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The whereBox is a location appliance - it is a customised PC running the omniWhere application and the Omnisense Localisation services.
The omniWhere Devices screen provides tools for configuring and managing the system and all the devices in it.
The 3D plot view show devices positions in 3D with orientation also indicated. Zones are marked as wire frames and a map or drawing may be underlaid.
The 2D position chart shows a map view of device positions and orientation. Various diagnostics can be overlaid showing different aspects of system performance such as estimated errors, mesh network data, historical position traces etc.
A range of diagnostic charts are also available, such as this one showing signal connectivity across the network - signal strengths and link quality.
Data analysis of historical data can also be carried out in many different ways. This example shows a histogram of occupancy by node showing statistical use of space over the analysis period.
Positions can be reported in different ways and here we show the 3D plot alongside the output classified by zones occupied for two of the devices travelling together.
The S524 precision tracking device showing its size in context with the whereBox in the background.
Using the system
The whereBox is a location appliance. Once the system has been connected up powering on the whereBox will start everything. The system is managed using the omniWhere application running on the whereBox.
A typical configuration has four or more geolocation devices installed at known positions. These are called fixed devices, or anchors or beacons. Their positions are entered into the configuration pages in the omniWhere application and they are used as a reference for computed positions.
One or more additional geolocation devices are used as mobiles and their positions are tracked in real-time, displayed on the diagnostic screen displays that are part of the omniWhere application and are made available to external applications connecting to the application API. These devices are typically referred to as tags or mobiles.
The whereBox captures raw data, computes positions, saves data logs and makes the output location measurements available to external applications. It also provides tools to assist with setting up, configuring and running the system and tools for analysis of the data and problem diagnosis.
To learn more about the whereBox and the omniWhere application refer to the on-line User Manual.
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Applications
The Series 500 system is optimised for position, motion and behaviour tracking in local areas, indoors and outdoors for groups or teams:
● Locating people on site
● Worker protection, health and safety
● Healthcare, dementia, post-operative care
● Sport, real-time and training
● Leisure and event management
● Emergency services, fire, police, security
● Transport logistics, fleet, yard management
● Animal tracking and welfare monitoring
● Mining and industrial site asset monitoring
Components
A tracking and localisation system usually comprises:
- a number of tags attached to the assets that are being tracked;
- some reference devices, in the case of the Omnisense system these are additional tags in known locations;
- communications infrastructure: mesh network linking the devices plus backhaul to the whereBox;
- one or more gateways bridging between the wireless mesh network and the wired network;
- the whereBox location appliance;
- one or more user applications that make use of the data from the whereBox.
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