Configuring IoT BBS Profile for AOS-10 APs

A BLE Bluetooth Low Energy. The BLE functionality is offered by Bluetooth® to enable devices to run for long durations with low power consumption. Beacon Service (BBS) profile can be created for an AP group with APs running AOS-10.

To configure a BBS profile for an AOS-10 AP group, complete the following steps:

In the WebUI, set the filter to an AOS-10 AP group.
Under Manage, click Devices.
Click the Config icon.
Click Show Advanced.
Click IoT tab.
In the BLE Beacon Service Profiles table, click the Add icon.
Configure the following parameters and click Save Settings.

Table 1: BBS Profile Parameters
Parameter	Description
Name	Name of the BLE beacon service profile.
Radio	Type of radio. Select a radio type from the drop-down list: Internal—Use internal radio. External—Use external radio. All—Use both internal and external radios.
Beacon Configuration Method	Method for beacon configuration. Select a method from the drop-down list: Auto Generated—Use an automatically generated beacon configuration method. IoT Operations app—Use a beacon configuration method generated by an IoT Operations app. Classic Central API—Use a beacon configuration method generated by Classic Central API Application Programming Interface. Refers to a set of functions, procedures, protocols, and tools that enable users to build application software.. If Beacon Configuration Method is set to Classic Central API, configure the API gateway.
Profile Identifier	Identifier of the beacon profile.
Advertising Format	Format to use while advertising the BLE beacon. Select a BLE beacon advertising format from the drop-down list: iBeacon—Use iBeacon advertising format. Custom—Use custom advertising format. OpenLocate—Broadcasts the Location Coordination Information (LCI) details over BLE that allows the users to leverage the location information to locate the devices in their network. The LCI details allows BLE devices to broadcast their physical location without the need for the receivers to consult a remote API. It only supports auto configuration method. If OpenLocate is configured from the UI, then Measured Power and Geo Location information is broadcast. If the profile is configured using API, then you can configure more options such as Measured Power, Geo Location, Floor Location, Identity, URL Uniform Resource Locator. URL is a global address used for locating web resources on the Internet., and Signature. For more information, refer to Classic Central API Reference Guide.
Advertising Interval	Time interval in milliseconds to advertise the beacon. This parameter has a range from 100 ms to 30000 ms in increments of 100 ms.
UUID	Ibeacon UUID in xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx format. This parameter is available only when the Advertising Format is set to iBeacon.
Major Range	Ibeacon major range as either a single number or range from 0 to 65535. This parameter is available only when the Advertising Format is set to iBeacon.
Minor Range	Ibeacon minor range as either a single number or range from 0 to 65535. This parameter is available only when the Advertising Format is set to iBeacon.
Custom Value	Custom value with 3 to 31 bytes hexadecimal string and may include BTMAC or BTMACR macro. This parameter is available only when the Advertising Format is set to Custom.