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Instant Mode 8 Configuration Verification

Instant Mode Access Point CLI

Section titled “Instant Mode Access Point CLI”

To verify the configuration on the HPE Aruba Networking side, connect to the HPE Aruba Networking access point using SSH or the local console.

  1. Check if <deviceClass> BLE devices are seen by the APs BLE radio using the command show ap debug ble-table generic:
ArubaInstantAP# show ap debug ble-table generic




BLE Device Table [Generic]
---------------------------
MAC                Address Type  RSSI  Last Update  Device Class  Generic Filter  BT-SIG Company IDs
---                ------------  ----  -----------  ------------  --------------  ------------------
60:c0:bf:60:de:0b  Public        -77   I:5s         iBeacon       --              0x004C
60:c0:bf:61:0e:bf  Public        -43   I:3s         iBeacon       --              0x004C


Generic BLE devices:2
Total BLE devices:2


Note: Battery level for LS-BT1USB devices is indicated as USB.
Note: Uptime is shown as Days hour:minute:second.
Note: Last Update is time in seconds since last heard update.
Note: Meas. Pow. is the averaged RSSI (in dBm) when the iBeacon is calibrated.
Note: Tx_Power is shown in dBm in the APBs section for radios that support radio profile type 1. For all other APB radios, Tx_Power is a discrete level from 0-15.
Status Flags:L:AP's local beacon; I:iBeacon; A:Beacon management capable
         :H:High power beacon; T:Asset Tag Beacon; U:Upgrade of firmware pending
         :u:Beacon management update received
Generic Filter:S:serviceUUIDFilter; C:companyIdentifierFilter
         :M:macOuiFilter; L:localNameFilter

If no <deviceClass> devices show up in the APs BLE table, check the following things:

  • Are <deviceClass> devices in the range of the AP?
  • Are the <deviceClass> devices switched on?
  • Has the APs IoT radio been enabled with the settings shown in the configuration section?
  • Has the device class <deviceClass> selected in the IoT transport configuration as shown in the configuration section?
  1. Check if the IoT transport connection to the HYPROS backend has been established using the commands:

show ap debug ble-relay iot-profile
show ap debug ble-relay report

ArubaInstantAP# show ap debug ble-relay iot-profile


ConfigID                                : 90


---------------------------Profile[hypros]---------------------------


serverURL                               : wss://<websocket-url>/<path>
serverType                              : Telemetry Websocket
deviceClassFilter                       : iBeacon, Eddystone, Minew
reportingInterval                       : 600 second
authentication-mode                     : none
accessToken                             : <access-token>
clientID                                : <client-id>
rssiReporting                           : Average
environmentType                         : office
bleDataForwarding                       : TRUE
blePeriodicTelemetryDisable             : TRUE
companyIdentifierFilter                 : 026C
cipher-list                             : standard
Server Connection State
--------------------------
TransportContext                        : Connection Established
Last Data Update                        : 2021-10-21 13:52:03
Last Send Time                          : 2021-10-21 13:52:03
TransType                               : Websocket


ArubaInstantAP# show ap debug ble-relay report


---------------------------Profile[hypros]---------------------------


WebSocket Connect Status                : Connection Established
WebSocket Connection Established        : Yes
Location Id                             : Not Configured
Websocket Address                       : wss://<websocket-url>/<path>
WebSocket Host                          : <websocket-url>
WebSocket Path                          : <path>
Vlan Interface                          : Not Configured
Current WebSocket Started at            : 2021-10-21 13:40:13
Web Proxy                               : NA
Proxy Username&password                 : NA, NA
Last Send Time                          : 2021-10-21 13:52:54
Websocket Write Stats                   : 277 (39080B)
Websocket Write WM                      : 0B (0)
Websocket Read Stats                    : 0 (0B)

If the websocket connection status show a different status than Connection Established use the following command to check possible connection issues:

show ap debug ble-relay ws-log <profile>

  1. If the connection status shows Connection Established but the communication seems not to be working correctly, use the following command to check message processing through the websocket connection:

show ap debug ble-relay tag-report

Note: Repeat the show command multiple times to see if message counters increase. The Tag messages dropped should not increase and show only a low amount of dropped packets compared to incoming and processed messages, e.g. in the 0.x % range.

ArubaInstantAP# show ap debug ble-relay tag-report


---------------------------Profile[hypros]---------------------------


Incoming Tag messages                   : 305
Tag messages processed                  : 301
Tag messages dropped                    : 4
Tag messages WS queue success           : 301
Tag messages WS queue unavailable       : 0
Tag messages WS not connected           : 0
Tag messages WS sent                    : 301
Heartbeat messages WS sent              : 181

Central Instant Mode - Web Console

Section titled “Central Instant Mode - Web Console”

As an alternative to connecting to the Access Point via SSH, the console can also be viewed using Central. Therefore, the console can be found at Tools > Console.

Common Causes of Connection Errors

Section titled “Common Causes of Connection Errors”
  • Trusted certificate chain for remote IoT server certificate not installed. Only applicable for secure connections (https://, wss://)
  • Wrong authentication credentials for the remote IoT server connection (access token, username/password, clientId/secret)
  • Domain name resolution not configured or not working e.g. DNS server not reachable
  • Connection blocked by firewall or other devices in the communication path

Note: Starting with Aruba Instant 8.8 IoT server connections are automatically established even if no messages need to be sent to the remote server, e.g. because no BLE devices are seen by the HPE Aruba Networking AP.