kontakt io NRF52832 Portal Beam Starter Kit User Guide

: June 6, 2024
: kontakt io

Table of Contents

Getting Started
- What you’ll need
- Setup at a glance
How to Set Up Your Kit
Release Notes
Support
Documents / Resources

kontakt io NRF52832 Portal Beam Starter Kit

Getting Started

Thank you for purchasing a Portal Beam Starter Kit. You can now experience and test indoor IoT use cases designed to quantify buildings at a single-room resolution.

This guide will show you the steps to set up both your new hardware kit, as well as a Kio Cloud account where you can create a location to see a map of your Kio RTLS devices in action!

What you’ll need

Computer with an internet connection
Apple or Android mobile device (iOS 10.3 or later | Android 5.0 or later)
Floor plan image file, sometimes called an indoor map (either a JPG, PNG, BMP, TIFF up to 800 kB).

Example of a floor plan image

Your Portal Beam Starter Kit, including your Order ID. You can find your Order ID on your Quick Start Guide and also on the kit box.

Important

If you don’t have the Order ID, contact our support team at [email protected] and they’ll get it to you.

Setup at a glance

Create a Kio Cloud account & claim your kit
Set up your Kio Cloud Smart Location
Download the Kio Gateway Installer app
Connect your devices to Kio Cloud

**Create a Kio Cloud Account & Claim Your Kit

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Set Up Your Smart Location & Map
**Log In to Kio Devices Mobile App

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Connect Devices to Kio Cloud

How to Set Up Your Kit

Create a Kio Cloud account & claim your kit

From a web browser, go to the link provided on the Quick Start Guide. kontakt.io/claimbeam
Create your Kio Cloud account. If you already have an account, simply log in.
Check your email to activate your Kio Cloud account.
Log in to Kio Cloud and enter your Order ID. You can find your Order ID on your
Quick Start Guide and also on the kit box.

Note: Order ID is case-sensitive.
Once your devices are claimed, they’re automatically added to your Kio Cloud account.

Set up your Kio Cloud Smart Location

What is a Smart Location? It represents where your Portal Beam Kit devices are physically located – either in your home or office. For your setup, you will add a campus, a building and floor, and a floor space.

Be sure to watch the short video to learn how to set up your Smart Location.

Log in to your Kio Cloud account and select Smart Location.
From the upper-right corner, click ADD CAMPUS (this will be your home or office location) > enter the Address, Name, and Description > click SAVE.
Click ADD BUILDING > enter the building information (for your setup, this will also be your home or office location) > click SAVE.
Select Add first floor here > enter the floor information and select + to upload the floor plan image file > click CONTINUE.
Select the Floor you just added > click EDIT.
You’ll set the one-time Reference Point and Floor Outline to scale the floor plan.
Set the Reference Points: click SET POINTS > set POINT A by clicking on the first reference point on the floor plan (purple X appears) > set POINT B by clicking on the second reference point > enter the distance between the two reference points > click **NEXT.

Set the Floor Outline: select DRAW FLOOR OUTLINE > select either the rectangle or polygon tool > hold down your mouse pointer over the start point and release – then drag the points to outline the floor plan (green line appears around the floor outline) > click SAVE AND CONTINUE.**
Define the Space where your Portal Beam and Portal Light will be installed. Select either of the drawing tools > draw the perimeter of the space > select the space type – Room > enter the Name only > click SAVE > from the upper-right corner, click FINISH CONFIGURATION.

Note: For your setup, please skip adding your Portal Beam and Portal Light (Gateway) to the floor space.
During the next step, you will add them to your room with the Kio Gateway Installer app.

Download the Kio Gateway Installer app

Use the QR codes in the below image to download the app. From the app, you will set up and connect your devices to Kio Cloud

Set up & connect your devices to Kio Cloud

Open the Kio Gateway Installer app
Choose cloud.kontakt.io as your working environment
Sign in using your Kio Cloud credentials
Confirm you are ready
Now select Portal Beam Starter Kit Setup to be guided step-by-step through the setup of your kit
Once your setup is complete, log back into Kio Cloud on your desktop and start your IoT journey by making use of Policy Foundry, Smart Location, Device Manager.

Release Notes

Portal Beam & Occupancy: Currently the Portal Beam is configured to measure occupancy once every 60 seconds. This is the default setting and is recommended for Portal Beams when they are battery-powered.

Smart Badge Setup: Smart Badge does not require any specific setup steps – it should be automatically detected once the Portal Light and Portal Beam setup is complete.

Kio Cloud Log In Screen: Occasionally, the Sign In button on this screen appears to be greyed-out. Note that the button functions as needed and you can log in to Kio Cloud when this occurs.