Gateways automatically detect beacons and pass on advertising data, usually via WiFi, Ethernet connection or USB port. This allows subsequent desktops, servers or cloud services to detect beacons that are either come into or subsequently gone out of range. For beacons that advertise battery levels, gateways also allow battery levels to be monitored remotely. Sensor data such as acceleration, temperature, humidity, light level, magnetic (hall) switching, PIR and IR proximity in advertising data can also be sent to servers to provide for IoT scenarios and real-time location systems (RTLS).