Glossary

Key terms used throughout the Blecon documentation.

A

Alert rule — A condition that the system monitors against device positions and behaviour. When the condition is met, a violation is created. See Alert rules.

Asset — A tracked device displayed on the Blecon Track map. See Assets.

Asset association — A parent-child relationship between two assets, representing a physical connection (e.g., a sensor attached to a vehicle). See Asset associations.

B

Blecon Network — The positioning and connectivity engine. Handles device positioning, data routing, and integrations. See Blecon Network overview.

Blecon Track — A tracking application built on the Blecon Network API. Provides the live map, alert rules, violations, and webhook notifications. See Blecon Track overview.

C

CloudEvents — An open standard for describing event data. Blecon uses CloudEvents format for all events delivered via data routing.

D

Data routing — The system for delivering device events from Blecon to your external systems. See Data routing.

Device — A Bluetooth beacon, GPS tracker, or sensor registered on a Blecon network. See Devices.

G

Coordinate zone — A geographic boundary drawn on the Blecon Track map (polygon or bounding box). Used for outdoor geofencing and area monitoring. Created in the Tracker UI by drawing on the map. See also: Network zone.

H

Heartbeat — A periodic position update sent even when a device hasn't moved. Ensures you always have recent position data.

Hotspot — A simple relay that detects Bluetooth device signals and forwards them to the Blecon cloud. Hotspots don't pair with devices or decrypt data — security is device-to-cloud. Can be fixed hardware or a mobile phone/tablet running the Blecon Agent. See Hotspots.

N

Network — A logical grouping of devices, hotspots, and routing configuration in Blecon Network. See Networks.

Network zone — A proximity-based zone defined by hotspot or reference beacon assignments. A device is "in" a network zone when the strongest detecting hotspot is assigned to that zone. Created in the Console and assigned to hotspots or reference beacons. See also: Coordinate zone.

P

Positioning — The process of calculating a device's location from Bluetooth signal measurements and hotspot locations. See How positioning works.

R

RSSI — Received Signal Strength Indicator. A measurement of Bluetooth signal strength in dBm (typically -100 to 0). Stronger signals (closer to 0) indicate the device is nearer to the hotspot.

T

Trail — The movement path of an asset shown on the Blecon Track map, connecting position updates over time.

V

Violation — An active alert created when an alert rule's condition is met. Violations persist until the condition resolves. See Violations.

Z

Reference beacon — A Blecon device configured with fixed coordinates and a zone assignment, used to propagate zone identity to nearby hotspots. See Reference beacons.

Zone — A named area on the tracking map. Blecon has two zone types: network zones (proximity-based, from hotspot/beacon assignments) and coordinate zones (geographic boundaries drawn on the map). See Zones.

Zone detection — Room-level or area-level presence tracking based on which hotspot has the strongest signal for a device. See Zone detection.

Zone tag — A label applied to zones for grouping and bulk rule management. See Use zone tags to manage rules at scale.