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Learning Objectives
After reading this article, you’ll be able to:
Understand are Headcount, Traffic and Motion sensors
Understand in what way each of these sensors can be used in Workplace
Decide which sensor type fits your use case best
Space occupancy sensors
Headcount, Traffic and Motion sensors are 3 different types of Space occupancy sensors.
Motion sensors
for scalable occupancy monitoring
Headcount sensors
for micro-utilization monitoring
Traffic sensors
for macro-occupancy monitoring
Motion sensors
The Motion sensors in the Spacewell portfolio are small wireless, battery-powered devices that communicate over LoRa with a gateway.
They are a non-intrusive solution to detect presence through motion in following situations:
under desks, to track individual workplace occupancy
in small locations like cockpits, phone booths, etc
in large(r) meeting rooms where it’s not needed to know how many people are using the location, but where it suffices to just know that the location is used
through configuration, it’s possible to detect (indirect) utilization with motion sensors, but this is not advised, see Utilization & Occupancy Matrix
For more information, see Motion sensor
Motion sensor Configuration
1 motion sensor will be linked to 1 location in Workplace.
Remember when linking multiple motion sensors to 1 location in Workplace: the data of the different sensors will overwrite on location level. If multiple devices are covering 1 count area, each sensor detecting presence will result in “occupancy detected” values in Workplace (even if the other available sensor(s) in that location do not detect presence at that time).
Motion sensors in Live data views
Live data will be visible on following floor plan dimensions:
View By Space > "Utilization" (if configured, not advised, see Utilization & Occupancy Matrix)
Headcount sensors
Headcount sensors use an AI to detect how many people are present in the configured detection area of a sensor.
The Headcount sensors in the Spacewell portfolio have different features, allowing installation dependent on local conditions:
VergeSense sensors are wireless, battery-powered devices that communicate their data to the Spacewell platform through a gateway
Pointgrab sensors are wired devices
They are mainly used to detect presence and headcount data in following situations:
above desks, to track individual workplace occupancy
above informal (meeting) areas like cafes, breakout rooms, etc
in large(r) meeting rooms to track how many people are using the location
in locations that cannot be tracked through motion sensors
For more information, see VergeSense and Pointgrab.
Headcount sensor Configuration
When a headcount sensor is used to track individual workplace occupancy (1 sensor covering multiple desks): configure the device on the sensor platform and link the different count areas from the sensor platform each to 1 location in Workplace
When a headcount sensor is used to track a meeting room that is smaller than the sensors' detection area: configure the device on the sensor platform and link the 1 headcount sensor to 1 location in Workplace
When multiple headcount sensors are used to track a meeting room that is larger than 1 sensors' detection area: configure/stitch the devices on the sensor platform and the obtained count area from the sensor platform to 1 location in Workplace
Although it’s technically possible to link multiple headcount sensors to 1 location in Workplace, the headcount data saved to the location from one sensor will overwrite the headcount data from the other sensor. If multiple headcount sensors are required to cover a location, it’s best to look into the Stitching mechanism of the specific sensor to obtain 1 “data point” from the sensor platform to then link to 1 location in Workplace.
For more information, see https://spacewell.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/KB/pages/492313/Prepare+your+sensor+plan#Determining-Detection-Area%3A-Best-Practices
Headcount sensors in Live data views
Live data will be visible on following floor plan dimensions:
Traffic sensors
Traffic sensors, also called footfall sensors, use an AI to detect how many people cross a(n imaginary) line in one direction (footfall in) and in another direction (footfall out).
The difference between the IN and OUT values indicate how many people are still inside the location, this is represented as Utilization value in Workplace live data and in the dashboards.
Traffic sensors are mainly used to detect footfall and utilization data in following situations:
instead of installing headcount sensor(s) inside a meeting room, 1 footfall sensor at the entrance of the room can provide the same information
multiple traffic sensors that each track an entrance to (the same) specific location, will together provide traffic and utilization data for that one location
multiple traffic sensors that each track traffic data for different locations, will together provide traffic and utilization data for a “virtual” location (for example data of different entrances on a floor can provide information on how many people are on that floor)
For more information, see Xovis and Pointgrab.
Traffic sensor Configuration
When a single traffic sensor is used to track 1 entrance: configure the device on the sensor platform and link the traffic area from the sensor platform each to 1 location in Workplace
When multiple traffic sensors are used to each track an entrance to the same location: configure each device individually on the sensor platform and link the traffic areas from the sensors to 1 location in Workplace
multiple traffic sensors that each track traffic data for different locations, will together provide traffic and utilization data for a “virtual” location:
configure single or multiple traffic sensors to track different entrances (described above)
create a virtual location and use this as linked location on all the relevant sensors: footfall data (and derived utilization data) will be based on the sum and/or subtraction of the data from all footfall sensors
When different footfall sensors are installed at different entrances for the same location (multiple data streams arriving at 1 location in the Workplace platform), then footfall data (and derived utilization data) will be based on the sum and/or subtraction of the data from all footfall sensors.
Traffic sensors in Live data views
Live data will be visible on following floor plan dimensions:
For more information on how Traffic data is used in live data floor plans and in dashboards representing historical data, see Footfall data in Space monitor.
Available Headcount & Traffic sensors in Spacewell Hardware catalogue
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