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 <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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.
> 
> -mb
> 

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