How to monitor noise levels with Direct – WH – [DEC 23]

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Maddie Thompson | Staff Writer

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How to Monitor Noise Levels with Direct

How to Monitor Noise Levels with Direct

Does the idea of guests throwing parties at your vacation rentals keep you awake at night? Or worse, maybe you’ve suffered angry neighbors calling the police because of the noise at one of your properties. 


With Operto and Direct, you can track noise levels across all your vacation rentals and get alerts whenever guests get out of hand. It’s easy to set up, and you can manage all your management solutions from the same Operto dashboard—keeping a closer eye on your vacation rentals doesn’t have to mean extra work on your end.


Noise Monitoring

Here's how it works.

With Direct and Operto, monitoring noise levels is simple. Installation takes just a few minutes, and after configuring your noise monitoring devices, you can track real-time noise levels at all your properties in the Operto Master Dashboard.


To monitor noise levels with Direct, follow these simple steps:


  1. Integrate Operto with Direct
  2. Set up and install your Noiseaware device
  3. Customize your noise level thresholds
  4. Receive notifications and contact noisy guests
  5. View live monitoring by unit in the Master Dashboard


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Receive a notification any time guests start making too much noise to keep neighbors happy and your vacation rentals safe.

1. Integrate Operto with Direct

To monitor noise levels with Direct, the first step is to integrate the two platforms. Setting up Direct with Operto is simple—just navigate to the “Integrations” tab in Operto and Direct and follow the instructions. 

2. Set up and install your Noiseaware device

To set up your  Noiseaware device, first download the software. We’ll use our NoiseAware integration as an example. Once you download the NoiseAware app on your phone or tablet, log in using the credentials Operto’s provided you with. 


Next, follow these steps to install your noise monitoring device


  1. Set up your sensor
  2. Plug in your sensor in a central location
  3. Connect to the sensor via Bluetooth
  4. Connect your sensor to the WiFi
  5. Take a picture of your sensor for the NoiseAware team
Noiseaware sensor setup showcase
First, set up your sensor.
Noiseaware device bluetooth setup
Next, connect with Bluetooth.
Noiseaware connecting to the wifi
Finally, connect to the WiFi.

Now you need to name the device, and be sure to distinguish it from noise monitoring devices in other units. 

Noiseaware naming device product showcase

Name your Noiseaware device to distinguish between all your properties

3. Customize your noise level thresholds

Now, customize your noise monitoring system for your preferred noise thresholds. NoiseAware uses a Noise Risk Score (NRS) to evaluate noise, which is based on decibel levels over a sustained period of time. 

Noiseaware NRS conversion table

NoiseAware’s Noise Risk Score ranges from “outer space” to “jet engine”. 

4. Receive notifications and contact noisy guests

Once you set your noise monitoring thresholds, it’s time to put your noise monitoring software to use. When the decibel level exceeds the established threshold for a sustained period of time, you’ll receive a notification from Operto.


That way, you can message your guests from your Operto dashboard with a friendly note, asking them to lower the noise before the problem gets worse.

Operto noise risk alert

Get an inside look at the noise levels at all your properties on the Operto Master Dashboard. 

5. View live monitoring by unit in the Operto Connect Dashboard

Even if you haven’t gotten any notifications about guests crossing a noise threshold, you might want to check what noise levels are like at your properties. You can check on the status of noise levels at your properties 24/7 in the Operto Connect Dashboard. 


While notifications are sent out every 15 minutes if noise levels exceed your established thresholds, the NRS of every property is updated in real time, so you have full transparency into what’s happening at your vacation rentals.

Operto product adjust noise monitoring levels

You can adjust these settings within your Operto dashboard— just head to the Monitoring > Noise Monitoring tab. 
Set different noise levels for regular house and quiet hours. 

Want more workflows? 

Check out our Operto Tech to Direct integrations to learn more.

Stop worrying about noise levels with Direct and Operto

With Operto and Direct, monitoring noise levels is quick, easy, and reliable. 


And when you use Operto, you can bring together all your other vacation rental management solutions in one convenient dashboard, like keyless access, energy control, and guest messaging.

Monitor noise levels across all your units in Operto’s convenient dashboard.

Receive a notification any time guests start making too much noise to keep neighbors happy and your vacation rentals safe.