to one of the following occupancy modes. You can deploy Portal Beams throughout your facilities that are set to different modes, resulting in a single-device solution to meet all your occupancy measurement and monitoring requirements.
Measures the count of people in a room.
Use cases:
Show availability of rooms such as offices, meeting rooms, or patient examination rooms.
Show occupancy levels of large rooms or spaces. For example, showing the number of patients currently in a waiting room.
Example below illustrates: Image (1) Portal Beam thermal sensor image, (2) actual representation of people located in the space, and (3) real-time data available from Kio Cloud Smart Location.
Infrastructure |
Requirement |
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Kio Cloud Smart Location setup |
Rooms created for each Portal Beam install location. A Portal Beam is added to each room. During installation, each Portal Beam is assigned to its exact room location. |
Portal Beam installation & setup |
Portal Beam firmware: latest version. Portal Beam install location is within Bluetooth range of a Kontakt.io Portal Light or BLE-enabled Access Point. A single room can have up to two Portal Beams. For multiple Portal Beams in a single room, please consult with your Kontakt.io consultant or reach out to our support team. At the Portal Beam install location, the following is completed from the Kio Gateway Installer app.
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Measures the count of workstation seats that are occupied and not occupied. Up to six stand-alone seats can be measured by a Portal Beam.
Use cases:
Measure utilization of specific seats in multi-person workstations.
Show availability of specific seats in multi-desk workstations.
Example below illustrates: Image (1) Portal Beam thermal sensor image, (2) actual representation of people located in the space, and (3) real-time data available from Kio Cloud Smart Location.
Infrastructure |
Requirement |
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Kio Cloud Smart Location setup |
Rooms created for each Portal Beam install location. Each room has the number of seats requiring occupancy measurement. A Portal Beam is added to each room. During install, each Portal Beam is assigned to its exact room location. |
Portal Beam installation & setup |
Portal Beam firmware: latest version. Portal Beam install location is within Bluetooth range of a Kontakt.io Portal Light or BLE-enabled Access Point. A single room can have up to two Portal Beams. For multiple Portal Beams in a single room, please consult with your Kontakt.io consultant or reach out to our support team. At the Portal Beam install location, the following is completed from the Kio Gateway Installer app.
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Measures the count of people entering and exiting a building or floor space. A Portal Beam is located at each entrance or interior space and people are counted as they pass through the Portal Beam invisible threshold line.
Use cases:
Measure and capture historical occupancy levels of buildings and their floors.
Measure and capture historical occupancy levels of floor parts separately. For example, dividing a floor into separate wings or departments and capturing occupancy for each.
Measure utilization of specific rooms, areas in open spaces.
Measure utilization of very large rooms such as training centers or lecture rooms.
Example below illustrates: Image (1) Portal Beam thermal sensor image, (2) actual representation of people entering and exiting the space, and (3) real-time data available from Kio Cloud Smart Location.
Infrastructure |
Requirement |
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Kio Cloud Smart Location setup |
Unique to Traffic mode, Smart Location setup includes both Rooms and Spaces. |
Portal Beam installation & setup |
Portal Beam firmware: latest version. Portal Beam is powered by AC. Battery power is for backup power purposes only; operates up to ten days on continuous battery backup power. A single room can have up to two Portal Beams. For multiple Portal Beams in a single room, please consult with your Kontakt.io consultant or reach out to our support team. At the Portal Beam install location, the following is completed from the Kio Gateway Installer app.
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The Portal Beam environmental sensors measure a room's ambient air temperature, relative humidity, ambient light level, air pressure, and a calculated Air Quality Index (AQI) level.
Uses cases:
Room-level environmental monitoring
Healthier workplace
Reduce building carbon footprint
Improve employee and visitor experiences
In addition to occupancy and environmental monitoring, a Portal Beam's IR beaconing capability can also be enabled. IR beaconing is for room-level location tracking use cases for use with the Kontakt.io Asset Tag 2, Smart Badge, and Nano Tag.
Use cases:
Asset tracking (wheelchairs, IV pumps, and more)
Contact Tracing
Pairing visitors with hosts