Cisco Spaces dashboard

The following feature is introduced in the Cisco Spaces dashboard:

IoT Explorer Application

Internet of Things (IoT) Explorer application is the 3rd generation enhanced version of Operational Insights and Cisco Asset Locator applications. The IoT Explorer application is designed to bring in quick value to users exploring device driven IoT use cases in Cisco Spaces and to add value to IoT services at the ACT licensing level.

This application accomplishes the three use cases listed below:

• Asset Tracking

• Space Occupancy/Presence Detection

• Temperature Monitoring

Within each of these use cases, you can create rules/alerts, view data logs, view the real time location and status of the device or sensor. The IoT Explorer application UI is designed to set up the use case in a simplified way.

Cisco Spaces Dashboard

The following enhancement is made in the Cisco Spaces dashboard:

Cisco Spaces: Connector 3.0

Cisco Spaces: Connector 3.0 (referred to as Connector in all subsequent references in this document) is a fully redesigned version of the Connector with the capability to efficiently manage multiple services that connect to different network devices such as Cisco Wireless controller and switches for data. The Connector platform makes it easy to add/remove new services from the cloud. It enables enhanced troubleshooting with debugging, log upload, and restart functionalities from the cloud. Connector also provides detailed metrics for each service with CPU, Memory, Connectivity and Up/Down status.

Connector is the next generation connector of Cisco Spaces that provides an enhanced user experience, architecture to support multiple services, simplicity, modularity, seamless upgrade and High Availability. Connector supports an active-active High Availability setup. Unlike the earlier releases of Connector 2.x, you can specifically configure and monitor the High Availability pair. All services and device configurations are managed at the Connector level to make it easy to pair with High Availability.

The Connector and device status is also aggregated at the Connector level from each instance for easy monitoring. Connector provides full visibility to each instance of a High Availability pair. You can view how the services are running on each instance, their upgrade status and so on. You can also perform actions on a particular instance, such as restarting of services.

Right Now

The following enhancement is made in the Right Now app:

The Right Now app is enhanced to address issues with counts when there are any changes in the Location Hierarchy.

Prior to this enhancement, changes in Location Hierarchy such as adding new locations, removing existing locations or updating vital parameters such as TimeZone introduced stale or incorrect counts for Wi-Fi.

Note	With this enhancement, the Presence chart count gets reset (removes all existing numbers until the current time) for the present day because the counts are invalid after the Location Hierarchy changes.

Map Service

The following enhancement is made in Map Service:

When you delete a zone location from the Map Service UI, the same is deleted from Location Hierarchy as well.