{"id":20429,"date":"2026-11-10T17:16:59","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T09:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lansitec.com\/?p=20429"},"modified":"2026-11-02T14:02:52","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T06:02:52","slug":"ble-asset-tracking-gps-trace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lansitec.com\/de\/blogs\/ble-asset-tracking-per-gps-spur\/","title":{"rendered":"BLE-Asset-Tracking: Wie Lansitec-Ger\u00e4te mit GPS-Trace integriert werden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>What a Lansitec and GPS-Trace interoperability test reveals about gateway placement, asset visibility, and choosing the right level of positioning detail.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A company wants to know which floor its shared projector is on. Another needs to know whether an equipment case has reached its destination warehouse. Both are asset-tracking problems. But they don&#8217;t necessarily require the same positioning accuracy, gateway infrastructure, or reporting approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This distinction became clear during a recent interoperability test involving Lansitec <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lansitec.com\/fr\/blogs\/bluetooth-low-energy-ble-un-guide-complet\/\">Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)<\/a> tags and the GPS-Trace Tags platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Together with GPS-Trace, we explored two asset-tracking scenarios using four Lansitec BLE device models and compatible Teltonika <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lansitec.com\/fr\/passerelles\/\">Gateways<\/a>. One setup focused on locating equipment across office floors and zones. The other tracked asset presence and dwell time across multiple sites. The hardware combination remained the same. The gateway arrangement changed, and, more importantly, the information the system was expected to provide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The test confirmed that Lansitec BLE devices could send data through the configured Teltonika <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lansitec.com\/fr\/traqueurs\/\">Tracker<\/a> to GPS-Trace Tags. Beyond compatibility, these two scenarios illustrate a key principle for planning a tracking deployment: <strong>start with the location question you need to answer, then design the infrastructure around it.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How\u00a0Lansitec\u00a0BLE\u00a0Asset\u00a0Tracking\u00a0Works\u00a0with\u00a0GPS-Trace<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BLE tracking starts with a relatively simple principle. A tag attached to an asset periodically broadcasts a short wireless message. A nearby gateway receives that message and forwards the relevant data to a platform, where it can be associated with a specific asset.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this test, the system consisted of:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Lansitec BLE <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lansitec.com\/fr\/balises-bluetooth\/\">Leuchtfeuer<\/a> and tags<\/strong> attached to equipment and everyday office assets.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Teltonika FMC130, FMC150, FMC920, and FMC880 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lansitec.com\/fr\/traqueurs\/\">Tracker<\/a><\/strong> configured to receive BLE advertisements and forward them as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lansitec.com\/fr\/passerelles\/\">Gateways<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>GPS-Trace Tags<\/strong>, which associated incoming sensor data with assets and provided location visualization, events, notifications, history, and reporting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The four <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lansitec.com\/fr\/produits\/\">Lansitec-Ger\u00e4te<\/a> represented different physical formats and asset requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Which\u00a0Lansitec\u00a0BLE\u00a0Devices\u00a0Were\u00a0Tested?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"579\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lansitec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/BLE-Asset-Tracking-1024x579.webp\" alt=\"BLE\u00a0Asset\u00a0Tracking\" class=\"wp-image-20432\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lansitec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/BLE-Asset-Tracking-1024x579.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.lansitec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/BLE-Asset-Tracking-300x170.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.lansitec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/BLE-Asset-Tracking-18x10.webp 18w, https:\/\/www.lansitec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/BLE-Asset-Tracking-767x434.webp 767w, https:\/\/www.lansitec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/BLE-Asset-Tracking-360x204.webp 360w, https:\/\/www.lansitec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/BLE-Asset-Tracking-599x339.webp 599w, https:\/\/www.lansitec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/BLE-Asset-Tracking.webp 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>Lansitec device<\/td><td>Asset used in the test<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lansitec.com\/fr\/produits\/mini-balise-de-suivi-bluetooth-intelligente\/\">B003 Bluetooth Beacon<\/a><\/td><td>Office and car keys<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lansitec.com\/fr\/produits\/etiquette-autocollante-de-suivi-bluetooth\/\">B002 Bluetooth-Etikett<\/a><\/td><td>Employee laptops<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lansitec.com\/fr\/produits\/balise-bluetooth\/\">B005 Bluetooth Beacon<\/a><\/td><td>Equipment boxes<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lansitec.com\/fr\/produits\/etiquette-bluetooth-portable-i3\/\">i3<\/a> Tragbarer Bluetooth-Tag<\/td><td>Camera and projector<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why use several device formats instead of attaching the same beacon to everything?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because a laptop, a keyring, and an equipment box impose different physical constraints. An appropriate tag must fit the asset and its intended handling without creating unnecessary installation difficulties. The test demonstrated a practical mix of devices rather than relying on a single form factor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All four Lansitec models were configured to transmit standard iBeacon advertisements. The Teltonika <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lansitec.com\/fr\/traqueurs\/\">Tracker<\/a> received these packets using configured BLE parsing rules, and the data was passed to GPS-Trace Tags.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The interoperability itself was the first confirmed result. The next question was what useful location information this architecture could deliver under different gateway arrangements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Indoor\u00a0BLE\u00a0Asset\u00a0Tracking:\u00a0Finding\u00a0Equipment\u00a0by\u00a0Floor\u00a0and\u00a0Zone<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Consider a shared office with laptops, cameras, projectors, and other equipment that employees move between rooms and floors. Knowing that a projector is somewhere in the building might not be enough. Staff may need to identify the floor and approximate zone where it was last detected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For this scenario, GPS-Trace placed three <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lansitec.com\/fr\/passerelles\/\">Gateways<\/a> on the sixth floor and one on the fifth. Each gateway was associated with a position on the corresponding building layer in Tags.