Comparison

Item

LEAPS RTLS

PANS PRO RTLS

PANS RTLS

Supported profiles

Profile 2, 3, 4, 5

Profile 0

Profile 0

Firmware update
and maintenance

Yes

Limited

No

Use in production
deployment

Yes

Yes

Limited

Scalability

Fully scalable

Fully scalable 1

Fully scalable 2

Location capability

TWR 3,
UL-TDoA 4,
DL-TDoA 5

TWR only

TWR only

Max. update rate
per tag 6
Up to 10 Hz for TWR
Up to 50 Hz for UL-TDoA
Up to 50 Hz for DL-TDoA

Up to 10 Hz for TWR

Up to 10 Hz for TWR

Total update capacity 6

Up to 320 Hz for TWR
Up to 700 Hz for UL-TDoA
Unlimited for DL-TDoA

Up to 150 Hz for TWR

Up to 150 Hz for TWR

Max. measurements
per update

Up to 30 6

4

4

Data server

Advanced

Advanced

Basic (duplicity filtration)

Data latency
on server

50 ms 6

update rate + 50 ms

update rate + 50 ms

Data latency
on the device

< 10ms

< 10ms

< 10ms

Server API

MQTT

MQTT

MQTT

Device API

UART, SPI, USB, Bluetooth

UART, SPI, Bluetooth

UART, SPI, Bluetooth

Bluetooth API

Advanced (unified API)

Legacy

Legacy

Bluetooth Security

Yes

No

No

Tools

LEAPS Manager for Android and iOS. LEAPS Center WebApp for Windows/Linux/MacOS.

PANS PRO Manager for Android. LEAPS Center WebApp for Windows/Linux/MacOS.

DRTLS Manager for Android. Basic WebApp for Windows/Linux/MacOS.

Compatible with
PANS RTLS

No

Yes

System updates

Yes

Bugfixes

No

Long term support

Yes

Bugfixes

No


1

When LC5A Industrial Gateway is used

2

Users must use the Raspberry Pi 3B as a Gateway device

3

Two-Way Ranging

4

Uplink Time Difference of Arrival

5

Downlink Time Difference of Arrival

6(1,2,3,4)

Depending on network profile and measurement mode