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BlueUp S.r.l.s.

Loc. Belvedere, Ingresso 2, 53034 Colle di Val d'Elsa (SI) - ITALY

Ph. 347 4123206, Fax 0577 043101

E-mail: [email protected], Web: www.blueupbeacons.com

VAT N. IT 01373980521

BlueBeacon Gateway

User manual

Introduction

BlueBeacon Gateway is a BLE-beacon gateway with BLE and LAN/WLAN interfaces that
allows   to   communicate   with   BLE   beacons   (new   software   manages   both   scanning   for
generic BLE beacons and connecting to BlueBeacon beacons).
BlueBeacon Gateway is offered in two alternative versions:

BlueBeacon Gateway D for desktop applications;

BlueBeacon Gateway W for wall installations.

BlueBeacon Gateway D is provided in a plastic enclosure suitable for desktop applications
(optional mounting kit is available). It is available in one version:

D/A00

: with integrated omnidirectional BLE antenna.

BlueBeacon Gateway W is provided in an elegant plastic enclosure suitable for wall or
ceiling installation. It is available in three versions:

W/A00

: with integrated omnidirectional BLE antenna;

W/A05

: with internal 5dB-directive BLE antenna;

W/SMA

: with SMA connector for external BLE antenna.

Possible applications with BlueBeacon Gateway are: 
- remote monitoring and management of beacons; 
- localization of BLE beacons (tags) for RTLS and access control;
- distributed monitoring systems of environmental parameters, using BlueBeacon Sensor
(with temperature, humidity and pressure sensors); 

Before you start using a BlueBeacon Gateway,  verify that it is undamaged and carefully
read the instructions in this user manual, particularly the indications in the "Safety" section.
BlueUp   S.r.l.s.   disclaims   any   and   all   liability   if   the   devices   are   used   in   modes   and
environments incompatible for keeping the product’s intact, safe and in operation.

BlueUp S.r.l.s. - 2018

V1.0– 26/06/2018

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Summary of Contents for BlueBeacon Gateway D

Page 1: ...ectional BLE antenna BlueBeacon Gateway W is provided in an elegant plastic enclosure suitable for wall or ceiling installation It is available in three versions W A00 with integrated omnidirectional BLE antenna W A05 with internal 5dB directive BLE antenna W SMA with SMA connector for external BLE antenna Possible applications with BlueBeacon Gateway are remote monitoring and management of beacon...

Page 2: ... with integrated omnidirectional chip antenna W A05 wall version with internal 5dB directive antenna W SMA wall version with SMA connector for external antenna Electrical specifications Voltage 5VDC micro USB Current 1 5A typ Mechanical and environmental specifications Size Ver D 100 x 73 x 30 mm Ver W 120 x 120 x 45 mm excluding flanges Mounting kit Ver D none Ver W wall mounting plastic flange I...

Page 3: ...rds and regulations in the country of use Do not power the device with power voltages other than 5VDC Power supply with voltages other than 5VDC may irreversibly damage the device as well as cause potential safety hazards Waste disposal In implementing the Directives 2011 65 EU and 2012 19 EC on the restriction of the use of hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment and the dispo...

Page 4: ...regarding the use of the device and its accessories The information contained herein has been provided by sources that BlueUp S r l s considers to be dependable and is accurate to the best knowledge of the company This sheet is not intended to be an inclusive document on worldwide hazard communication regulations The information is provided in good faith Each user of this material needs to evaluat...

Page 5: ...on Gateway will begin the boot process of the operating system and the necessary software components When the green LED will start to flash heartbeat blink BlueBeacon Gateway will be fully operational In case of incorrect network configuration or problems such that the BlueBeacon Gateway administration interface is no longer reachable on the network it is possible to restore the factory settings u...

Page 6: ...ter with DHCP Server functionality enabled When your router has assigned an IP address to the BlueBeacon Gateway you need to identify the IP address assigned and then point your browser to this IP Figure 1 shows an example of identifying the IP address assigned to the BlueBeacon Gateway by a SpeedTouch router As you can see BlueBeacon Gateway is identified by its hostname which consists of the str...

Page 7: ... login screen will appear on the browser Figure 3 The default password to be used at the first start is blueup Once logged in you will be redirected to the index page of the BlueBeacon Gateway administration interface BlueUp S r l s 2018 V1 0 26 06 2018 7 28 Figure 2 Aiiess to the cdministrction interfcie by entering the BlueBecion Gctewcy IP cddress Figure 3 Login sireen of the BlueBecion Gctewcy...

Page 8: ... then monitor and manage the beacon remotely Beacons displays information about the beacon currently received by BlueBeacon Gateway HTTP Callbacks allows you to configure HTTP callbacks to automatically send beacon data to a server Beacon RSSI displays a plot of the received signal strength indication RSSI Docs documentation related to the REST APIs provided by BlueBeacon Gateway At the top you ca...

Page 9: ...BlueUp S r l s 2018 V1 0 26 06 2018 9 28 Figure 4 BlueBecion Gctewcy homepcge ...

Page 10: ...ay administration interface Firmware Upgrade allows you to upgrade the software developed by BlueUp requires the upload of the software package released by BlueUp Administrative interface Network Settings The Network Settings tab displays and allows you to configure the BlueBeacon Gateway network interfaces Ethernet and WiFi Figure 6 For each network interface you can choose whether to use DHCP or...