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The tagged assets were then moved between rooms and floors to simulate normal equipment use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lansitec.com\/fr\/passerelles\/\">Gateways<\/a> received the BLE advertisements, Tags used their locations and the received signal strength indicator (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lansitec.com\/fr\/blogs\/positionnement-interieur-rssi\/\">RSSI<\/a>) to estimate asset positions. The test showed approximate equipment locations on the relevant floor layers and zones, along with movement between floors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The platform also provided movement history and playback, allowing users to review where an asset had been detected over time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How\u00a0Gateway\u00a0Placement\u00a0Affects\u00a0Indoor\u00a0BLE\u00a0Tracking\u00a0Accuracy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This scenario shows why gateway placement is a design decision, not just an installation task.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A gateway can establish that a tag is within reception range. With several suitably positioned receivers, their observations can provide more information about an asset&#8217;s approximate location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lansitec.com\/fr\/passerelles\/\">Gateways<\/a> don&#8217;t automatically translate into room-level accuracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What\u00a0Are\u00a0the\u00a0Limitations\u00a0of\u00a0RSSI-Based\u00a0Indoor\u00a0Tracking?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BLE signal strength changes with distance, walls, furniture, equipment, and other environmental conditions. An RSSI-based estimate is not equivalent to a precise measurement of physical coordinates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For a prospective deployment, the important questions are therefore practical:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Does the system need to distinguish floors, zones, or individual rooms?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Where must <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lansitec.com\/fr\/passerelles\/\">Gateways<\/a> be placed to provide the required coverage?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How reliably must the application identify an asset&#8217;s last detected area?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If approximate zone visibility is sufficient, a BLE-based approach may meet the operational requirement without introducing a more precise positioning technology. If the application needs consistently finer accuracy, that requirement should be validated separately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The GPS-Trace test demonstrated floor and approximate zone visibility in its configured environment. It did not establish a universal positioning accuracy that applies to every building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Multi-Site\u00a0BLE\u00a0Asset\u00a0Tracking:\u00a0Presence\u00a0and\u00a0Dwell-Time\u00a0Monitoring<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A company operates several offices, warehouses, or service locations. Equipment moves between them, and staff need to answer questions such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Has the equipment arrived? Which site currently has it? How long has it been there?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this case, the exact position of an equipment box inside a building may matter less than confirming it&#8217;s at the correct facility. The second GPS-Trace scenario used one gateway at each site, with each location represented as a separate layer in Tags. When a Lansitec tag entered a gateway&#8217;s BLE reception area, the gateway could report its detection to the platform. This allowed Tags to associate the asset with the corresponding site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The test demonstrated how users could review asset presence and movement between monitored sites, inspect events, and analyze dwell duration. The GPS-Trace report example covered a 10-day period and included information such as time spent at locations, recorded events, and visited layers. Reports could also be exported in CSV format.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Asset\u00a0Presence\u00a0Detection\u00a0vs.\u00a0Continuous\u00a0Tracking<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is where asset-tracking projects can become unnecessarily complicated. It&#8217;s tempting to assume that more precise location data is always better. Yet for many operational questions, a reliable site-level observation may be all that&#8217;s needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A maintenance team might need to confirm that a toolset has returned to its service center. A warehouse operator might need to determine whether equipment was detected at a particular facility and for how long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Neither question necessarily requires a detailed indoor position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A site-level deployment can therefore prioritize gateway coverage at important locations rather than positioning every asset within those locations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is an important limitation, though: detecting an asset at one site and later at another is not the same as continuously tracking its journey between them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lansitec.com\/fr\/passerelles\/\">Gateways<\/a> installed only at monitored facilities, the system records observations when tags are within reception range. It does not automatically reveal the route taken between those sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That distinction should influence how businesses describe the system to users and what they expect from location history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How\u00a0to\u00a0Choose\u00a0the\u00a0Right\u00a0BLE\u00a0Tracking\u00a0Setup<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The two scenarios used the same basic technology but answered different operational questions. They also suggest a straightforward way to approach a new deployment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What\u00a0Location\u00a0Information\u00a0Does\u00a0Your\u00a0Application\u00a0Need?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Start with the action someone needs to take. If employees need to find shared equipment, floor and zone information may be useful. If a logistics coordinator only needs to confirm that equipment arrived at a location, site presence and arrival events may be sufficient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Defining this requirement early helps prevent a project from pursuing positioning precision it doesn&#8217;t actually need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where\u00a0Should\u00a0BLE\u00a0Gateways\u00a0Be\u00a0Installed?