BlindSquare Switches
There are some features that exist within BlindSquare which are normally "turned off" and not available for the common users. The enabling/disabiling of these features is managed by the use of coded "switches", a link that must be run on the local device that controls the access to the feature selected on this device ONLY. Examples follow.
Beacon Monitor
There is a feature in BlindSquare, available for all versions, to enable BEACON MONITOR. This is a very useful tool when deploying beacons as it will identify all beacons currently in range with details as follows:
1. Color. Green indicates currently in range. Yellow indicates recently in range but currently responded to by BlindSquare. Red indicates that the beacon was previously in range but is now out of range and has been for 30 or more seconds. When beacon is out of range beyond a minute it disappears from the Beacon Monitor display entirely. On return, it will present again as Green.
2. Static or Moving beacon.
3. Beacon shortcode ID
4. Contents of EN message from VLM record
5. Range, in meters.
6. RSSI value
7. Major/Minor values
To enable this feature
On the local device enter one of the following switch values.
- blindsquare://setParameter?enableBeaconMonitor=1
- blindsquarebeta://setParameter?enableBeaconMonitor=1
- bsevent://setParameter?enableBeaconMonitor=1
- blindsquare://setParameter?enableBeaconMonitor=0
- blindsquarebeta://setParameter?enableBeaconMonitor=0
- bsevent://setParameter?enableBeaconMonitor=0