No Batteries. No Data Gaps.
True 24/7/365 sensor uptime with reliable, continuous power — no missed detections or broken integrations.
Senselink®
Stop Managing Batteries. Start Scaling Occupancy Intelligence.
Battery Sensors Fail At Scale
Peel-and-stick battery sensors can feel like the easiest path forward — until you’re responsible for maintaining thousands of devices across multiple buildings and years of operation.
At enterprise scale, batteries don’t simplify deployments. They create complicated maintenance cycles and reliability gaps in your workplace technology infrastructure your team inherits forever.
Senselink® is XY Sense’s proprietary power-and-data architecture built for permanent, enterprise-grade workplace sensing. By connecting sensors through a wired daisy-chain topology, Senselink® reduces cabling by up to 80%, and delivers continuous, real-time occupancy data — without the hidden operational burden of never-ending battery replacement programs.
This is sensor infrastructure designed for the long term.
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.
Built for Enterprise Scale
Fewer devices, cleaner installs, and infrastructure that IT teams can support with confidence.
- Key features
Senselink®, A Smarter Long-Term Foundation
Powered for Performance
Go Battery-Free Where Enterprise Data Matters
Battery-powered sensors make sense in very small, low-impact environments like meeting pods, where simple occupied/unoccupied status is sufficient.
But enterprise-wide workplace intelligence demands more.
High-traffic zones, open-plan areas, and critical collaboration spaces require continuous, high-fidelity data — not intermittent readings designed to conserve battery life.
Senselink® powers sensors directly from building infrastructure, eliminating the trade-offs inherent in battery-powered deployments. No performance throttling. No uneven drain rates. No replacement cycles in your highest-use areas.
For permanent, portfolio-scale deployments, infrastructure should be built to last — not built around battery preservation.
A Simpler Way to Deploy Sensors
Power + Data Through a Single Chain
Traditional PoE requires every sensor cable to run back to the comms room, creating dense wiring bundles, switch dependencies, and installation overhead.
Senselink® connects sensors in sequence — delivering power and data through a single chain.
The result: dramatically less cabling, cleaner infrastructure, and deployments that scale floor by floor without comms room chaos
Lower Infrastructure Overhead
Cut Hardware, Not Just Complexity
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
No Battery Waste. Less Material in Your Ceiling
Battery-powered deployments generate recurring hazardous waste and ongoing replacement cycles.
Senselink® uses clean building power instead — eliminating disposable batteries entirely.
Combined with up to 75% less cabling, Senselink® reduces plastic, copper, and embodied carbon in ceiling spaces, delivering one of the most sustainable occupancy deployment models available.
Fewer devices. Less material. Smarter infrastructure.
- Real-world example
How does XY Sense and Senselink® actually stack up?
Compare the install plans between XY Sense and a well-known American occupancy sensor brand on a single floor.
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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| Live views & displays |  | |
| Specalized workplace analytics & AI features | | |
| API for Integrations | | |
| Deployment Options | Never-ending battery maintenance | Senselink Daisy Chain (80% less cabling, 100% uptime) |
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