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Use cases for Bluetooth BTLE on AP391x?

Use cases for Bluetooth BTLE on AP391x?

htw
New Contributor III
Hi,
AP3912 and AP3916 have integrated BTLE/802.15.4 radio. What can it be used for?
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Craig_Guilmette
Extreme Employee
Hello Ron
From the 10.31 Knowledge transfer

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Ronald_Dvorak
Honored Contributor
anyone ?!

You'll generally need a third-party service to manage the integration, eg https://locatify.com/blog/indoor-positioning-systems-ble-beacons/ (first google result for [ble location]).

At a tech level, you'd need to write an app (or use a framework) that listens for the beacons and when it hears one of yours (they broadcast a (programmable?)128bit code) the app looks up the code in a database with the beacon locations to find out where you are.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBeacon
https://developer.mbed.org/blog/entry/BLE-Beacons-URIBeacon-AltBeacons-iBeacon/

Ronald_Dvorak
Honored Contributor
Hey, as 10.31 with BLE support is now released could someone please explain the use case and what else I need to provide such service.

i.e. a trade fair - what systems do I need to get location information and how could I provide such information to the end user i.e. a map for the venue with his current location on his mobile device.

-Ron

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