Glossary
Key terms used throughout the Blecon documentation.
A
Rule: A condition that the system evaluates against tag positions and behaviour. Rules can generate alerts, auto-associate tags, or record trips. See Rules.
Asset: A tracked tag 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 Agent: An app for phones, tablets, laptops, and vehicles that includes hotspot functionality (scanning for nearby tags and relaying data to the cloud), plus tag scanning and registration. See Blecon Agent (mobile hotspots) for download links and setup.
Blecon Track: The Blecon tracking application. Provides the live map, rules, alerts, and 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 tag events from Blecon to your external systems.
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 Blecon Track by drawing on the map. See also: Network zone.
H
Heartbeat: A periodic position update sent even when a tag hasn't moved. Ensures you always have recent position data.
Hotspot: A simple relay that detects Bluetooth tag signals and forwards them to the Blecon cloud. Hotspots don't pair with tags or decrypt data; security is tag-to-cloud. Can be a fixed hardware hub or a phone/tablet/laptop running the Blecon Agent. Both hubs and the Agent act as hotspots, but they are separate products. See Hotspots.
N
Network: A logical grouping of tags, hotspots, and routing configuration.
Network zone: A proximity-based zone defined by hotspot or reference beacon assignments. A tag is "in" a network zone when the strongest detecting hotspot is assigned to that zone. Created in Settings → Network zones and assigned to reference beacons. See also: Coordinate zone.
P
Positioning: The process of calculating a tag's location from Bluetooth signal measurements and hotspot locations. See How positioning works.
Positioning profile: A named preset (Fast, Balanced, or Accurate) that sets all positioning tuning values, trading reaction speed against position stability. Profiles are maintained by Blecon and improved centrally; overriding an individual value through the API puts a workspace on Custom. See Positioning settings.
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 tag is nearer to the hotspot.
T
Tag: A small BLE tracker, smart label, or sensor attached to an asset. Tags broadcast Bluetooth signals that hotspots detect, and the system calculates their position. See Hardware overview.
Trail: The movement path of an asset shown on the Blecon Track map, connecting position updates over time.
V
Alert: An active alert created when a rule's condition is met. Alerts persist until the condition resolves. See Alerts.
Z
reference beacon: A Blecon tag 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/reference 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 tag. 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.