BTLE tags

[David Schwartz]

So you’re suggesting that the solutions from TrackR and EveryKey might actually be more robust solutions than other off-the-shelf stuff?

-David Schwartz



> On Dec 26, 2017, at 3:42 PM, Michael Butash <michael at butash.net> wrote:
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> I've played some with the BLE RTLS tags from Kontact.io and others, and find them all to be finicky around their solutions.  It didn't seem like there was anything in the open realm when I last looked around 9mo ago, they were all very bound to their vendor and solutions, from setup to capabilities, even the cheap chinese clones on ebay.
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> We do managed security for various industries, including hospitals and like, so we partnered with a vendor for a pretty cool wireless and BLE location solution from a company called Mist Systems <https://u2206659.ct.sendgrid.net/wf/click?upn=3cK2FVJjyu2N-2Bxco034fZjlsw0EhIkRbmS-2Feinng5x8-3D_6lpMB7VLnN-2Fj9-2FEErg8-2F-2BMBpb5QxlByTgv2M3fbWD9ebvC-2BWrN3h7jImK8EVWYBeFZ86ht9cfw8qhsSpVPORD2vH1f1K9jtpWL2atVs6rcCN5tYnX904rkWArur-2FpGi-2FFaQ-2FS07-2Fs837a4Vfy5yFwG00ySTX2-2BHYz2VVvy7f4IUydjTqqTOY6c7Sx1qL1IgKdgdcCZFQQXbzpz2MShuIcPlgNy4JPNVpvDtbWHpGNu8-3D>, which works with the ble tracking devices with an array of 9 directional bluetooth radios (plus wifi!), and I bought essentially an assortment of ble tags and beacons as a poc here.  I can't say any of the beacons seem to work well themselves, and their setup apps are all quirky and/or just broken (at least under android).  Kontact was the best, but their beacons are HUGE.  I couldn't imagine doing these at large scale really with the state of the tech today, but the mist ap's can do some cool things if the rest of the industry could get it together.
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> I'd be curious to know what others are doing in this space, I sort of shelved it after the customer lost interest and I found all the devices annoying to deal with.  We have the Mist AP's deployed at our office that can do some interesting things with the BLE device data, contact me offline if interested in testing some of the features with the tech.
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> -mb
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