Support for Electronic Shelf Label systems
Some FortiAP models equipped with a USB port can support Electronic Shelf Labels (ESL) systems. These FortiAPs can be configured to accept a ESL-Radio through a USB dongle that works on a 2.4 GHz frequency band. Once the ESL dongle is connected, you can configure the communication mode from a FortiGate. ESL traffic from the ESL-Radio is sent to ESL-Servers that are either located on-premise or in the Cloud.
Fortinet currently supports Hanshow ESL integration.
Hanshow integration
To configure ESL integration for Hanshow
config wireless-controller wtp-profile
edit "421E-dongle"
config platform
set type 421E
end
config lan
set port-esl-mode bridge-to-ssid
set port-esl-ssid "WIFI-Private"
end
next
end
The following configuration are available in port-esl-mode:
| offline | Offline. |
| nat-to-wan | NAT WTP ESL port to WTP WAN port. |
| bridge-to-wan | Bridge WTP ESL port to WTP WAN port. |
| bridge-to-ssid | Bridge WTP ESL port to SSID. |
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Hanshow ESL is supported on select FortiAP models, including but not limited to:
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