Rockwell Automation 1783-WAPxxx Stratix 5100 Wireless Access Point User Manual - Manual (Page 263)

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Configuring Radio Settings Chapter 7
5. (Optional) Save your entries in the configuration file.
copy running-config startup-config
Configuring Location-based
Services This section describes how to configure location-based services by using the
access point CLI. As with other access point features, you can use a WLSE on
your network to configure LBS on multiple access points. LBS settings don’t
appear on the access point GUI in this release.
Understanding Location-Based Services
We recommend that you configure a minimum of three access points for LBS.
When you configure location-based services (LBS) on your access points, the
access points monitor location packets sent by LBS positioning tags attached to
assets that you want to track. When an access point receives a positioning packet,
it measures the received signal strength indication (RSSI) and creates a UDP
packet that contains the RSSI value and the time that the location packet was
received.
The access point forwards the UDP packets to a location server. The location
server calculates the LBS tag position based on the location information that it
receives from the LBS-enabled access points. If your network has a WLSE, the
location server can query the WLSE for the status of LBS-enabled access points.
This figure shows the basic parts of an LBS-enabled network.
Figure 86 - Basic LBS Network Configuration
The access points that you configure for LBS can be in the same vicinity. If only
one or two access points report messages from a tag, the location server can
report that the location of the tag is somewhere in the coverage area of the two
reporting access points. Consult the documentation for your LBS tags and
location server for additional configuration details.
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