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Convenience Store

Introduction

Great benefits can be achieved by adding IoTPortal to a Convenience Store to allow the monitoring and control of electrical energy use. With today’s high costs of energy, it is important to accurately measure parameters such as temperature and motion to subsequently control Air Conditioning and Lighting.

The Convenience Store owner can configure and monitor via the smartphone app and web]site dashboard. Both the app and dashboard can be viewed anywhere in the world due to the gateway being connected to the internet.

The system is relatively simple, easy to install and set up with no programming required

A range of compact and aesthetically designed sensors connect via the LDSBus to provide monitoring of multiple rooms within the store.

The system can be repeated in other stores so multiple stores can be monitored and controlled by one system accessed globally.

Challenges

Maintain a comfortable environment

Staff needs to regularly monitor soil and water quality in outdoor fields to check if they are conducive for the plants.

User Friendly Interface

The graphical interface with touch control ensures that users can understand and interact with the system. Use the Software Development Kit to develop your user interface to suit the needs of the conference or meeting room.

Compatibility and Flexibility

The system allows a variety of parameters to be monitored at different places in the room whilst keeping cabling and installation simple as all units connect to the same bus. Extend the system in the future by adding more Quad T-Junctions with additional or different sensors.

Integrated

Many systems consist of independent sensors which are not compatible with each other. With LDSBus you can view all data together on one panel, and you can control output devices based on these without worrying about bridging different systems together.

Challenges

Temperature Regulation

Air Conditioning with no control can be on all the time and thus use energy when not required e.g. when the store is closed.​

Lighting Control

Lights can be left on in rooms that are unused causing a waste of energy.​

Potential damage of items

Food products need to be kept in a controlled environment. ​

Complex and inflexible user interfaces​

Monitoring systems can be unfamiliar, complex and difficult to use

Solutions

In this example, we use the 4in1 sensor to measure Temperature, Humidity, Ambient Light and detect Motion. The 2CH Relay is used to connect and control air conditioning and lighting control. The People Count Sensor is used to provide people visit statistics for the shop management. We can display the data via smartphone app or the dashboard on a web browser, we can also activate the air conditioning to adjust the temperature.

The system allows you to monitor parameters such as:
  • Air Quality via the AQS (Air Quality Sensor) adapter
  • Temperature via the 4in1 Sensor and CO2 Sensor
  • Humidity via the 4in1 Sensor and CO2 Sensor
  • Ambient Light via the 4in1 Sensor and CO2 Sensor
  • Motion Sensing via 4in1 Sensor
  • Carbon Dioxide via the CO2 sensor
It provides manual or automatic control of devices too such as:
  • Control Ventilation fans to maintain air quality based on AQS and CO2 measurements (Relay actuator)
  • Control Lights depending on the motion sensor and light level sensors (Relay actuator or Dimmer actuator)

Sense

  • Ambient Light via the 4in1 Sensor
  • Motion Sensing via 4in1 Sensor
  • Sense people via People Count Sensor

Monitor

  • Temperature via the 4in1 Senor
  • Humidity via the 4in1 Sensor

Control

  • Control Air Conditioning to maintain steady temperature (2CH Relay actuator and Temperature from 4in1 sensor)
  • Control Lights depending on the motion sensor (2CHRelay actuator)
  • Control dehumidifier by measuring Humidity via the 4in1 Sensor

Advantages

Save on energy costs

IoTPortal constantly monitors temperature via the 4in1 Senor, and the Air Conditioning can be switched on or off via the 2CH Relay.​

Smart Control

The motion sensor detects when people enter or exit the room. This allows feedback and control of the lights via the 2CH Relay.

Protect Food Produce

High humidity can cause food products to spoil. The Humidity sensor monitors the moisture in the air within the store. The 2CH Relay can control a dehumidifier to reduce moisture in the air.

User-Friendly Interface

The graphical interface with touch control ensures that users can understand and interact with the system via the web dashboard or smartphone app.​

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