Beacons
Using The Beacons Screen
Use the Locations | Beacons screen to manage your Beacon devices. Beacons are bluetooth devices that can be sensed by a mobile device. Each Beacon has the following attributes:
Location. A reference to the Place or Zone where the beacon is placed.
UUID. The unique identifier of the beacon. Mobile devices detect this UUID and use the UUID to identify the beacon.
Major. Enter a 2-byte string to distinguish a set of beacons. For example, the Major value is commonly used to identify a Location.
Minor. Enter a 2 byte string to identify individual beacons. For example, the Minor value is commonly used to identify beacons within a Zone.
Typically, you set multiple Beacons at a location to share the same UUID, and use the major and minor values to distinguish Zones within the Location. For example, set the Major values of all the Beacons in a specific retail location to the same Major value, and then set the Minor values to identify a specific Zone within the retail location.