Getting UUID for a particular Beacon

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Hello

I just want to know how can I get the Proximity Id(UUID) for a particular Beacon if it is present in the range of a device. I have gone through the Demo project but unable to figure out the same. Kindly help me to sort out this.

Thanks

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Hi Salman,

Please note, that all our beacons are shipped with the same, default UUID.

You can check it using the Estimote mobile app.

Thanks!

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Hi Ola,

Thanks for the anwer. But I just want to know whether I can extract the UUID of a beacon programmatically or not.
Or do we need to hardcode the same in the app itself.
Also, I want to know whether we can change the UUID of the Beaqcons or not.

Thanks

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Hi again!

You need to hardcode it in the app.
Also, you can change it in the app or using our SDK:

Change region to UUID/major/minor of your beacon,
Insert your app ID and your app token,
Change "NEW_UUID" to the new uuid.

let beaconManager = ESTBeaconManager()
let region = ESTBeaconRegion(proximityUUID: NSUUID(UUIDString: "B9407F30-F5F8-466E-AFF9-25556B57FE6D"), major: 123, minor: 456, identifier: "my beacon")

var beacon: ESTBeacon!

override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()

ESTConfig.setupAppID("XXX", andAppToken: "YYY")
beaconManager.requestWhenInUseAuthorization()
beaconManager.delegate = self
beaconManager.startRangingBeaconsInRegion(region)

}

func beaconManager(manager: ESTBeaconManager!, didRangeBeacons beacons: [ESTBeacon]!, inRegion region: ESTBeaconRegion!) {
println("bm didRangeBeacons, (beacons.count) in region: (region.identifier)")

if let beacon = beacons.first {
    beaconManager.stopRangingBeaconsInRegion(region)
    self.beacon = beacon
    beacon.delegate = self
    beacon.connect()
}

}

func beaconConnectionDidSucceeded(beacon: ESTBeacon!) {
println("beaconConnectionDidSucceeded")

beacon.writeProximityUUID("NEW_UUID") { (newValue, error) in
    println("newValue = \(newValue), error = \(error)")
    beacon.disconnect()
}

}

Hope it helps!