A Portal Beam provides the current Air Quality Index (AQI) of its monitored area. The AQI is calculated based on the average concentration of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) readings taken by the Portal Beam air sensor.
By default, a Portal Beam's air sensor is enabled. You can manage its air sensor configuration from either Kio Cloud or the Kontakt.io Device Management API. Portal Beam AQI is provided in the Location & Occupancy API (telemetry).
Air Quality Index value |
Levels of health concern |
|---|---|
0 to 50 |
Good |
51 to 100 |
Moderate |
101 to 150 |
Unhealthy for sensitive groups |
151 to 200 |
Unhealthy |
Sign in to Kio Cloud > select Device Management.
Select Beacons > from the list, select the Portal Beam.
From its profile, select Sensors.
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From its Air Sensor settings, configure the following:
Air Sensor: enable or disable.
Air Sensor Probing Interval: how often a reading is taken.
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.
Alternatively a configuration update can be made from the Device Management API.
Endpoint: Config > POST Create a Config
Enable or disable: AIR_QUALITY
Set reading interval: airQualityInterval
Air quality interval must be greater than 60000 milliseconds (one minute).