Features & options explained in simple terms

IOSpot systems offer a wide range of functions and expansion options that can be tailored to your specific requirements. On our website, you will come across various technical terms, technologies and system components. To help you keep track of everything, here is a concise and clear explanation of the most important terms.

Key terms explained simply

To make the most of IOSpot’s capabilities, a basic understanding of the system’s functions is essential. Here you will find clear explanations of all relevant terms – from technical components to logical functions within the system.

Dynamic risks

Dynamic risks refer to all ‘moving’ road users that interact with a vehicle module or a stationary module. For example, other vehicles or people with a pedestrian module (Tag)

If a vehicle’s speed is reduced by a stationary Spot module, for example from 5 metres before the module, conventional systems limit the speed for approximately 10 metres (5 metres before and 5 metres after the module), plus a safety margin of approximately 2–4 metres. If our FastPass function is activated, the vehicle is permitted to increase its speed again shortly after passing the spot, i.e. after 5–6 metres. This function naturally increases the vehicles’ efficiency, but is not recommended in every scenario. For example, at hall entrances, if the Spot module is poorly configured or positioned, the vehicle may accelerate again before the driver has had a chance to get a clear view of the situation inside the hall.

Two gate modules are used to create a ‘virtual gate’ for the vehicles, which can be used to activate or deactivate a permanent speed reduction. This function is often used to safely set two different speeds, for example 12 km/h outdoors and 5 km/h inside buildings. Unlike ceiling sensors, which frequently cause unintended braking (e.g. under canopies outdoors, pipe bridges, trees) or may even cause vehicles to accelerate again indoors (due to varying ceiling heights, clear glass skylights, etc.), gate modules activate precisely where required.

Our new MultiGate technology offers a reliable and economical way to individually control access to different halls or areas with the same entrance gate. Depending on the direction of travel after the entrance gate, it is decided whether, for example, reduction A is used when driving straight ahead, or reduction B is selected if the vehicle turns right immediately after the gate.

RFID refers to a method of identifying objects at close range using contactless radio technology. For assistance systems, such as those successfully used in intralogistics, this technology has not gained widespread acceptance due to inconsistent range and the resulting lack of reliability.
SafeZones refer to areas (zones) in which employees wearing a personnel module (tag) are present, but are protected from collision with vehicles by physical safety barriers (railings/barriers, or office buildings close to the carriageway). If the direct distance between the vehicle and the employee were only a few metres, the vehicle would normally have to reduce its speed. However, as the employee is protected here, these areas are defined as safe by means of SafeZone modules, meaning that the people modules located there are ignored by the vehicle. The people modules are activated and deactivated automatically, and in our systems within fractions of a second. This means that the modules are visible to vehicles again immediately after leaving a SafeZone, and not only after 5 metres as is the case with other providers.
We define a protection zone as the innermost of two or three defined areas surrounding vehicles or infrastructure requiring protection, within which a protective function is required. In the case of vehicles, this protective function usually involves an automatic reduction in the vehicle’s speed once it enters the outer warning zone, in addition to visual and/or audible warnings to the driver. In the case of protected infrastructure (pedestrian crossings, sensitive or expensive machinery, etc.), additional control functions can be activated. Gates are often opened automatically, warning symbols are projected onto the ground, or rotating beacons, traffic lights or warning buzzers are triggered.
SingleDetect relates to the interaction between the Spot module and a vehicle, whereby the speed of each individual vehicle (or vehicles) entering the set SpotZone is automatically reduced. In contrast, with our TwinDetect function, the speed reduction is only activated when at least two vehicles are present in the respective SpotZone at the same time. The TwinDetect function is particularly effective when securing areas with poor visibility, or where crossing or oncoming traffic poses a hazard that needs to be detected. A single vehicle can pass through the area unhindered; if there are several vehicles in the area, they will pass through at a safe speed.
The SpotZone is the definable area around the Spot module in which vehicles are to be slowed down and/or stationary switching tasks are to be carried out.
Stationary safety zones are areas defined by our radio technology in which vehicles react to the zones, or the stationary modules (Spot/Gate) react to the vehicles.
The category of fixed modules includes all systems that are mounted on their infrastructure, i.e. non-mobile systems. These include, for example, our Spot, Gate, TraffIQ and TagCheck.
The personnel module, often referred to as a ‘tag’, is our compact GoTag radio unit. It is essential for providing the safest means of personal protection in intralogistics, as well as in the construction industry. Unlike modern camera systems, which work reliably but fail when encountering shelves, walls or larger load carriers because they cannot ‘see through’ them, our UWB assistance systems do exactly that. We detect people behind shelves, big bags, doors or walls, and can thus reduce speed in good time before they step onto the road directly in front of the vehicle.

The new IOSpot TagCheck is a useful testing and information system for our GoTags, and is highly valued by staff in warehousing, production and logistics. The TagCheck is a compact system with a clearly visible LCD display and a special radio module, which reads the tag’s current charge level contactlessly and displays it on the screen. When an employee with a GoTag approaches the TagCheck module to within approx. 1.5 m (adjustable), a positive confirmation tone (reliable operation for >8 hours) or a warning tone (remaining operating time <8 hours) sounds, depending on the GoTag’s charge level, and the current battery level is shown on the display.

Thanks to our TwinDetect function, the speed reduction triggered by a Spot module is only activated when at least two vehicles are present in the respective SpotZone at the same time. The TwinDetect function is particularly effective when securing areas with poor visibility, or where crossing or oncoming traffic poses a hazard that needs to be detected. A single vehicle can pass through the area unhindered; if there are several vehicles in the area, they will pass through at a safe speed.
UWB (Ultra-Wideband) radio is a high-precision radio standard approved for industrial environments, operating in a frequency range between 3.1 and 10.6 GHz. UWB enables distance measurements accurate to the centimetre. By using our proprietary radio chip – which no other manufacturer currently uses in their assistance systems – we are not only able to perform the most precise real-time positioning. Our systems transmit and analyse a wealth of additional data, enabling us to offer a number of functions that are not available anywhere else. (Security Module, SmartRemote, AGV-IQ, GoKey, etc.)
The warning zone is located outside a defined safety zone around vehicles or infrastructure modules. If the distance between the vehicle and, for example, a Spot module falls below the set (warning zone) threshold, the driver is alerted by a visual and/or audible signal to focus their attention on the road ahead in that area.
Zoning is the umbrella term for the ability to detect vehicles in specific areas (zones) and, as required, activate various switching and logic functions. Pure zoning systems are usually quite affordable and represent the first step for many customers towards higher, meaningful levels of security. Unlike some of our competitors, we aim to offer our customers fair and cost-effective solutions. That is why our products are modular in design and can be expanded should you later require a higher level of security. No matter which of our systems you start with, if you need additional functionality, it can be added. All our components operate on an IOBus system and build logically upon one another. We do not want to expect our customers to dispose of a system purchased two years ago in order to build a ‘better’ one. This is neither good for the customer’s budget nor particularly sustainable. That is why we have decided to create a ‘system family’ that complements rather than renders other components obsolete.

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