Location rules
Overview
This document describes the configuration of the features that make up the Location rules component of SmartSpace. The features described are:
Automated tag association
This allows a tag detected at a given location to be associated with an externally determined candidate object, subject to conditions that make this association robust in a production environment. This includes the display of the status of an association point using a web browser.
Robust location
An assertion point detects when an object is located at a given place using strong evidence, including distance and speed. This allows the point to be robust to transient process errors in production, such as carrying assets close to a gate location.
Parking bay snapping
Parking is an extension of robust assertion points, where the object is snapped into the given bay while it satisfies the strong evidence.
Driven objects
This supports locating an object based on the location of another container object. When the container moves, the contained objects are carried along. Various layout options are supported.
Stale location detection
When an object has an associated tag, and no sighting of that tag has been generated for a configured time interval, an assertion is made that the object is “stale”. This assertion is retracted as soon as the tag is located again.
Location removal
The location removal feature is similar to tag removal and object deletion supported via assertions in SmartSpace core. Location removal allows an assertion to be made that causes the current location of the object to be removed, and the assertion will be reset once this has been done.
Audience
This guide should be read by those who will be setting up a SmartSpace system to use the features of Location rules, or those who are maintaining a system that uses Location rules.
Prerequisites
Installation
Location rules is a licensed component of SmartSpace 3.2 and later. See SmartSpace Installation for information on requirements and installation process. You will need a license for Location rules in order to install it.
The automatic association status web page is part of SmartSpace Web. See the installation instructions for SmartSpace Web in SmartSpace Installation for requirements and installation process.
SmartSpace Config
The configuration of Location rules features is done in the SmartSpace Config application. Use the Ubisense Application Manager tool to download this application after the services have been installed.