Red Bear B-B1 Bluetooth BLE Beacon User Manual

Red Bear Company Limited Bluetooth BLE Beacon

User Manual

Beacon B1 InstructionOverviewCongratulations on your New Beacon device. To develop basic understandings and get the most out of your purchase, be sure to carefully read this manual and keep it on hand for future reference.Features: -Bluetooth SIG Qualied product-Apple’s iBeacon compatible-Support Android 4.3 or later-Security password setting-Over-the-Air Firmware Upgradable-Congurable to suit your Apps-No Overhype-Long battery life with 2pcs AAA batteryOFF / ONSwitchHanging holeMode buttonLEDSpecication:Standard Bluetooth 4.0 Low Energy Chipset & Stack Texas Instruments’s CC254x SoC and BLE Stack Antenna Type Multilayer Chip Antenna Physical Range Up to 50 meters (Depends on enviornment)Power Supply Two triple-A (3A/AAA) batteries Current Consumption (average) 0.25mA Battery Life 4500+ hours;over 1year (operating 12hours/ day) Dimension (W)25mm x (H)70mm x (D)18.3mm Net Weight 15gramHow to maintenance B1 1) Download our open sourced Sample Conguration Apphttp://www.redbear.net/support.html2) Compile & Run the App on iOS device, it will show “Searching for B1 in range”.3) Switch ON the Beacon: Green light turns on. (now in broadcasting mode)by default the green LED is ON. It will broadcast iBeacon signal periodically. 4) Press mode button: Red light turns on. (now in maintenance mode) 5) App found B1, you can modify Beacon characteristics: (See picture at right)Tip: Adjust the value of iBeacon signal “Measured Power” to aid iOS determining more accurate distance estimation, check out our support page.© 2014 RedBear. All Rights Reserved.Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate the equipment
Beacon B1 InstructionBluetooth ServicesUnder maintenance mode, there are four Bluetooth Low Energy services available.RedBear Beacon Service UUID: B0702980-A295-A8AB-F734-031A98A512DEDevice Information Service UUID: 180AThere are two characteristics you should pay attention to.1. UUID: 2A28, Software Revision String- this represents the software revision for the Beacon software within B1, the latest version is “20131128”2. UUID: 38837046-FE96-4335-B751-D4826198F337, Device Name String- you can rename the broadcasting device name of your B1Battery Service UUID: 180F- showing the remain battery life as a percentage- please noted that the Red LED light on B1 will keep ashing when battery level fall to 30% or belowFirmware Upgrade Service UUID: E6775403-F0DD-40C4-87DB-95E755738AD1- reserved for Over-The-Air rmware upgradeRedBear Beacon ServiceUnder RedBear Beacon Service, there are seven Bluetooth Low Energy characteristics.1. iBeacon UUID UUID: 0xB0702881-A295-A8AB-F734-031A98A512DE- a unique 16-bytes value in HEX for advertising2. iBeacon Major identity ID UUID: 0xB0702882-A295-A8AB-F734-031A98A512DE- a 2-bytes value, ranging from 0 to 65535 (0xFFFF)3. iBeacon Minor identity ID UUID: 0xB0702883-A295-A8AB-F734-031A98A512DE- a 2-bytes value, ranging from 0 to 65535 (0xFFFF)4. iBeacon Measured Power UUID: 0xB0702884-A295-A8AB-F734-031A98A512DE- a 1-byte signed value, ranging from -100 to 0- This is an average RSSI (Received Signal Strength Indication) of the beacon measured at approximately one meter from an iOS device. This is a reference value in order for iOS to determine the distance between an iOS device and a beacon.- Please refer to Apple’s AirLocate sample about how to obtain Measured Power for your iBeacon5. LED Switch UUID: 0xB0702885-A295-A8AB-F734-031A98A512DE- a 1-byte value used to control the on-board green LED, either OFF (0x00) or ON (0x01)- default is ON6. iBeacon Advertising Interval UUID: 0xB0702886-A295-A8AB-F734-031A98A512DE- a 2-bytes value, ranging from 100ms (0x0064) to 10000ms (0x2710) on a incremental of 5ms unit- default is 250ms- the time between each iBeacon signal broadcasted; shorter time will have better response time and accuracy, however this will increase the power consumption due to more broadcasting in the same period of time.7. iBeacon Output Power UUID: 0xB0702887-A295-A8AB-F734-031A98A512DE- a 1-byte value, four available settings: -23dBm (0x00), -6dBm (0x01), 0dBm (0x02) or 4dBm (0x03)- default is 0dBm (*our beacon is optimized to run at 0dBm.)- the output power setting of the Texas Instruments CC254x IC; higher power should mean longer range and higher power consumption.© 2014 RedBear. All Rights Reserved.

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