The sensor planning feature gives you the opportunity to speed up your sensor deployment by preplanning the location of the sensors before the day of install. This means the installer will know what type of sensors to install and where these sensors are to be placed.
Step by Step Guide
Sensor planning
You will begin by going to your 'Floor Plan' view, you will need to ensure that you have uploaded the relevant floor plans to use 'Sensor Planning.' For a guide on how to add your floor plans see here.
Once in 'Floor Plan' view, go to the floor that you want to plan sensors for and then select the 'Plan Sensors" button.
You are now in sensor planning mode. The right hand menu list will provide a list of the sensors that can be planned. At this time the following sensors can be planned:
Ambient Temperature (Cold Storage) (DT)
Desk Occupancy (DT)
Indoor Air Quality (Air Things)
Pipe Monitoring (DT)
Door Opening (DT)
Select the sensor type you want to plan and press the '+' button. You'll know the sensor type has been selected because the '+' will be replaced by a check mark.
The mouse cursor will change to an icon reflecting the sensor type. The user can then place the sensor in the planned location.
You will be able to continue adding more sensors of the same type until a new sensor type is selected or until the current sensor type changes from a check mark to a '+.' This will mean the sensor type will need to be reselected.
When you are happy with where your sensors have been planned you can save it at the top right hand corner.
To see the sensor details you can hover over the sensor.
Remember: The sensors will automatically be named. The naming convention is SensorType-Number, where the numbers are incremented every time a sensor of that type is added. Also the numbers are incremented on a per floor basis
Editing A Sensor
Once a sensor has been planned, within the planning mode the sensor can be moved to a new location if necessary. Also by clicking on a planned sensor in the planning mode the details of the sensor will be shown and changed as necessary.
Sensor Install
When you are ready to do the sensor install you will need to be in the 'Floor Plan' view.
To install the sensor you will simply need to select the planned sensor that is to be installed. You must have the physical device for that type of sensor with you to be able to complete installation.
When the planned sensor is clicked then the QR scan screen will appear. You will then need to scan the QR code on the back of the device.
Hints and Tips
Please be aware that planned sensors is best used on a computer. If you wish to install using a mobile phone or tablet please follow the usual installation flow.
In order to use the sensor planning feature, you need to have "manager permissions" set for your profile in the Infogrid platform. If you are unable to use Sensor Planning, please speak to your manager or please feel free to contact Infogrid Customer Support.