App – Indoor IoT Services

How to quickly set up IOT Services by activating IOT Streams via the Cisco Spaces Connector, installing Cisco Spaces Advanced Gateways on your Wi-Fi 6 Access Points, as well as how to claim and manage your IOT Devices acquired via the IOT Device Marketplace

Cisco Spaces Gateway Deployment

Quickly enable and configure the BLE Radio using either the Cisco Spaces Base or Advanced (Wi-Fi 6 AP only) Gateway in your Cisco Access Point to begin broadcasting BLE or scanning for BLE devices

Value Delivered: Quickly deploy IOT Infrastructure without installing additional physical gateways

Useful to: IT Managers, Facilities Managers, Operations Managers

IOT Device Management

Apply policy-based configuration profiles to devices in bulk, based on the specific context in which you are utilizing them

Value Delivered: Simplified IOT Device Management across device vendors and form factors

Useful to: IT Managers, Facilities Managers, Operations Managers

IOT Device Activation

Claim your IOT Devices to enable cloud-based management and configuration

Value Delivered: Streamlined activation of IOT Devices without the need for proprietary activators

Useful to: IT Managers, Facilities Managers, Operations Managers

IOT Device Monitoring

Monitor your IOT Device portfolio to proactively identify and address device issues, such as battery life, missing devices, and out-of-date firmware that may impact business outcomes

Value Delivered: Monitor enterprise portfolio of IOT Devices to reduce maintenance checks

Useful to: IT Managers, Facilities Managers, Operations Managers

Step 1: Complete Cisco Spaces Onboarding Process

Have an account provisioned on the Cisco Spaces platform. If you don’t have an active account, please email dnaspaces.dev-dnaspaces.io
Create user account – Accept invitation from Cisco Spaces & setup password
Set up a Cisco Spaces connector: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/wireless/cisco-dna-spaces/connector/b_connector.html
Add your Catalyst 9800 controller to Cisco Spaces. Note that Indoor IoT Services is only supported on Catalyst 9800 controllers running at least IOS-XE 17.3.1 or higher. (17.3.2a recommended)
Setup your Location Hierarchy using the best practices guide: http://dnaspaces.dev-dnaspaces.io/setupguide/location-hierarchy/

P.S. : The above process needs to be done only once. It is not repeated for every app. Please ignore if already completed.

Step 2: Enable IOT Streams

Navigate to your Cisco Spaces Connector under Setup > Wireless Networks
Click the three dots and select ‘Manage IoT Streams’
Click the ‘Configure to Enable’ button next to Manage Connector
a) You should see ‘Success’ next to Manage Connector
In the table below, click the three dots icon to select the ‘Enable Stream’ for the WLC(s)
a) You should see ‘Successfully set config’ in the Operation Log status
Navigate to IOT Services, your Access Points should now be visible under AP Gateways
If you do not see the output as expected, please contact Cisco Spaces Support for help with your configuration

Step 3: Install BLE Gateways

Deploy BLE Gateways to enable AP managed BLE Scanning or Transmitting

Navigate to IOT Services > AP Gateways
Select ‘Add New Gateways’ above the list of APs
Select Gateway type (currently only BLE is available) and Access Points on which to deploy the Gateway
a) If you have a WiFi 6 AP, the advanced gateway will automatically be deployed
b) If you have a Wave 2 AP, the base gateway will automatically be deployed
Once the gateway is deployed, you can configure Scan / Transmit Mode on the AP. Navigate to IoT Service > Device Management > Devices > AP Beacons > Clicking on the AP Mac > Settings

Step 4: Claim BLE Devices

Navigate to IOT Services > Device Management
Select ‘Onboard Devices’ from the main page
Select ‘Floor Beacons’
Enter your Order ID
Your BLE Devices will now be visible under Device Management > Claimed Beacons

Step 1: Configure your Floor Beacons

Configure claimed beacons by navigating to IoT Services > Device Management > Devices
Click the Configure Beacons link which will open the beacon configuration portal
Identify your beacon via its Unique ID in your Device Inventory as well as printed on the physical device
Make any configurations changes as needed, and when ready to apply the changes, click the SAVE CHANGES button.
a) Test this out by enabling telemetry on a beacon via the beacon configuration page, you can verify this operation was a success by clicking on an individual beacon in the Device Inventory and selecting ‘telemetry’
Verify in Device Inventory that the changes have been applied by selecting the beacon and viewing its request history and viewing its updated settings, such as UUID, Major, Minor, Transmission Power, Transmission Frequency, as well as telemetry and location data

Step 2: Monitor your Floor beacons

View device monitoring by navigating to IoT Services > Device Monitoring
Review top level status of AP Gateways and BLE devices in the Right Now section
Review battery life of devices by clicking through ‘Critical’, ‘Low,’ ‘Medium,’ and ‘High’ categories
Review last heard devices by click through ‘> 24 hrs ago,’ ‘>1 hr’, ‘>5 min’, and ‘<= 5mim’

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