Activating and Editing the iBeacon Plugin

The RUCKUS IoT Controller provides support for the Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) iBeacon plugin. The RUCKUS IoT Controller reads the packet from the IoT AP, and routes the packets to the BLE beacon vendor cloud services.

To establish a connection to a vendor infrastructure, the administrator must perform the following steps.

  1. From the main menu, click Admin.
  2. In the left navigation pane, click Plugins.
  3. In the Select a Plugin to Activate list, select the iBeacon plugin and click Activate.

    Activating the iBeacon Plugin

  4. After the iBeacon plugin is activated, enter the following configuration parameters.
    1. Select Globally enable connector on all valid APs to add all respective IoT APs automatically. Connectors are mapped to IoT AP by adding the connector name tag to the IoT AP.
      Note: If Globally enable connector on all valid APs is not selected, you can activate the plugin for each AP by adding a tag. Refer toAdding Tags to an AP for more information.
    2. For Aggregation Interval, set the time interval between two packets.
    3. Enter the Key.

      The RUCKUS IoT Controller posts the beacon messages using the Key provided. The Vendor application is responsible for authenticating the Keys.

    4. Enter the API URL.

      The RUCKUS IoT Controller connects to the vendor/connector URL to send the beacon messages. The URL can be a DNS-resolvable, FQDN-based address.

      Note: The plugin supports HTTP and HTTPS modes.

    5. Enter the Port number.

      This is the port number on which the vendor/connector web server is running.

    6. Enter the API Endpoint.

      This is the API route where the BLE beacon vendor cloud services receive the beacon payload.

    7. Enter the UUID Filter.
      The filter allows only the BLE ADV packets with the specified UUID to be passed on to the vendor application.
    8. Enable heartbeat.
      Enabling heartbeat allows the vendor application to receive the IoT AP status, such as online or offline.
  5. Click Apply.
    The iBeacon plugin is added in the Active Plugin List.
  6. To deactivate the iBeacon plugin, select it and click Deactivate.

    Deactivating the iBeacon Plugin

    Deactivating the iBeacon Plugin
  7. To edit the configuration of the iBeacon plugin, select it and click Update.

    Updating the Configuration Parameters

    Updating the Configuration Parameters
Parent topic: Activating and Editing the Plugins