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Does Meridian work with third party beacons?

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  • 1.  Does Meridian work with third party beacons?

    Posted Feb 25, 2016 09:25 PM

    I would like to use Meridian in an environment where there is already a large deployment of non-Aruba beacons (fully iBeacon complient). Is this possible? 


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  • 2.  RE: Does Meridian work with third party beacons?

    Posted Feb 26, 2016 12:31 PM

    Meridian doesn't support non-Aruba Beacons hardware.



  • 3.  RE: Does Meridian work with third party beacons?

    Posted Feb 28, 2016 03:24 AM

    Thanks for the reply mate. But surely iBeacon (and eddystone) are open, published protocols?



  • 4.  RE: Does Meridian work with third party beacons?

    Posted Mar 01, 2016 01:22 PM

    iBeacon and Eddystone are open protocols, sure. Meridian does use the iBeacon protocol.

     

    However, Meridian is a lot more than simply an implementation of the iBeacon protocol. In the same way that Apple restricts its software to its own hardware to improve performance, Meridian focuses its efforts on Aruba Beacons hardware to make the strongest possible product.

     

    In this case, this isn't a question of whether or not something is possible. It's a question of where we're choosing to focus our time, energy, and creativity.

     

    Thanks for your question!

    Shawn