Demonstration
How to demo Bhairava
Eight steps, about 15 minutes, to show a prospect every business they oversee on one screen: shops selling, vehicles moving and buildings reporting, all live.
A new business needs no setup. The Closebee Simulator plays 15 businesses for it: 5 companies, 5 fleets and 5 facilities.
Before the demo
- A Windows 10 or later PC, 64-bit, with internet
- An email address you can open, for the test business
- About 10 minutes before the prospect joins, for steps 1 to 5
- A time outside 11 PM to 3 AM India time, when the simulator does not run
Step 1 · 2 minutes
Register a test business
Make a new test business for the demo. Never use a customer's account.
- Business Name: 8 letters or digits or more
- Email: yours. It becomes the Login ID.
- Contact Name and a 10 digit Contact Mobile
- Address: 20 characters or more
- Click Register. Copy the Login ID and Password shown.
- Wait a few minutes while the business is set up
Screenshot to add
Owner Registration form, and the Registration Successful panel with Login ID and Password.
Step 2 · 1 minute
Sign in to Unified
Bhairava opens on the Unified dashboard. It is the screen you will show.
- Sign in with the Login ID and password from step 1
- You land on Dashboard > Unified
- It has three slides: Company, Fleet and Facility
- Move between them with the arrows or the dots in the header
The slides are empty until the simulator runs. Keep this tab open.
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Unified dashboard just after sign-in, with the previous / next arrows and dots ringed.
Step 3 · 1 minute
Copy the Admin key
The simulator signs in with the test business's Admin key.
- In the left menu, open Connect > Admin
- Under All keys, on the Admin row, click Copy
- Or click the key icon to open the key, then click Copy there
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Connect / Admin, All keys, with the Copy button of the Admin row ringed.
Keep the key private. Anyone with it can sign in to the business.
Step 4 · 3 minutes
Download the simulator
The Closebee Simulator is a Windows app. It plays the 15 businesses Bhairava watches.
Download for Windowssimulator.closebee.com
- Download simulator-desktop-0.1.9.exe (108 MB)
- Run the installer
- Open Closebee Simulator
Already installed? Use version 0.1.9 or later.
Step 5 · 3 minutes
Sign in and press Start
A Bhairava key opens the Bhairava view by itself.
- Paste the key into License key and click Sign in
- The Bhairava view opens: Tenants in three groups, Company, Fleet and Facility, and the Log
- Click Start, top right
- The simulator sets up the 15 tenants in order: owner stock, fleet load-up, trips, company stock, facility sensors
- Each row turns to running and the Log fills with lines
- A row says The owner stock is not ready? Wait a minute and click Start again
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Simulator sign-in with the License key box, and the Bhairava view running with all 15 tenants and the Log.
Leave the simulator open during the demo. Stop ends every tenant.
Step 6 · Show
Show the Company slide
Five shops and outlets selling, seen from one place.
- Tenant Watch: the connected tenants, with the 5 simulator companies
- Geo Distribution: each business on the map, its dot coloured by status
- Transaction Feed: bills arriving live, labelled by business
- Stock Drain: how fast each company's stock is going
| Company | Kind |
|---|---|
| Kaveri Provision Stores | Grocery, Mysuru |
| Ground Floor Tea Counter | Billing counter |
| Pink City Beauty Mart | Beauty, Jaipur |
| Hooghly Toys and Gifts | Toys, Kolkata |
| First Floor Home Needs Outlet | Billing counter |
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Company slide with Tenant Watch, Geo Distribution, Transaction Feed and Stock Drain filled.
Step 7 · Show
Show the Fleet slide
Five vehicles on the move, live on the map.
- Point out the 5 vehicles moving on their routes
- Click a vehicle's marker: the Fleet unit dashboard opens
- Show Stock availability: what the vehicle carries
- Show Stock depletion: what it uses up on the trip
| Fleet | Vehicle and route |
|---|---|
| Sahyadri Ambulance Services | Ambulance, Pune |
| Deccan Intercity Travels | Coach, Hyderabad to Vijayawada |
| Ganga Cold Chain Logistics | Reefer truck, Lucknow to Kanpur |
| Thar Roadways | Long-haul truck, Jodhpur to Jaipur |
| Konkan Harbour Ferries | Ferry, Mumbai to Alibag |
The breakdown
Every 15 minutes one moving vehicle breaks down. Use it to show how Bhairava raises a problem.
- A fault alert arrives for the vehicle
- 10 seconds later it breaks down and stops on its route
- 5 minutes later the breakdown clears and the trip goes on
Screenshot to add
Fleet slide with the 5 vehicles, the Fleet unit dashboard with Stock availability and Stock depletion, and a breakdown alert.
Step 8 · Show
Show the Facility slide
Five buildings reporting their sensors, with no Sense box on site.
- Show the sensor tiles of each of the 5 facilities
- Readings refresh every few seconds
| Facility | Kind |
|---|---|
| Nilgiri Multispeciality Hospital | Hospital, Coimbatore |
| Bhagirathi Warehousing Park | Warehouse, Nagpur |
| Sabarmati Textile Mills | Factory, Ahmedabad |
| Gomti Tech Park | Office, Lucknow |
| Cauvery Bottling Plant | Plant, Ramanagara |
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Facility slide with the sensor tiles of the 5 facilities.
Simulator hours and cleanup
- No runs from 11 PM to 3 AM India time. Start is greyed out then, and a running simulator stops at 11 PM.
- Each night all simulator data is cleaned up. The next day, sign in and press Start again for a fresh demo.
- The test business stays. Use it again for the next demo.
If something goes wrong
| You see | Do this |
|---|---|
| License key is required. | Paste the key, then Sign in. |
| Your access was revoked or removed. Sign in again with a valid license key. | Copy the key again from Connect > Admin. |
| The wrong view opens | Wrong product's key. Sign out (top right), use the Bhairava Admin key. |
| The owner stock is not ready | The business is still being set up. Wait a minute, press Start again. |
| Start is greyed out | Already running, setting up, or 11 PM to 3 AM. |
| A slide stays empty | Check the simulator is running, wait a minute, then reload the Unified page. |
| No breakdown yet | The first comes about 15 minutes after Start, on a moving vehicle. |
| The window is gone | Tray icon, then Open. |
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