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• Ultra Wide Band Anchor Placement Procedure

  Getting Started

  The first thing to do is set up your Ultra Wide Band (UWB) Anchors in the real world. The anchors can be placed anywhere you need, but here are a few tips for their placement:

  • Use choke-points. Placing an anchor at a choke-point will help to make sure users get good ranges to it as they walk past.
  • Space out your anchors. Spacing out your anchors will help you get ranges over a larger area.
  • Place anchors about hip level.  Because we recommend that tracking units be worn on your belt or mounted to your torso, placing anchors about hip level will minimize vertical distances when ranging between anchor and tracking unit.
  • Place anchors near a power source. If you intend to leave the anchor for an extended period of time, you can plug them in so that you don’t have to recharge them between uses.
  • Use identifiable locations. When adding the anchor in NEON Command, you will need to know exactly where the anchor is placed. This is much easier if the anchor is placed on a recognizable floor plan feature like a corner or a doorway.
  • Make sure the anchors are firmly placed. Once the anchor is set in place, they should not move. If an anchor is moved, NEON could solve your location incorrectly. If an anchor does need to be moved after you place it, just be sure to update its position in NEON Command.

  NEON Command

  Now that your anchors have been placed in the real world, you need to tell NEON Command where they are. Below is a short process to do this:

  1. Sign into your account in NEON Command, then select the building where you will be placing the UWB anchors.
  2. In 2D mode right-click in the location where you would like to place your anchor. Be sure to be as accurate as possible. Select "Place Reference".
        
      
     
     
  3. Set the Type as “TRX Anchor” and set the ID as the serial number of the UWB Anchor you are adding.
     
     
     
     
  4. Once the anchor is added as a reference it should appear in the References sidebar.
     
     

  Completion

  Now that your anchors are placed in the real world and in NEON Command, you are ready to track. On your Android device, open NEON Personnel Tracker and log into your subscription.  If you were already logged in, you may need to sync your data to see the new references (push cloud icon at the top to sync). Now that your device is synced, you should see your “TRX Anchor” icons on your map. Now go ahead and start up your UWB tracking unit, attach it to your belt, and go. As you walk near the UWB anchors you should see your location correct.
     
                                                 

   

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• Ultra Wide Band (UWB) Location Sharing

  Ultra Wide Band (UWB) Location Sharing

  Development Stage: Alpha

  UWB Tracking Units now support a feature that allows location data and constraints to be shared with other nearby UWB Tracking Units. This feature was designed to improve the location accuracy of groups of users tracking together.

  This feature is targeted for the use case where one user in a group is designated as the "navigator" and only this user enables the location sharing feature. If everyone is configured with location sharing turned on, then no one is listening and therefore there is no sharing. The "navigator" is responsible for maintaining an accurate location that can be shared with other nearby users. If the "navigator" has a poor location, it may affect the accuracy of the entire group. It is expected that all users start out with a good NEON initialization and then may proceed into an area without infrastructure (GPS, anchors, etc.). The location sharing feature helps the group to maintain better location accuracy while in an area without infrastructure.

  The person with location sharing turned on will use more battery because that Tracking Unit is constantly sending data over UWB. 

  UWB location sharing can be configured using the settings page in the Personnel Tracker app.

  • Sharing Type
    • None: Manual check-ins are shared.
    • GPS: Manual check-ins and current GPS location are shared.
  • Share Channel
    • The channel provides for multiple groups of users in the same location to share manual check-ins, GPS or NEON locations with other users on the same channel.
  • Share Interval
    • The sharing interval represents the how often GPS or NEON locations are shared. This setting does not affect manual check-ins.

   

  

   

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