What’s in the air? iNELS Air. A clever solution for cities and your wallet
The word “smart” has unfortunately become the marketing “must”. In recent years, Smart has been given to everything. From telephones, televisions, buildings to unfortunately, even a push-up bra, which “remembered” the shape of your breasts. Or the key, whose real smart glimmer was that it illuminated in the dark. That’s
The word “smart” has unfortunately become the marketing “must”. In recent years, Smart has been given to everything. From telephones, televisions, buildings to unfortunately, even a push-up bra, which “remembered” the shape of your breasts. Or the key, whose real smart glimmer was that it illuminated in the dark.
That’s why the in news from the Czech company iNELS does not even try to get the overused slogan into its surname. And the latest solution was simply called iNELS Air.
“Imagine that you are in a hurry for a meeting, but you are blocked by a traffic accident causing the traffic jam in front. Here, however, the camera captures it and the control system changes the semaphore mode without any delay to prevent the formation of columns. This is not a future dream, but just one of the practical and useful reasons why cities should think about iNELS Air,” says Jakub Zahrádka, co-owner of iNELS.
iNELS Air responds to the growing demand for interconnection of “smart things” – the often inflamed world of Internet of Things. Using a variety of sensors and detectors, it collects the data it sends to the control server, which then can make the right decisions. Measuring and monitoring temperature, monitoring system status, protection against heating and surface monitoring, air quality monitoring or motion and/or smoke detection.
“The possibilities of use are practically unlimited, and we always build the system so that it is perfectly modular and the individual accessories can easily be added. As the name suggests, iNELS Air is primarily about wireless communication, and we try to follow three basic rules – intuitive, cheap and safe, even over long distances,” adds Jakub Zahrádka.
Just the wireless configuration of the entire group allows for easy installation and almost immediate use. You can view your data in Cloud, which is available on every computer and keeps the data history of all sensors. Besides, there are applications including notification options, a classic email with information analysis, social networking. “For the cities, we also have a special Smart City Platform, which is designed for displaying the status of individual sensors and controlling actuators for switching devices. With a web browser you can see the city as if it is on the palm of your hand, and you can view the installed elements that are in real-time evaluation of your current status, such as free parking spaces, “says Jakub Zahrádka.
If we look at the whole solution a bit more expertly, then activation of the sensor takes place using QR code, which is placed on each element. Sensor and actuator data (hereinafter referred to as the “elements”) are transmitted via the transmitters (BTS station) to the control server, where they are further distributed via the UNB (Ultra Narrow Band) or LoRaWAN (Low Range Wide Area Network) protocols. The product group includes sensors for communication on the Sigfox, LoRa and NB-IoT protocol. Sensor connections with ELKO Cloud and also IFTTT (If This Then That) make them suitable for a wide range of applications.
Result? Usually they are threefold. The first major advantage is savings, as the iNELS Air Internet guarantees low energy consumption. Most of the sensors can be powered by battery and the capacity will usually last for two to five years. The sensors are simple and affordable, and the cost of communication between devices is now almost negligible. The second advantage is security because all data is encrypted before sending. And the third is the execution because the individual products are really unobtrusive.
Depending on the user’s requirements, data may be sent to the smartphone application or integrated into the parent system. Installation of individual elements is very simple. Place the element anywhere within the network. For the individual operation of each element, it is necessary to have secure connectivity from the provider of the network you want to use. This connectivity allows you to select individual intervals for sending messages according to your requirements.