Why PowerPass
One badge and one platform beats five disconnected vendors
Software-only tools can't see location or run without a phone. PowerPass owns the hardware layer — so hall passes, RTLS, safety alerts, and broadcasts live on the ID students already wear.
Your ID card does nothing. It's time it did.
Paper, PA systems, and bolt-on apps layered on a photo and a barcode.
The ID does nothing
Hall passes are still manual
Emergencies rely on PA & phones
Communication is fragmented
10–30cm
BLE 6.0 Channel Sounding
12–24 mo
Battery life per charge
1 vs. 5+
One platform, five vendors
Replace five vendors with one platform
Software-only tools can't see location or run without a phone. PowerPass owns the hardware layer.
Software-only
- — No real-time location
- — Relies on app or kiosk
- — Needs a phone for safety
- — No panic hardware
- — Must coexist with an existing ID card
- — Status lives in an app, not on the person
PowerPass
- ✓ 10–30cm RTLS accuracy
- ✓ E-ink badge, always on
- ✓ Hardware panic button, no phone needed
- ✓ Instant lockdown push to every badge
- ✓ Is the ID card
- ✓ Status always visible on the chest
What only hardware can deliver
Pure software platforms can consolidate vendors — they can't put location, status, and a panic button on every person.
10–30cm RTLS
BLE 6.0 Channel Sounding with ceiling and classroom nodes — know where every badge is during a pass or incident.
Always-on e-ink
Pass status, alerts, and ID view stay visible on the chest — zero power draw when idle, no phone or kiosk required.
Hardware panic button
Works even if a phone is silenced, off, or left behind — and lockdown pushes reach every badge at once.
"We replaced five tools with one badge. Real-time location at 10–30cm means we finally know where every student is during a pass — without another app."
Maria Reyes
District Administrator · Riverside Unified
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