Umdlali wephotocell uyahlula nokudlala amasensephi olungele ukulandelwa kwezibonelo (iziphotocell) esetshenziswayo kuzinye izinhlelo zokuxhasa, zokuphepha nokuphatha imikiristo. Le ndlali bahlakisa le photocells ukuthi abone amandla wokubona okuyilayili (infrared, visible, ultraviolet) bawubeke into iimpilo zezinhloko ezingcono, kulokhu kunezindlela zokusebenza ngokuzenzekela ukuvula izindlu, ukucindezela ukulinda kwemoto, futhi yokuphepha kwezinhlelo zokwenhlanhla. Izinkundla eziphambene noku hlola amasensephi anesensitivithi enguqulayo, izindawo ezinezulu elikhulu lempilo, nezikhumba eziyadlayelekileyo kuzimo ezixhunywa. Ziningi isebenza nabasebenzisi ukwakha iziphotocell ezinhle ngendlela yabo, njengezifiso esabaneni sezimali noma amasensephi amakhane kude kude nezinhlelo zokuphepha. Iziphotocell zamanye amabhizinisi sigcina inovesheni, sisebenzisa iteknoloji yezinhlotsha ephumelelayo ukuze kube lula ukubona futhi ukunciphise ukusetshenziswa kwamandla. Konke lokhu kudingeka kugcinwe ngokucophelela kakhulu, ukuthi kube nobungozi basebenzisa ngokwemfanelo. Ngokuchaza teknicali, izinketho zenqolobuko noma izindleko ezinkimbini, qaphela ithimba letisalesi.