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gateway coverage determines where BLE observations can be collected. For indoor zone tracking, receiver placement influences how well the system can distinguish different areas. For multi-site tracking, the priority may instead be dependable detection at entrances, storage areas, or other relevant points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A deployment should validate reception under actual operating conditions, especially where building materials, equipment, or asset placement may affect radio signals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What\u00a0Can\u00a0You\u00a0Do\u00a0with\u00a0BLE\u00a0Location\u00a0and\u00a0Presence\u00a0Data?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A point on a map is only one possible output. GPS-Trace Tags demonstrated additional ways to work with the data, including movement history, events, notifications, reports, and CSV exports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A company may care more about an asset&#8217;s dwell duration, recent detection history, or presence at a particular site than its continuously updated map position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is an important part of solution design: deciding not only how to collect data, but how people will use it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lansitec\u00a0BLE\u00a0and\u00a0GPS-Trace\u00a0Integration\u00a0Test\u00a0Results<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The collaboration confirmed that the four tested Lansitec BLE device models could work with GPS-Trace Tags through the configured Teltonika <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lansitec.com\/fr\/passerelles\/\">Gateways<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It also illustrated two different uses of the resulting asset observations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td><strong>Office tracking<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Multi-site tracking<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Primary question<\/strong><\/td><td>Which floor or approximate zone contains the asset?<\/td><td>At which monitored site was the asset detected?<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Gateway arrangement<\/strong><\/td><td>Three on the sixth floor, one on the fifth<\/td><td>One at each site<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Location information<\/strong><\/td><td>Approximate floor and zone position<\/td><td>Site presence and dwell duration<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Useful outputs<\/strong><\/td><td>Location visualization and movement playback<\/td><td>Events, history, dwell reports<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Important limitation<\/strong><\/td><td>RSSI-based location is approximate<\/td><td>No continuous visibility between sites without additional coverage<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These results demonstrate interoperability and the usefulness of two gateway arrangements in the tested environments. They should not be interpreted as a guarantee of identical positioning accuracy, coverage, or performance in other installations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the detailed test methodology, Teltonika configuration parameters, interface screenshots, and results, read GPS-Trace&#8217;s original article: <a href=\"https:\/\/gps-trace.com\/en\/blog\/lansitec\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tags: Testing Lansitec BLE Devices<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How\u00a0to\u00a0Choose\u00a0Between\u00a0Indoor\u00a0Location\u00a0and\u00a0Site-Level\u00a0Tracking<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not every asset-tracking project needs exact coordinates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sometimes the priority is finding a shared device on the correct office floor. Sometimes it&#8217;s knowing whether equipment reached a warehouse and how long it stayed there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Lansitec and GPS-Trace test illustrates how a common BLE tag architecture can support both requirements when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lansitec.com\/fr\/passerelles\/\">Gateways<\/a> and platform configuration match the tracking objective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For system integrators, that is the useful takeaway. The starting point isn&#8217;t necessarily the most advanced positioning technology or the highest possible gateway density. It&#8217;s understanding which asset observations will help customers make decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lansitec&#8217;s range of BLE tag formats gives integrators hardware options for different asset types, while the tested GPS-Trace integration demonstrates one way to turn those broadcasts into location information, events, and reporting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A good tracking system doesn&#8217;t simply collect more location data. It collects the level of information the application can actually use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Explore the integration:<\/strong> Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/gps-trace.com\/en\/blog\/lansitec\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GPS-Trace testing report<\/a> for hardware configurations, screenshots, and additional technical details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Explore <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lansitec.com\/fr\/produits\/\">Lansitec-Hardware<\/a>:<\/strong> Besuchen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lansitec.com\/de\/\">Lansitec<\/a> to learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lansitec.com\/fr\/balises-bluetooth\/\">Bluetooth-Beacons<\/a>, labels, and asset-tracking devices.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What a Lansitec and GPS-Trace interoperability test reveals about gateway placement, asset visibility, and choosing the right level of positioning detail. A company wants to know which floor its shared projector is on. Another needs to know whether an equipment case has reached its destination warehouse. Both are asset-tracking problems. But they don&#8217;t necessarily require&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lansitec.com\/de\/blogs\/ble-asset-tracking-per-gps-spur\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Weiterlesen \u00bb<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">BLE-Asset-Tracking: Wie Lansitec-Ger\u00e4te mit GPS-Trace integriert werden<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":20582,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":"","_wpais_prompt":"","_wpais_disable":false},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-iot-education"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lansitec.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lansitec.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lansitec.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lansitec.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lansitec.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20429"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.lansitec.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20429\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20433,"href":"https:\/\/www.lansitec.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20429\/revisions\/20433"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lansitec.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lansitec.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lansitec.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lansitec.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}