Page 11: ...tton to save the configurations To apply the new network configurations it is necessary to restart the BlueBeacon Gateway reboot using the appropriate button on the drop down menu located on the topbar At the next restart you can verify that the new network settings have been correctly applied also through the System Info page in the Network Interfaces section Figure 7 BlueUp S r l s 2018 V1 0 26 ...

Page 12: ...BlueUp S r l s 2018 V1 0 26 06 2018 12 28 Figure 6 Network Settings ionfgurction interfcie for the BlueBecion Gctewcy network interfcies ...

Page 13: ...BlueUp S r l s 2018 V1 0 26 06 2018 13 28 Figure 7 Network Interfcies displcying the ionfgurction in use for the network interfcies ...

Page 14: ...y check any modified configurations and apply them to the beacons In Figure 8 the interface for entering the credentials for accessing the BlueBeacon Cloud portal is shown The login credentials will be used to establish a pairing between the user account and the BlueBeacon Gateway Once the pairing is created BlueBeacon Gateway will be authorized to use the cloud features offered In Figure 9 the ma...

Page 15: ...BlueUp S r l s 2018 V1 0 26 06 2018 15 28 Figure 8 User iredenticls input interfcie to login on BlueBecion Cloud bcikend ...

Page 16: ...BlueUp S r l s 2018 V1 0 26 06 2018 16 28 Figurc 9 Interfcie to visuclize cnd ionfgure the becion synihronizction system with the BlueBecion Cloud bcikend ...

Page 17: ...e reception of the beacon Beacon Timeout is the timeout after which a beacon is removed from the list of received beacon Frame Timeout is the timeout after which a specific frame transmitted by a beacon is removed from the list of frames transmitted by the beacon Pathloss Exponent is a parameter used to estimate the distance of the beacon this parameter must be calibrated according to the environm...

Page 18: ...ame is always present in the list of frames relating to the beacon 01 123460 on BlueBeacon Gateway Only after FrameTimeout seconds have elapsed BlueBeacon Gateway having no longer received the Eddystone frame from the beacon 01 123460 will remove this frame from the list of frames transmitted by the beacon 01 123460 By decreasing the value of FrameTimeout you will get a greater reactivity of the s...

Page 19: ...ul for estimating the beacon s position URL the URL to be called for the HTTP callback Filter any filtering on the frames sent by the beacons Figure 10 shows the interface for inserting and configuring an HTTP callback As of firmware version v4 2 the data sent by BlueBeacon Gateway are accompanied by a signature that allows to perform a further verification of integrity and authentication The sign...

Page 20: ...87b840bc3 The one time password for the HMAC SHA256 algorithm is computed as the SHA256 hash of the concatenation of otk SHA256 gateway password timestamp The signature is calculated as signature HMAC SHA256 JSON stringify beacons OTK BlueUp S r l s 2018 V1 0 26 06 2018 20 28 Figure 10 HTTP icllbcik ionfgurction interfcie ...

Page 21: ...he beacon transmits at intervals of different time Averaged displays a averaged plot of the RSSI of the beacon the graph is updated every second with the data of RSSI of the beacon averaged over the time interval of 1 second in this second case the time scale is the same for all the beacon why data is processed at regular intervals of 1s Frame if using Real Time mode it is also possible to filter ...

Page 22: ...BlueUp S r l s 2018 V1 0 26 06 2018 22 28 Figure 10 HTTP icllbcik ionfgurction interfcie Figure 11 Excmple of Recl Time plot with fltering on iBecion ...

Page 23: ...BlueUp S r l s 2018 V1 0 26 06 2018 23 28 Figure 12 Excmple of Avercged plot with vcrious becions ...

Page 24: ...ning the data related to all the beacons that transmit packages in iBeacon format with ProximityUUID and Major Number equal to those specified GET http gateway ip api beacons ibeacon uuid major minor Returns a JSON containing the data related to all the beacons that transmit packages in iBeacon format with ProximityUUID Major and Minor Number equal to those specified GET http gateway ip api beacon...

Page 25: ...related to all the beacons that transmit packages in BlueUp Sensor format GET http gateway ip api beacons blueup Return a JSON containing the data related to all the beacons that transmit packages in BlueUp format GET http gateway ip api beacons blueup model Return a JSON containing the data related to all the beacons that transmit packages in BlueUp format with Model Number equal to the one speci...

Page 26: ...POST http gateway ip api beacons blueup model serial configuration write BODY unlock md5 of your beacon password configuration slots eddystone index 0 advertisingInterval 500 radioTxPower 4 uid 12345678901234567890123456789012 index 1 advertisingInterval 700 radioTxPower 8 url https stackoverflow com index 2 advertisingInterval 2000 radioTxPower 0 tlm index 3 unset true others index 0 advertisingI...

Page 27: ... string specifying the rssimin and rssimax parameters By specifying rssimin x on the query string all beacons with RSSI less than x will be filtered while specifying rssimax y all beacons with RSSI greater than y will be filtered You can use both the rssimin and rssimax values to filter the beacons within a specific RSSI range for example rssimin 60 rssimax 55 it will only display the beacons that...

Page 28: ...by the user are not detected as such under verification by BlueUp S r l s all costs including the repair or replacement of the product and its subsequent delivery will be borne by the buyer This warranty does not cover the following cases 1 product used or stored improperly 2 damage caused by water or moisture 3 physical and or electrical related to intentional negligent or accidental acts 4 damag...

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