Sensor Infrastructure Designed for Enterprise
Occupancy sensors may be the visible part of a deployment — but infrastructure is what defines its legacy.
No workplace/CRE leader wants to hand over a portfolio burdened with connectivity issues, constant battery replacements, or hardware that IT teams quietly resent. At scale, the power+connectivity engineering behind the sensors matter just as much as the sensors themselves.
The XY Sense Gateway Suite is engineered to deliver long-term reliability with dramatically less hardware, less cabling, and less infrastructure overhead — ensuring the system you deploy today performs cleanly for years to come.
50% Fewer Gateways Per Floor
Power up to 30 sensors from a single gateway — scaling to ~90 sensors per floor with Senselink®.
80% Less Cabling
Daisy-chain topology dramatically reduces wiring compared to traditional PoE star networks.
Zero Managed Switches Required
No expensive comms room infrastructure. No unnecessary network complexity.
Designed for Enterprise IT Environments
Flexible 4G or corporate LAN connectivity, secure architecture, and streamlined troubleshooting.
Built for Enterprise Scale
Fewer devices, cleaner installs, and infrastructure that IT teams can support with confidence.
- Key features
The Infrastructure Advantage Behind XY Sense
Smarter Network Topology
Senselink® Daisy Chain Deployment
Traditional PoE architectures require every sensor to run back to a central switch — driving excessive cable volume, comms room congestion, and infrastructure cost.
Senselink® eliminates that bottleneck. Multiple sensors are daisy-chained together, sharing power and data from a single source. Each chain supports up to 6 Area Sensors, with total chain lengths up to 150m. A single Primary Gateway supports up to 30 Area Sensors, scaling to ~90 sensors per floor.
80% less cabling. 24/7/365 uptime. No dead batteries. No data gaps.
Primary, Extend & Adapt Gateways
Sensor Gateway options for Enterprise IT
The XY Sense Gateway Suite is designed to fit real-world enterprise network environments — not force workarounds.
- Gateway (Primary) includes integrated 4G LTE for secure, direct cloud connectivity
- Gateway Extend (Secondary) expands floor-level capacity via Senselink®
- Gateway Adapt (Midspan) converts standard Ethernet LAN ports to Senselink® where unmanaged switches aren’t permitted
Whether deploying via cellular or corporate LAN, IT teams get flexibility without overbuilding infrastructure.
Lower Infrastructure Overhead
Fewer Gateways. No Managed Switches. Less Hardware.
Enterprise portfolios don’t need more devices to manage — they need fewer.
With Senselink®, workplace teams deploy dramatically less physical infrastructure:
Fewer gateways
Fewer cables
Fewer ports
Fewer failure points
Just a cleaner sensing foundation that scales across buildings without multiplying operational burden.
Lower-Carbon Sensor Infrastructure
Designed for more Sustainable CRE
With up to 50% fewer sensors and 50% fewer gateways required per floor, XY Sense reduces the physical hardware, cabling, and network load needed to deliver enterprise-grade occupancy intelligence. That’s half the devices in your ceilings, half the hardware in your comms rooms — and significantly less infrastructure to power and maintain.
Combined with up to 75% less cabling through Senselink®, this dramatically lowers plastic, copper, and embodied carbon in ceiling spaces compared to traditional PoE deployments.
Unlike battery-powered alternatives, XY Sense eliminates ongoing battery waste, replacement cycles, and the hidden environmental cost of maintenance.
Fewer devices. Less material. Smarter and more sustainable building infrastructure.
- Engineered by XY Sense
Proprietary technology for data-driven workplace teams.
Backed by decades of experience in global workplace and real estate technology, our team understands what happens when solutions scale across floors, buildings, and portfolios — from installation realities to long-term data reliability.
That’s why our entire hardware platform is engineered for continuous, dependable performance — fewer devices, cleaner infrastructure, no battery drain, no unplugged sensors, and no gaps in your data.
