Humly will unveil its latest Booking Device at ISE 2024 later this month, including a new network-enabled accessory that improves powering and control functionalities for desk integrations. Now shipping and available worldwide, Humly’s Booking Device is a flexible device for mounting on and underneath a variety of surfaces where people work, gather and collaborate. Its architecture houses a small, high-resolution LCD display (3.46 inches) with a capacitive touchscreen surrounded by a thin bezel that alerts people whether rooms are available or occupied (green lighting and red lighting, respectively). Integrators and AV/IT technology managers can easily mount the device on drywall, glass, shelves, desks and private phone booths and centralize management and monitoring functionalities for many Booking Devices through the Humly Control Panel. Humly says it will also introduce new data collection and analysis features for the control panel at ISE.

New for ISE this year, Humly’s PoE and Desk Control features for the Booking Device are enabled through a separate, ultra-compact accessory. The company says the accessory includes an ethernet port for PoE powering and a separate cabling connection to control desk positions, and these features can be turned on separately or together. The accessory is small enough to fit inside walls or mount underneath desks for cleaner installations that conceal accessories from direct sightlines.

Humly will also introduce a second external accessory to detect human presence inside a phone booth style personal meeting space. Humly says the External Sensor immediately notifies the local Booking Device when someone has entered the booth, which switches to “booked” mode and changes the touchscreen’s bezel lighting to red.