With the following default settings, a Portal Beam has a battery life of 4 years.
| Configured parameter | Default setting |
|---|---|
| Room Occupancy | Portal Beam takes a thermal image every 60 seconds Konakt.io Telemetry Packets enabled at 1000ms and -4dBm TX Power (5) |
| Seat-Level Occupancy | Portal Beam takes a thermal image every 60 seconds Konakt.io Telemetry Packets enabled at 1000ms and -4dBm TX Power (5) |
| Footfall Traffic Counting | This mode requires an external AC power source The Portal Beam takes five thermal images per second Konakt.io Telemetry Packets enabled at 350ms and--4dBm TX Power (5) |
| Environment Monitoring | Sensor reading (probing) interval: 10 minutes |
| Mobile Indoor Navigation | iBeacon packets: disabled |
| Asset & Badge Tracking | Infrared IR blink interval: once every two seconds BLE-RSSI Fingerprinting: every 1 minute every 23 hours |
| Power Saving Mode | Enabled and set to a daily 12-hour working-hour schedule |
Battery life can be extended by turning off specific modes, reducing the occupancy image taking rate, to increasing its active power-saving hours.
Prior to making power-saving configuration changes, we recommended reaching out to our support team to review your requirements.