Access Point 3201 Released

Bluegiga releases the new Access Point 3201 (AP3201) product family. AP3201 enables reliable and secure Bluetooth wireless connectivity between devices and networks. AP3201 utilizes Bluegiga's iWRAP Bluetooth software platform together with Bluegiga's Linux distribution, enabling integrators and developers to adapt the device simply into any Bluetooth networking application. It is also capable of utilizing Bluegiga Solution Manager (BSM) environment, enabling network managers and administrators to manage, configure and monitor Access Points remotely. This makes the installation and management of medium and large scale systems affordable. AP3201 is powered with Bluegiga's WT11 Bluetooth 2.0/2.1+EDR module that enables more than 150 meters connection range and offers users the most advanced performance. It can be configured with software settings for smaller radio cell coverage for optimum networking topologies and performance. The Access Point has built-in Ethernet interface for Internet connectivity and USB connector for extending the device with extra memory, 3GSM/GPRS or Wi-FI USB dongles. AP3201 is available in four different versions: integrated antenna, with external antenna, OEM version without the housing, and custom versions for different software parameters. The device is targeted at Bluetooth medical and healthcare applications, Bluetooth marketing, Point-of-sale, logistics systems, and audio applications. "With our new Access Point product family we bring the Integrators and OEMs our leading expertise in the small form factor, reliability and versatility that the industry has never seen before. AP3201 utilizes Bluegiga's advanced iWRAP Bluetooth Interfaces as our extremely successful Access Server product family offering the integrators seamless extension for their existing Bluegiga Access Server networks", comments Tom Nordman, Bluegiga's Vice President of Sales and Marketing.