Note
AP 8132 model access points support an external USB Bluetooth radio providing ADSP Bluetooth sensing functionality only, not the Bluetooth beaconing functionality available for AP 8432 and AP 8533 model access points described in this section.AP 8432 and AP 8533 model access points support Bluetooth beaconing to emit either iBeacon or Eddystone- URL beacons. The access point‘s Bluetooth radio sends non-connectable, undirected low-energy (LE) advertisement packets on a periodic basis. These advertisement packets are short, and they are sent on Bluetooth advertising channels that conform to already-established iBeacon and Eddystone-URL standards. Portions of the advertising packet are still customizable, however.
To define a Bluetooth radio interface configuration:
Admin Status | Enable or
Disable Bluetooth support capabilities for AP 8432 or AP 8533 model access point radio
transmissions. The default value is disabled. |
Description | Define a 64 character maximum description for the access point‘s Bluetooth radio to differentiate this radio interface from other Bluetooth supported radio‘s that might be members of the same RF Domain. |
Bluetooth Radio Functional Mode |
Set the access point‘s Bluetooth radio functional mode to either bt-sensor or le-beacon. Use bt-sensor mode for ADSP Bluetooth classic sensing. Use le-beacon mode to have the access point transmit both ibeacon and Eddystone-URL low energy beacons. le-beacon is the default setting. |
Beacon Transmission Period |
Set the Bluetooth radio‘s beacon transmission period from 100 - 10,000 milliseconds. The default setting is 1,000 milliseconds. |
Beacon Transmission Pattern | When the Bluetooth radio‘s mode is
set to le-beacon, use the enabled drop-down menu to
set the beacon‘s emitted transmission pattern to eddystone_url1, eddystone_url2, or ibeacon.
An eddystone-URL frame broadcasts a URL using a compressed encoding scheme to better fit within a limited advertisement packet. Once decoded, the URL can be used by a client for internet access. iBeacon was created by Apple for use in iOS devices (beginning with iOS version 7.0). Apple has made three data fields available to iOS applications: a UUID for device identification, a Major value for device class, and a Minor value for more refined information like product category. |
Eddystone Beacon Calibration Signal Strength | Set the Eddystone Beacon measured calibration signal strength, from -127 dBm to 127 dBm, at 0 meters. Mobile devices can approximate their distance to beacons based on received signal strength. However, distance readings can fluctuate since they depend on several external factors. The closer you are to a beacon, the more accurate the reported distance. This setting is the projected calibration signal strength at 0 meters. The default setting is -19 dBm. |
URL-1 to Transmit Eddystone-URL |
Enter a 64-character maximum eddystone-URL1. The URL must be 18 characters or less once auto-encoding is applied. The encoding process is for getting the URL to fit within the beacon‘s payload. |
URL-2 to Transmit Eddystone-URL |
Enter a 64-character maximum eddystone-URL2. The URL must be 18 characters or less once auto-encoding is applied. The encoding process is for getting the URL to fit within the beacon‘s payload. |
Beacon Calibration Signal Strength | Set the iBeacon measured calibration signal strength, from -127 dBm to 127 dBm, at 1 meter. Mobile devices can approximate their distance to beacons based on received signal strength. However, distance readings can fluctuate since they depend on several external factors. The closer you are to a beacon, the more accurate the reported distance. This setting is the projected calibration signal strength at 1 meter. The default setting is -60 dBm. |
iBeacon Major Number | Set the iBeacon major value from 0 - 65, 535. Major values identify and distinguish groups. For example, each beacon on a specific floor in a building could be assigned a unique major value. The default value is 1,111. |
iBeacon Minor Number | Set the iBeacon minor value from 0 - 65, 535. Minor values identify and distinguish individual beacons. Minor values help identify individual beacons within a group of beacons assigned a major value. The default setting is 2,222. |
iBeacon UUID |
Define a 32 hex character maximum Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID). The UUID classification contains 32 hexadecimal digits The UUID distinguishes iBeacons in the network from all other beacons in networks outside of your direct administration. |