- The smarter sensor pick
Trusted by leading companies to turn real-time occupancy data into workplaces people love
Office spaces optimized by real-time data
Global scale, compliance,
deployment support.
Precision live data you can see & trust
Annual occupancy detections powering enterprise decisions
- Sensors
Powering smarter workspace decisions
Our hardware is designed to deliver real-time, accurate insights while keeping privacy front and center.
We take your team’s privacy seriously
We know you want to use office occupancy and utilization data to create awesome workplace experiences, not keep tabs on your people. That’s why, XY Sense has been designed to only ever capture the XY coordinates of individuals relative to a sensor.
We take your team’s privacy seriously
We know you want to use office occupancy and utilization data to create awesome workplace experiences, not keep tabs on your people. That’s why, XY Sense has been designed to only ever capture the XY coordinates of individuals relative to a sensor.
- Use cases
Taking the guesswork out of your workplace
Real-time Utilization Monitoring
Real-time Utilization Monitoring Understand how many people are attending office locations on a given day as well as space utilization trends within workplace environments.
Benchmark occupancy and utilization by team or neighborhood and understand how your return to office strategy is really tracking.
Reduce Real Estate Costs
Reduce Real Estate Costs Feeling the pressure to reduce real estate costs in a hybrid work world?
With occupancy insights from XY Sense, you can rightsize your commercial space and net lease expenses while enhancing your workplace. XY Sense gives you the real-time information and data you need to cut operating costs, validate space types, and create more engaging environments.
Hybrid Occupancy Planning
Hybrid Occupancy Planning As companies move to hybrid workplace settings which see attendance vary dramatically across the week, it’s become more complicated to define the quantity and types of office space needed to support employees.
XY Sense removes the guesswork from applying outdated allocations and ratios, helping you create productive spaces that your teams will love.
Smart Facilities Management
Smart Facilities Management Workplace analytics can be used to deliver smart facilities outcomes by ensuring that utilities, cleaning, concierge and other services are delivered based on real-time occupancy or historical demand- not guesswork.
With help from XY Sense, workplace teams can also help businesses to meet their environmental goals by minimizing their carbon footprint.
Portfolio Optimization
Portfolio Optimization It’s time to take the guesswork out of your commercial real estate strategy. With XY Sense, the future is mapped with clarity, ensuring you don’t waste millions on empty, unloved and underutilized workplace locations.
With highly accurate data and reporting on the occupancy and utilization of your portfolio, you are armed with the knowledge needed to improve space efficiency, inform lease planning, and right-size your real estate footprints.
Live Air Quality & Comfort Monitoring
Live Air Quality & Comfort Monitoring By integrating data from leading air quality solution providers, we’ve combined air quality metrics with real-time occupancy data to offer deeper insights into space utilization and building performance.
- How does it work?
Smart, private, real-time occupancy detection
NEED CONTENT The motion-activated, privacy-preserving XY Sense Presence sensor works in real time to detect human occupancy in the monitored space.
Once motion has been detected, each Presence Sensor interacts wirelessly (via LoRaWan) with the Presence Gateway. The Presence Gateway can support hundreds of Presence Sensors on a given floor and is securely powered from the XY Sense Gateway.
- Engineered by XY Sense
Proprietary technology for data-driven workplace teams.
Area Pro is XY Sense’s enterprise-built sensor, engineered for global scale with reliable, battery-free performance and no data gaps.
See how the Area Pro compares
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| Coverage | 500sqft - 1,000sqft | 3,000sqft |
| Positional Accuracy / Precision | 75-90% accuracy | 99% accuracy (within 1ft in 2 secs) |
| Real-time data | 2-5 min updates | 2 seconds |
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| Specalized workplace analytics & AI features | | |
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| Deployment Options | Never-ending battery maintenance | Senselink Daisy Chain (80% less cabling, 100% uptime) |
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