Introducing the Oyster3-Bluetooth
Written by Iman Kareem
Updated at June 30th, 2025
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The Oyster3-Bluetooth
The Oyster3-Bluetooth is a next-generation Bluetooth-enabled variant of our best-selling Oyster series. It is an ultra-rugged GPS asset tracking device featuring 10+ years of battery (5x battery life of Oyster2).
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What's in the box?
You will get a compact box containing the Oyster3-Bluetooth + standard housing.
The Oyster3-Bluetooth comes with
Provisioning your Oyster3-Bluetooth
- Initial Provisioning - Oyster3-Bluetooth
- Choose a SIM Card Provider
- Install a Nano (4FF) SIM Card
- Review Admin Parameters
- Insert Batteries
- Seal the Housing
- Select BLE Tags (optional)
- Integration (Product code: 102)
Features
Tracking Features
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Basic Tracking | These parameters determine the tracking mode and tracking intervals. |
| Scheduled Uploads | Configure specific times for a device to upload its data. |
| Inactivity Timer | Receive an alert when your assets are being underutilized. |
| GPS Movement Trips | Device starts/ends trips based on GPS movement. |
| Tracking Mode Wake Filter | Filters out the small movements noticed by the accelerometer. |
| Upload timeout | Select a registration strategy and specify the duration the device will attempt to upload data before timing out. |
| Battery Voltage | Set the battery low threshold. |
| GPS Settings | Set the minimum accuracy requirements for a fix to be considered 'valid'. |
| Accelerometer | Adjust the accelerometer thresholds required to wake the device or begin a trip. |
Bluetooth Features
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| BLE Tag scanning | Set the scanning behaviour for Bluetooth tags. |
| BLE Eddystone | Filter your BLE Tags to a select set of Eddystone protocol tags. |
| BLE iBeacon | Filter your BLE Tags to a select set of iBeacon protocol tags. |
| BLE MAC Filter | Use the MAC address of your devices as filters to ignore unwanted signals. |
| BLE Advanced Scanning | Communicate via active scans and change the scan technology for better integration. |
| BLE Tag Analog Mapping (x2) | Make the device report sensor readings from a BLE tag as if they were ‘married. |
| BLE User Integrated tags | Filter your BLE Tags to any tag type to expand your options for BLE tags. |
Enabling Features
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Time Zone and Daylight Savings | Configure specific datetime settings to assist with scheduled uploads. |
| After Hours | Assign working times by days of the week and activate auto-recovery mode. |
| SMS | Prevent the device from responding to unwanted SMS commands. |
| High-G Detection | Monitor and log events where a device experiences significant G-force |
| Recovery Mode | Easily switch from infrequent tracking to ‘live tracking’ to recover an asset. |
| Tip Detection | Tip Detection feature allows you to define a range of angles that constitute a 'tipped' state. |
Critical parameters
- The Oyster3 has different configurable tracking modes to best fit a variety of applications Changing the Update Rate - Oyster3
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