Office

Introduction

Many areas such as offices and conference rooms have a large concentration of people in an enclosed space.  A range of factors can affect comfort and safety, including temperature, humidity, air quality, CO2 levels and lighting. It is therefore important to monitor these levels and take action if they deviate outside of safe and comfortable limits.

A range of compact and aesthetically designed sensors connect via the LDSBus to provide monitoring for large offices and smaller spaces alike, with its scalable and modular architecture. The IDM2040-7A touch panel provides local monitoring, as well as control of devices such as ventilation, shades, and lighting both manually and in response to sensor readings.

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

Poor Air Quality

When the room is in use, unbeknown to the occupants, the air quality and CO2 levels may be reaching levels that make them uncomfortable and less productive.

Installation and Power

Many monitoring systems are inflexible in terms of installation and future expansion.

Incompatibility

Many systems consist of independent sensors which are not compatible with each other.

Complex and inflexible user interfaces

Monitoring systems can be unfamiliar, complex and difficult to use.

Solutions

In this example, we use 4in1 sensors, Air Quality Sensors, and CO2 Sensors positioned around the room to monitor the environment. We can display the data on a convenient touch screen near the door and we can also activate ventilation systems to keep the air quality at an optimal level.
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)

The system allows you to monitor parameters

  • Air Quality via the AQS (Air Quality Sensor) 
  • 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

  • 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)

Advantages

Maintain a comfortable environment

Sensors around the room monitor the air quality and CO2 levels and connect to the ID2040-7A via the LDSBus. Occupants can view the air quality via intuitive readouts and gauges on the 7" coloir display. Touch screen controls allow them to configure automatic and manual operation of the ventilation systems to maintain air quality.

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.

Unified System

With LDSBus, all sensors and actuators work together on the same bus. 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.

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.

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