Gimbal S10 in iBeacon Mode is not showing in Apple's Sample AirLocate App

Question

I am using a Gimbal series 10 device configured in iBeacon mode using one of the AirLocate UUIDs (the first one - E2C56DB5-DFFB-48D2-B060-D0F5A71096E0). When I use iBeacon Locate on my Android phone, I can see the Gimbal broadcasting the correct UUID. However, when I try to use Apple's AirLocate demo app, it is not working in trying to find the iBeacon. I also cannot find it in the iOS version of iBeacon Locate, by the same company, Radius Networks.

I am using the beta version of Xcode / iOS.

We have internal apps that would like to use the micro-location features that iBeacons allow, and I'm trying to put together a quick proof of concept. Unless I can get the iBeacon distance using the sample code in AirLocate, I cannot proceed. Any help or experience with this would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

Two suggestions:

First, Look closely to verify that have every single character of that ProximityUUID entered as above in the Gimbal configuration. If even one character is off, it will not be visible in AirLocate or the iOS version of the Locate for iBeacon app.

The Android version of iBeacon Locate shows all iBeacons regardless of ProximityUUID, so it will still be visible in the event of a configuration issue.

Second, there is a known bug in iOS 7.1 CoreLocation where iBeacon detections can stop entirely until you reboot your phone. Try rebooting and see if the beacon starts showing up in both applications on iOS.