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 the following third-party ESL service providers:
- Hanshow
- SES-Imagotag
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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SES-Imagotag
To configure ESL integration for SES-Imagotag:
config wireless-controller wtp-profile
edit FAP433F-default
config esl-ses-dongle
set esl-channel 10
set scd-enable enable
set output-power b
set apc-fqdn "example.fqdn"
set apc-port 7354
end
next
end
The following configuration are available for esl-ses-dongle:
compliance-level |
Compliance levels for the ESL solution integration:
(default = compliance-level-2) |
scd-enable |
Enable/disable ESL SES-imagotag Serial Communication Daemon (SCD) (default = disable) |
esl-channel |
ESL SES-imagotag dongle channel (default = 127) |
output-power |
ESL SES-imagotag dongle output power:
(default = A) |
apc-addr-type |
ESL SES-imagotag APC address type:
(default = fqdn) |
apc-fqdn / apc-ip |
FQDN / IP of ESL SES-imagotag Access Point Controller |
apc-port |
Port of ESL SES-imagotag Access Point Controller |
coex-level |
ESL SES-imagotag dongle coexistence level (default = none). Note: As of today there is no coexistence, interference-free parallel operation with regular 2.4GHz servicing radios |
tls-cert-verification |
Enable/disable TLS Certificate verification (default = enable) |
tls-fqdn-verification |
Enable/disable TLS Certificate verification (default = disable) |
To check the ESL dongle status:
On FortiOS:
diagnose wireless-controller wlac -c ws-esl [wtp-ip]
On FortiAP:
cw_diag -c esl-ses
To toggle ESL-SES debug level:
To see the the ESL log level on a FortiAP:
# cw_diag -c esl-dbg # -----------------------ESL SCD debug conf----------------------- # (console-output: 0 - off, 1 - on) console 0 # (debug-levels: 0 - none, 1 - fatal, 2 - error, 3 - warn, 4 - info, 5 - debug) data_block.data_block_container 2 firmware.load_firmware 2 …
To enable debugs:
cw_diag -c esl-dbg console 1
To apply the level change, you need to restart the SDC daemon or reboot the FortiAP.
To set other debug object levels:
cw_diag -c esl-dbg firmware.load_firmware 3
Level "3" is "warn", which means "fatal", "error" and "warn" logs will be displayed for "firmware.load_firmware".
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SES-Imagotag ESL is supported on Wi-Fi 6/802.11ax capable FortiAP models running firmware 7.0.1 and later. |