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Introducing the Oyster3-Bluetooth

Written by Iman Kareem

Updated at June 30th, 2025

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Table of Contents

The Oyster3-Bluetooth What's in the box? Provisioning your Oyster3-Bluetooth Features Tracking Features   Bluetooth Features Enabling Features Critical parameters Additional resources

 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).

Click here to see detailed specifications.

What's in the box? 

You will get a compact box containing the Oyster3-Bluetooth + standard housing. 

 

The Oyster3-Bluetooth comes with

  • A packet of screws - to secure the housing

Provisioning your Oyster3-Bluetooth

  1. Initial Provisioning - Oyster3-Bluetooth
  2. Choose a SIM Card Provider
  3. Install a Nano (4FF) SIM Card
  4. Review Admin Parameters
  5. Insert Batteries
  6. Seal the Housing
  7. Select BLE Tags (optional)
  8. 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

Additional resources

  • Oyster Rugged Housing
  • Battery Life Estimates - Oyster3-Bluetooth

 

 

 

 

 

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