WinCounter Editions
There are different editions of WinCounter to allow for the needs of various organisations. The Editions are Professional, Standard and Reporting.
Standard Edition
This edition is designed for installations that do not need any of the
advanced features of WinCounter. It has the same options screen as the
Professional Edition but many features are disabled. You can upgrade to the
Professional Edition by requesting and entering a new licence key, you do not
need to install any additional software.
Professional Edition
The Professional Edition of WinCounter is the fully featured edition with better multi sensor capacity. It has all the features in the standard edition
plus the following:
- Up to 255 sensors
- Up to 255 Totals
- Data export facilities
- A group delay feature for counting groups of people (or sales
opportunities)
- Data synchronisation with a central database (for head office reporting)
- Sensor paring for using two sensors to detect direction
- A sensitivity adjustment on each sensor
- A noise threshold adjustment on each sensor to reduce the possibility of
electrical noise triggering a sensor.
- Transparency on the main screen
Group Delay
You can setup two different virtual sensors in WinCounter which are triggered
by the same physical sensor. One of these sensors can count each person that
enters and the other can have a group delay set so it counts groups of people
which are generally considered as a single "selling opportunity". By adjusting
the delay time you can gather useful data on individual people vs. group selling
opportunities.
If you specify a group delay the sensor will only complete a trigger cycle if it
does not receive any additional triggers within the specified time. i.e. after
it has been triggered the sensor waits for the group delay before it can be
triggered again. If it receives a trigger during the group delay it will start
the delay again.
Example: If the group delay is set to 2 seconds and one person enters the sensor
is triggered. WinCounter waits for 2 seconds and if nobody else enters it resets
and waits for the next person to enter. If a group of people enter then the
first person will trigger the sensor and the group delay will start. The second,
third etc. people will all enter within the group delay so WinCounter will not
count them as triggers. Each time a person in the group enters the 2 second
group delay will be reset so WinCounter will not accept another count until
there has been at least a two second delay between people.
Totals
WinCounter allows you to configure total displays on the main screen that
show pre-configured totals of various combinations of sensors. The Professional
Edition allows you to configure up to 255 totals, the Standard Edition does not
allow totals.
Directional Sensor Paring
Two physical sensors can be configured to detect the direction people are
moving in when they pass the sensors. The sensors are pared together in the
software and mounted next to each other. One sensor is designated "entry" and
the other is designated "Exit". One advantage of directional sensors is you can
configure a total to display the total number of people in the building at one
time.
Exports
WinCounter can export data to different file formats. The export can happen
in real time as counts occur or on a schedule. New export formats will be added
as later versions are released. Exports are only available in the Professional
Edition.
Head Office Integration
A feature currently under development is a Head Office reporting module. This
module allows WinCounter users who have multiple stores to gather data from the
stores into a central data store. This allows aggregate reports to be generated
showing data across a number of stores. Only the Professional Edition of
WinCounter can synchronise data with the Head Office module.
Transparency
The main WinCounter screen can be made transparent. This feature allows you
to leave WinCounter displayed on your screen while you work on other things. You
can also set it to always stay on top of other applications and to allow mouse
click to pass through the screen to the application below. The result is a
display of the current traffic count that does not get in the way of using other
software.
Sensitivity and Noise
You can adjust each sensor for sensitivity and electrical noise. This allows you
to set up a timing envelope that defines how long a trigger has to be before it
is considered valid.
Reporting Edition
This edition is designed for the scenario where a separate computer is used to
produce WinCounter reports.
Evaluation
The evaluation version of the software defaults to the Professional Edition.
If you purchase and enter a Standard Edition licence key the additional
Professional Edition features will be disabled.