Environmental Sensors in Access Points

Feature History for Environmental Sensors in Access Points

This table provides release and related information for the feature explained in this module.

This feature is also available in all the releases subsequent to the one in which they are introduced in, unless noted otherwise.

Table 1. Feature History for Environmental Sensors on Access Points

Release

Feature

Feature Information

Cisco IOS XE Cupertino 17.8.1

Environmental Sensors in Access Points

The Environmental Sensors in Access Points feature helps you collect real-time environmental data, such as, air quality, temperature, and humidity, from the environmental sensors that are embedded in the Cisco Catalyst 9136 Series Access Points.

Cisco IOS XE Cupertino 17.9.1

Environmental Sensors in Access Points

This feature is supported on Cisco Catalyst Wireless 9166I Series Access Points.

Information About Environmental Sensors in Access Points

You can collect real-time environmental data, such as, air quality, temperature, and humidity, from the environmental sensors that are embedded in the Cisco Catalyst 9136 Series Access Points, and make this data available to customers and partners through the Cisco Spaces solution. You can disable, enable, and configure the scan interval of the sensors from the Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controller CLIs.


Note

From Cisco IOS XE Cupertino 17.8.1, this feature is supported on Cisco Catalyst 9136 Series APs.

In Cisco IOS XE Cupertino 17.9.1, air quality, temperature, and humidity are supported on Cisco Catalyst Wireless 9166I Series Access Points.

Currently, two sensors are added to Cisco Catalyst 9136 Series APs:

  • Total volatile organic compounds (TVOC) air quality sensor

  • Combined Temperature and Humidity sensor

Use Cases

The following are the use cases for the environmental sensors in APs:

  • In the healthcare industry, environmental sensors help reduce wastage and spoilage of pharmaceuticals by maintaining a consistent environment.

  • In the hospitality industry, environmental sensors help improve customer experience by monitoring the air quality of a room.

  • In the retail industry, these sensors prevent spoilage of products.

Configuring Environmental Sensors in an AP Profile (CLI)

To configure the environmental sensor in the Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers under an AP profile, follow these steps:

Procedure

  Command or Action Purpose

Step 1

configure terminal

Example:

Device# configure terminal

Enters global configuration mode.

Step 2

ap profile ap-profile-name

Example:

Device(config)# ap profile ap-profile-name

Configures an AP profile.

Step 3

sensor environment air-quality

Example:

Device(config-ap-profile)# sensor environment air-quality

Configures AP environmental air quality sensor. Enters AP sensor configuration mode.

Step 4

no shutdown

Example:

Device(config-ap-sensor)# no shutdown
Enables the AP air quality sensor configuration.

Step 5

sensor environment temperature

Example:

Device(config-ap-profile)# sensor environment temperature

Configures AP environmental temperature sensor. Enters AP sensor configuration mode.

Step 6

no shutdown

Example:

Device(config-ap-sensor)# no shutdown
Enables the AP temperature sensor configuration.

Step 7

sampling data-sampling-interval

Example:

Device(config-ap-sensor)# sampling 200

Configures data sampling interval, in seconds. The valid range is between 5 and 3600. The default value is 5. Use the no form of this command to set the data sampling interval to the default time of 5.

Step 8

exit

Example:

Device(config-ap-sensor)# exit

Exits the sub mode.

Configuring Environment Sensors in Privileged EXEC Mode (CLI)

To disable the sensor on an AP that might be sending invalid data (an AP near an air vent or near a coffee machine), you can disable the sensor by running the corresponding commands in the privileged EXEC mode of the Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers.


Note

For a sensor to be operational in the Up state, both, the AP profile configuration state and the AP administrative state should be enabled. If any of the two is disabled, the sensor operational status will stay Down.

To disable and enable the admin state of the sensor, follow these steps:

Procedure

  Command or Action Purpose

Step 1

enable

Example:

Device> enable

Enables privileged EXEC mode. Enter the password if prompted.

Step 2

ap name ap-name sensor environment{air-quality | temperature} shutdown

Example:

Device# ap name CiscoAP sensor environment air-quality shutdown

Disables the sensor admin state of the AP.

Step 3

ap name ap-name no sensor environment{air-quality | temperature} shutdown

Example:

Device# ap name CiscoAP no sensor environment air-quality shutdown

Enables the sensor admin state of the AP.

Verifying the AP Sensor Status

To verify the status of the AP sensors, run the following command:

Device# show ap sensor status
AP Name                           MAC-address          Sensor-type      Config-State     Admin-State      Oper-Status      Sampling-Interval
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cisco.1DBC                         xxxx.xxxx.xxx1       Air-quality      Disabled         Enabled          Down             5      
Cisco.1DBC                         xxxx.xxxx.xxx2       Temperature      Disabled         Enabled          Down             5      
Cisco.1E24                         xxxx.xxxx.xxx3       Air-quality      Disabled         Enabled          Down             5      
Cisco.1E24                         xxxx.xxxx.xxx4       Temperature      Disabled         Enabled          Down             5