The Sonitor® PC Receiver leverages existing computer hardware and network connectivity to detect Sonitor IPS Tag signals. By IPS enabling PC’s and terminals already located in the facility, the need for installation of dedicated Sonitor IPS infrastructure can be virtually eliminated.
Eliminating need for other RTLS infrastructure
By using the existing, and often untapped, sound detection and processing resources already available on the PC the Sonitor IPS PC Receiver can be implemented on almost any modern PC, tablet PC, laptop or terminal.
The IPS enabled PC uses the network connectivity to send the ultrasound messages received from Tags to the Sonitor IPS server. An IPS enabled PC or terminal can assume all the functionalities of a Sonitor IPS Receiver as part of the real time location system (RTLS) network for tracking purposes.
This way the Sonitor® IPS enabled PC can replace Sonitor IPS infrastructure hardware and offer Sonitor Technologies’ customers a high performance RTLS with minimum or no additional hardware and no added connectivity cost.
IPS enabling
For PCs or terminals equipped with modern sound cards and certain microphones no hardware additions are needed. The units can be IPS enabled simply by installing the Sonitor PC Receiver software. An external microphone can be added if the built-in microphone is not Sonitor IPS compatible.
If the PC or terminal does not have a sound capability, ultrasound detection can be realized by a USB plug-in module that converts the Sonitor IPS signals directly to a digital data stream.
Additional benefits
IPS enabled PCs and terminals can offer additional benefits. The high spatial resolution and accuracy provided by the ultrasound-based IPS makes it uniquely suitable for advanced RTLS applications such as automated logon and logoff for PCs or terminals. See Sonitor Automated Logon/Logoff Product sheet for more information. The Network connectivity also enables a centrally managed AD/LDAP authentication solution.