Terminology

RTLOC App

• Client - A company or organization owning a license.

• Project - A project is a physical setup. It is associated with one purchased license, one engine, one floorplan (and other configurations). A client can have multiple RTLS projects. These are different setups at different locations that can run simultaneously.

• Desktop License - License needed to run RTLS functionality on-premise (local / desktop)

RTLS System

• RTLS - Real-time location system.

• Node - One of the elements of the RTLS system. Could be an anchor, tag or listener.

• Anchor - A reference node in the RTLS. Comparable with the satellites for GPS.

• Tag - A node that is tracked.

• Listener - A node that only listens to data in the air and forwards that data to a PC.

• Autopositioning - Calculation / estimation of the positions of the anchors by the system, as opposed to manually submitting accurate coordinates. This will provide less accurate position data than submitting accurate coordinates.

• Backhaul - Way of transporting data within the system. Can be wired of wireless.

• Engine / cxRTLS - Powerful RTLS engine & UWB debugging app

• Engine / cxEngine - Algorithm implementation, calculates positions from distances

• API - Application Protocol Interface. Chout out our RTLS API.

• Console - The console through which you can directly communicate with one of the nodes. This node can be attached via UART, USB or Ethernet. Click here for more information.

• Hz - Hertz. The derived unit of frequency [1/s].

• Hairs - UWB message visual indications in our sniffer

• TagSpeed - Part of the UWB configuration, containing

• MANET - Mobile Adhoc Network.

Sensors

• Accelerometer - Measures acceleration forces. These forces may be static (such as gravity) or dynamic.

• Gyroscope - Measures angular velocity.

• Magnetometer - Measures magnetic fields.

Technology General

UWB - Ultra-wide band. A wireless technology that uses a wide spectrum of frequency bands to transmit large amounts of data over a short distance with very low power. All nodes are equipped with UWB. It is used for ranging and communication purposes.

RFID - Radio-frequency identification.

BLE - Bluetooth Low Energy. All tags are by default equipped with a BLE chip for short range communication.

ENET - Ethernet. All anchors and listeners are by default equipped with ethernet.

Lora - Long Range digital wireless data communication technology.

IP66 - International Protection Marking. Rating of our enclosures. Dust- and waterproof. More information here (opens new window).

Enclosure - The casing of the node