Doesn't work iBeacon identifier?

Question

I'm using Estimote SDK.

PROXIMITY_UUID = "B9407F30-F5F8-466E-AFF9-25556B57FE6D"

// Beacon(iPad Air) 
[[CLBeaconRegion alloc] initWithProximityUUID:PROXIMITY_UUID 
                                    major:2000 
                                    minor:300 
                                    identifier:@"my.test.beacon"];


// Beacon Receiver(Nexus 7 2nd gen) 
beaconManager.startRanging(new Region("regid", PROXIMITY_UUID, null, null));

iPad beacon discovered on Nexus 7. Is this correct?

Shoes shop 1
- app name : ShoeperMan
- identifier : net.xyz.shoe
- major : 5
- minor : 10
- location : Tokyo
Shoes shop 2
- app name : ShoeperMan
- identifier : net.xyz.shoe
- major : 10
- minor : 3
- locateon : London
Thai food restaurant 1
- app name : Thaiphoon
- identifier : com.qwer.thai
- major : 10
- minor : 3
- location : Tokyo

Can see products of Shoes shop 2 when run Thaiphoon app in Thai Restaurant 1?(These app use same JSON form)

It looks like this should work, though the question is not super clear. — davidgyoung, Feb 26 '14 at 12:12

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 28 '14 at 09:07

This is Wojtek Borowicz from the Estmiote community team. Just for the record (I cannot post a comment yet): it is possible to change the UUID of your Beacons with Estimote SDK right now. It was not possible before, but the current version of SDK, released couple of weeks ago, does allow it.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 26 '14 at 11:00

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you need to change UUID or major or minor to differentiate between beacons.

Identifier does not play a role init. Also as most of the beacon manufacturers(Like estimote) do not allow change in UUID you should just use major and minor to identify different beacons.

answered Feb 26 '14 at 11:00

vipul mittal

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@Vipul - where did you get this untrue information that most of the manufacturers (i.e. Estimote) do not allow UUID configuration? – John Doe Feb 27 '14 at 06:54
not right now. You can download Estimote iPhone app and try for your self that it does not allow change in UUID for iBeacons – vipul mittal Feb 27 '14 at 07:13
@JohnDoe https://github.com/Estimote/iOS-SDK/issues/9 in this link read mikey0000's answer. – vipul mittal Feb 27 '14 at 07:33
@Vipul - That's an outdated thread. The app store app doesn't allow you to do so, but if you read further about their SDK, you'll see it is possible - I have done it, and so many other people too. Please update your answer so people don't get confused. – John Doe Feb 28 '14 at 06:00
@JohnDoe I would be glad if you can direct me to a link or document where I can learn about how to change UUID. As I have been working with Major minor only in my project and it would be helpful. – vipul mittal Feb 28 '14 at 06:02
@vipulmittal The method writeBeaconProximityUUID:withCompletion is what you're looking for. http://estimote.github.io/iOS-SDK/Classes/ESTBeacon.html#//api/name/writeBeaconProximityUUID:withCompletion: – John Doe Feb 28 '14 at 06:13
You can use any of their SDK sample codes and include this method once you have a selected ESTBeacon. ESTBeacon is pretty much an extension of CLBeacon, but with additional properties (power, minor, major, uuid, tx rate). – John Doe Feb 28 '14 at 06:16

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 26 '14 at 10:32

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Yes, this is correct. Although shop #1 should have major set to 10 to have similar format to the rest of the shops.

answered Feb 26 '14 at 10:32

Wiktor Gworek

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Doesn't work iBeacon identifier?

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