Tag: ibeacon

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Beacon Scan

May 19, 2015

Beacon Scan is a macOS app to find any iBeacons or Physical Web beacons. It requires a Mac with Bluetooth LE and 10.10 (Yosemite). Just …

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Beacon Launcher

May 19, 2015

Beacon Launcher is an OS X app that allows you to easily run scripts when your Mac is near a beacon. Just add in the …

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Trusted Beacon

May 4, 2015

One of the common requests for our Bleu Station beacons is how to prevent hijacking, or “spoofing”, of the beacon signals. Since the iBeacon spec …

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10 Things You Need to Know About Large-Scale iBeacon Deployments

February 23, 2015

It’s been less than two years since Apple announced iBeacons, but the landscape for retail and other large beacon venues is starting to take shape. …

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iBeacon Statusboard

December 18, 2014

Setting up a statusboard to automatically show when people enter or exit a building or room is a great small project and is easy to …

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Turn off iPhone Camera With iBeacons

December 3, 2014

In many environments it is important to turn off the camera on an iPhone when entering into a facility. Using Bleu Station Beacons, you can …

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Disable Texting while driving With iBeacons

December 2, 2014

Disable Texting while driving With iBeacons Have you ever wanted to remove the temptation to text while driving? Using a Bleu Station Beacon in your …

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Beacon Redundancy

November 27, 2014

If your beacon solution depends on your beacons being up and running all the time, consider deploying multiple beacons in a single area. When two …

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Powering Beacons

November 26, 2014

Since beacons use Bluetooth Low Energy, most people think that a beacon can run on any battery for an indefinite amount of time. While Bluetooth …

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Positioning Beacons

November 25, 2014

A beacon is a small device that broadcasts identifiers over Bluetooth. It may seem very simple to just stick a beacon wherever is the most …

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