The Occupancy Starter Kit enables our customers to Analyze Space Occupancy of Conference Rooms and Desks using Bluetooth-enabled Passive Infrared Sensors.
Users can see a visualization of current occupancy status as well as how long the space has been occupied or unoccupied
Hot Desk Availability
See which desks are currently available at your office
Value Delivered: Understand and identify seats available to occupy.
Useful to:
Conference Room Occupancy
See which conference rooms are currently occupied, and how long empty conference rooms have been vacant
Value Delivered: Eliminate the need to search your entire office for an available conference room
Useful to: Employees and Visitors wanting to minimize conference room search time
Space Utilization Analytics
(note – not directly enabled by kit) Using the data streams from the Firehose API that your Starter Kit Devices enable, partner applications can additionally provide historical usage data for your office environment
Value Delivered: Understand employee behavior at your desired level of granularity – campuses, buildings, floors, zones, rooms, or desks
Useful to:
Desk/Conference Room Booking
(note – not directly enabled by kit) Integrate occupancy data from the Firehose API into your favorite office booking solution to enrich its capabilities with real time and historical data about your site
Value Delivered: Track actual / planned usage of your office space
Useful to:
Pre-requisites with Starter Kits: 1) Have a wireless LAN Controller: 9800-L, 9800-CL, 9800-40, or 9800-80. Recommended version 17.3.2a, minimum requirement 17.3.1 2) Catalyst 9100 Access Point setup 3) Have a Cisco Spaces account with ACT license. Sign up for free here: spaces.cisco.com
1a. Complete Cisco Spaces Onboarding
1b. Complete IoT Services setup
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