At any scale, store Wi-Fi is the hardest part of the install: passwords nobody has, guest networks that expire, IT policies that vary per franchise. Cellular removes it — the unit brings its own connection and needs nothing from the building but power.
Cellular units are grouped into a fleet, and the fleet is mapped to your organization once. After that, a unit that powers on anywhere in the world reports in, is recognized as yours, and appears on your dashboard waiting to be assigned to a store.
- No pairing code, no setup network, no on-site configuration.
- Store network changes can't strand a cellular unit.
- Data is included. A unit syncing on the normal schedule uses a small fraction of its allowance per year.
Cellular units batch their readings and deliver them on a schedule rather than one at a time. So the dashboard shows "last synced" rather than a live figure — the unit is still measuring continuously and still showing the level on its own screen at the store.
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