otls

Profile Config Commands

Enables support for OTLS (OmniTrail Location Server) beacon identification

OmniTrail (offered by OmniTrail technologies) is a Wi-Fi based locationing protocol used in positioning and tracking location solutions. Access points supporting OTLS beacon identification lock their radios to scan channels for beacons with OTLS tags. Beacons received by the access point are matched for the OTLS signature, and in case of a match, the beacons are forwarded to the OTLS server as UDP payload.

Use this command to configure OTLS server details on the AP and enable OTLS data forwarding. Alternately, OTLS parameters can be configured in the AP‘s profile on the controller or service platform, and pushed to adopted access points. When configured, APs establish connection with the OTLS server and forward OTLS locationing feeds to the server.

Supported in the following platforms:

  • Access Points — AP510

Syntax

otls [apid|control-port|data-port|forward|server-ip]
otls apid <WORD>
otls control-port <0-65535>
otls data-port [2.4GHz|5GHz] <0-65535>
otls forward [2.4GHz|5GHz] [disable|enable]
otls server-ip <OTLS-SERVER-IP>

Parameters

otls apid <WORD>
otls apid <WORD> Configures a unique identification for the OTLS-enabled access point. The access point identifier (APID) enables the OTLS server to identify the AP forwarding the OTLS tag.
  • <WORD> – Specify an ID for the AP.

To ensure that OTLS-enabled APs have unique OTLS ID, it is recommended that the APID is configured in the device context of each AP.

otls control-port <0-65535>
otls control-port <0-65535> Configures the port used by the AP to establish and maintain connection with the OTLS server
  • <0-65535> – Specify the control port from 0 - 655635.
otls data-port [2.4GHz|5GHz] <0-65535>
otls data-port [2.4GHz|5GHz] <0-65535> Configures the port used by the AP to forward OTLS beacons to the OTLS server. However, OTLS data forwarding has to be enabled on the APs. Use the otls > forward > [2.4GHz|5GHz] > [disable|enable] command to enable data forwarding.
  • 2.4GHz – Configures the port used to forward OTLS beacons received on the 2.4 GHz band
  • 5.0GHz – Configures the port used to forward OTLS beacons received on the 5.0 GHz band

The following keyword is common to the above parameters:

  • <0-65535> – Specify a data-forwarding port from 0 - 65535.
otls forward [2.4GHz|5GHz] [disable|enable]
otls forward [2.4GHz|5GHz] [disable|enable] Enables or disables OTLS tag forwarding
  • 2.4GHz – Enables or disables forwarding of OTLS beacons received on the 2.4 GHz band
  • 5GHz – Enables or disables forwarding of OTLS beacons received on the 5.0 GHz band

The following keywords are common to the above parameters:

  • disable – Disables OTLS tag forwarding. By default OTLS beacon forwarding is disabled for both 2.4 GHz and 5.0 GHz bands.
  • enable – Enables OTLS tag forwarding
otls server-ip <OTLS-SERVER-IP>
otls server-ip <OTLS-SERVER-IP> Configures the OTLS server‘s IP address
  • <OTLS-SERVER-IP> – Specify the OTLS server‘s IP address.

Example

ap8533-84A224(config-device-84-24-8D-84-A2-24)#otls apid 112233
ap8533-84A224(config-device-84-24-8D-84-A2-24)#otls forward 2.4GHz enable
ap8533-84A224(config-device-84-24-8D-84-A2-24)#otls forward 5GHz enable
ap8533-84A224(config-device-84-24-8D-84-A2-24)#otls control-port 8890
ap8533-84A224(config-device-84-24-8D-84-A2-24)#otls data-port 2.4GHz 8888
ap8533-84A224(config-device-84-24-8D-84-A2-24)#otls data-port 5GHz 8889
ap8533-84A224(config-device-84-24-8D-84-A2-24)#otls server-ip 192.168.13.10

ap8533-84A224(config-device-84-24-8D-84-A2-24)#show context include-factory | include otls
 otls forward 5GHz enable
 otls forward 2.4GHz enable
 otls server-ip 192.168.13.10
 otls control-port 8890
 otls data-port 2.4GHz 8888
 otls data-port 5GHz 8889
 otls apid 112233
ap8533-84A224(config-device-84-24-8D-84-A2-24)

The following example displays OTLS parameters configured on an AP8533 profile:

nx9500-6C8809(config-profile-testAP8533)#show context include-factory | include otls
 otls forward 5GHz enable
 otls forward 2.4GHz enable
 otls server-ip 192.168.13.10
 otls control-port 8890
 otls data-port 2.4GHz 8888
 otls data-port 5GHz 8889
 otls apid 12345
nx9500-6C8809(config-profile-testAP8533)#

Related Commands

no Removes the OTLS-related parameters configured on an AP or on an AP‘s profile