After enabling occupancy integration, it's time to commission sensors. This article will cover adding, commissioning, editing, and deleting sensors, the impact of editing or deleting your building(s), and the differences between sensor providers.
Supported Sensor Providers
Mapiq supports sensors from Elsys, Pointgrab & Cisco. While commissioning is done more or less uniformly for each, some additional steps may be necessary depending on the sensor provider.
Sensor Provider | Commissioning Details |
Elsys | Elsys sensors must be added manually, either individually or through a bulk import. After manually adding the sensors, they need to be commissioned within Mapiq. |
PointGrab | With the PointGrab integration, Mapiq matches buildings in the Mapiq environment to PointGrab's CPMS. PointGrab devices are managed in PointGrab's CPMS. By matching Mapiq buildings, sensors are automatically imported to the sensor overview of the Mapiq building. The building matching is based on a unique Mapiq ID, PointGrab, or building name corresponding with PointGrab's CPMS. Like with Elsys, sensors need to be commissioned within Mapiq after importing. |
Cisco | Customers using Cisco as their sensor provider can enable the integration through the Cisco App Center. During the integration process, admins within Cisco can specify which spaces are available within Mapiq. On Mapiq's end, you can link the space to a building, after which Cisco sensors are immediately imported under Buildings >> Selected Building >> Sensor and ready to be commissioned. |
⚠️ The Cisco integration is only available for customers with a Mapiq Enterprise contract and the Occupancy add-on. If you want to learn more
Commissioning Sensors
Before you can start commissioning your sensors to a specific location, you need to add them manually or bulk import them. Please find a handy guide on how to do this here:
When you manually add sensors, you can directly input the location and commission the sensor right away. However, when handling a bulk import (Elsys), PointGrab, or Cisco, only the Sensor IDs are immediately added, while the location remains unlinked. This means that the sensors still need to be commissioned, which must be done manually for each sensor.
To commission a sensor, follow these steps:
Select the sensor from the list on the Buildings >> Sensors page.
The Sensor ID is either automatically added or manually entered. Add a Location by typing in a desk or meeting room name, and the location will be auto-filled based on the input.
Click "Done" to complete the commissioning process for the sensor.
💡 When connecting through PointGrab or Cisco, we access applications that already have the devices commissioned and mapped on their end. This information can be shared with Mapiq, and a Location suggestion is provided during the commissioning process.
This feature is quite useful, but remember that it may not always match the map in Mapiq. Always verify if the suggested location is accurate.
Filtering Sensors
Sensor filtering is powerful, especially when you want to edit or delete specific groups of sensors. To learn more about the different filtering options, we'd recommend you check the following article:
Managing Your Sensors
Editing Sensors
Editing a sensor is very similar to commissioning the sensors:
Go to Buildings >> Building where sensors need to be added >> Sensors.
Select the row of the sensor you want to edit, and a side panel is shown. In this side panel, you can edit the following items:
Sensor ID
Location
If you change a sensor ID, the old sensor will be replaced in your overview, but the data will be recovered. New data will be reported for the new sensor ID and the mapped locations.
When changing the location, clear the field of any text and map it to a new location by typing the new location in the field. The incoming data will be used for the new location.
You can also decommission a sensor by clearing the location field and saving the change. The sensor remains active in your overview but will not have any locations mapped to it.
Deleting Sensors
Go to Buildings >> Building where sensors need to be added >> Sensors.
Select the row of the sensor you want to delete, and a side panel is shown.
Click on "Delete sensor" >> "Yes, delete."
😊 The retrieved sensor data will remain available for analytics when removed.
Keep in mind that changes such as editing or deleting complete buildings or elements of it (desks, meeting rooms, areas, facilities) will impact the commissioned sensors.
The impact depends on the action taken:
Action | Impact |
Deleting Desks, Meeting Rooms, Facilities, etc. | The mapped sensors for desks, meeting rooms, facilities, etc are decommissioned. They will remain in the sensor overview and can be remapped. |
Deleting a Building | All sensors are removed from the interface, but the admin can manually add the sensors to a different building. |