People Finding with Juniper Mist on PlaceOS
How to locate people using Juniper Mist
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How to locate people using Juniper Mist
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You must record and save the API Token immediately after generating it, as the API Token cannot be re-displayed.
To generate a Mist API Token:
In your browser, access the . The Mist Sign In page opens.
Log in to your Mist account by entering your account credentials.
While logged in to your Mist account, open another browser tab and access the URL
Select POST The generated API Token displays in the following format:
"key": "<randomly generated character string>"
where the character string is the API Token
For example, "key": "34223XFE...e5"
also see the
Record and save the API Token, before closing the browser tab.
Note the following about Mist API Tokens:
An API Token generated for a specific admin has the same privilege as the user
API Tokens are automatically deleted, if not used within 90 days.
When you configure the PlaceOS connection to Mist, you'll need the site_id
for the network you want to monitor. You can obtain these by:
logging into the
select the organisation and site (orange arrow below)
Record and save the UUID from the URL (highlighted in orange)
Add the Juniper Mist Websocket
driver to the drivers list and configure the settings
Then add the driver to the location services system.
We'll need to link Mist maps to PlaceOS maps. Use backoffice to execute the following command:
MistWebsocket -> maps (execute)
This will return data like:
Add the Juniper Mist Locations driver to the drivers list and configure the settings
Once the floor mappings are in place and the module has been added to your location services system, WIFI users will be searchable.