beacio vs RTScape

beacio brings Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) to Safari on iOS, letting you connect to BLE devices directly from web pages — no dedicated native app needed for each device. HOW IT WORKS beacio is a Safari Web Extension paired with a companion app. Install it, then finish setup in Safari: on any website, tap aA, tap Manage Extensions, and turn beacio on. For site access, tap aA, tap beacio, and tap Enable on all websites — Safari's own permission sheet follows, where you choose Always Allow… and then on every website. This route never touches Settings. If you prefer, the same grant can also be made in Settings → Apps → Safari → Extensions → beacio under Permissions, where the row is labelled Other Websites on iOS 26. Once enabled, websites use the standard Web Bluetooth API: beacio installs navigator.bluetooth in Safari, so a site already built for Web Bluetooth works with no code changes and no script tag. A vendor-prefixed navigator.beacio namespace is available alongside it for sites that want to detect beacio explicitly. KEY FEATURES - Full Web Bluetooth API support: requestDevice(), GATT service and characteristic discovery, read/write operations, and real-time notifications - Batch GATT operations for fast, efficient device communication - Native iOS device picker for secure device selection - Connection persistence across tab switches and brief app suspensions - Optional background sync registrations for alerts and beacon monitoring that you explicitly enable from supported websites - Standalone BLE scanner in the companion app for independent testing - Extension status dashboard with real-time monitoring USE CASES - IoT Dashboards: Monitor and control smart home devices, sensors, and actuators from web-based dashboards in Safari, including optional background alerts for important state changes - Fitness & Health: Connect to heart rate monitors, cycling sensors, and other fitness peripherals through web apps, with optional notifications for tracked measurements - Smart Home: Interact with BLE-enabled lights, locks, thermostats, and appliances via browser-based interfaces - Development & Prototyping: Test and debug BLE peripherals using web-based tools like nRF Connect for Web, without switching between native apps - Education: Build and experiment with BLE projects using web technologies SECURITY & PRIVACY beacio is secure by design. Every Bluetooth connection requires your explicit consent through the native iOS device picker. Optional background monitoring is available only when a supported website explicitly registers it and you grant the required permissions. The extension collects no personal data and performs no tracking. Crash reporting via Sentry uses EU-based data residency and captures only diagnostic data (crash logs, performance metrics) that is never linked to your identity. REQUIREMENTS - iOS 26.2 or later - iPhone with Bluetooth Low Energy support - Compatible BLE peripherals INSPIRED BY OPEN STANDARDS beacio implements the W3C Web Bluetooth specification used by Chrome and Edge on desktop and exposes it under the standard navigator.bluetooth name — the same device discovery, GATT read/write and notification operations. Existing Web Bluetooth sites work unchanged, with the vendor-prefixed navigator.beacio namespace available for explicit feature detection. FOR DEVELOPERS Visit beacio.com for integration documentation and the API reference. No SDK and no script tag is required: navigator.bluetooth comes from the extension itself, and the optional beacio.js helper only adds convenience and feature detection.

Turn your iPhone or iPad into a live camera for your Nx Witness video system. RTScape streams your camera straight to an Nx server, where it appears as a camera that operators can watch, record and find on the map. It records on your device at the same time, or on its own when there's no server or no connection. When something happens, one tap saves the moment. Built for the field: security patrols, site inspections, events, deliveries, or anywhere a fixed camera can't reach. STREAM LIVE TO NX WITNESS • Sign in through Nx Cloud, or connect straight to an Nx server on your network. • Tap record and your camera is live. RTScape adds it to the system as a camera, named after your device. • Your GPS position travels with the stream, so the camera shows on the server's map. • If the network drops, RTScape reconnects by itself. • Choose resolution up to Full HD 1080p, frame rate, bitrate, and whether a slow network costs smoothness or sharpness. RECORD ON YOUR DEVICE • Save video with or without a server: stream and record together, or record on its own. • Recordings are kept in short segments within a storage quota you set; the oldest make room for the new. • Microphone modes: Scene keeps the sound around you, Voice reduces background noise and levels speech. MARK THE MOMENT • Tap Bookmark to save an event clip from 5 seconds before to 5 seconds after. • While streaming, it also adds a bookmark on the Nx server at that moment. • Event clips are kept apart from your other recordings, with their own limits. BROWSE AND PLAY BACK • Find any clip on a timeline: green for recordings, blue for event clips. • Show all recordings, or event clips only. • Playback runs from one clip to the next; swipe for the next or previous clip. • Turn your device sideways to see more of the day at once. • Share a clip by message or email, or delete it, right from the player. PINCH TO ZOOM • Zoom in with two fingers. The zoom applies at the camera, so the stream and the recording carry it too. KNOW WHY A STREAM WON'T CONNECT • Test Live tells you whether your network can carry a live stream (directly, through a relay, or not at all) and why. • Tools for IT staff probe the router and test your own STUN/TURN server. PLANS • Free trial: unlimited live streaming for 7 days, no payment details needed. • Free plan: 30 minutes of live streaming a day. • Premium: unlimited live streaming, as a one-time purchase. Recording, playback and the network test are free on every plan. WHAT YOU NEED • To stream: an Nx Cloud account, or the address and login of an Nx Witness server. Recording works without either. • Camera and microphone access. Location is optional, and is sent only to the Nx server you connect to. Nx Witness is a product of Network Optix.