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, le-beacon, le-tracking or le-sensor. 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. The bt-sensor option 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 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. |