Technical Documentation
Global Settings
Remain Connectable By default, BlueBeacon beacons broadcast a proprietary connectable (ADV_IND) frame, containing device name (based on model number and serial number). This packet can be configured as non-connectable (ADV_NONCONN_IND), by disabling ...
Battery operating-life estimation
The attached spreadsheets provide a battery life estimation of beacons and tags based on nRF51 (Mini, Maxi, Forte) and nRF52 (Forte+, Tag, Card, Badge Holder, Ultra, SafeX, TagX, Bangle, Brick).
Transmission range estimation
Maximum transmission range (e.g., the maximum distance where beacon signal can be received) depends on several factors. The most important is the transmitted power: the higher is the TX power, the longer is the distance, but there is no linearity ...
How to choose the most suitable beacon
Although all our beacons offer the same basic functionality (broadcast transmission of Bluetooth Low Energy frames according to market standards), each model has specific features that make it more suitable for some applications than others. With the ...
BLE Advertising Packets Format
This attached documents describe the formats of advertising and scan-response packets of BlueUp BLE beacons. BlueBeacon - Advertising Packet Formats: contains the specifications of the different packets. BlueBeacon - Avertising Accelerometer Data: ...
BlueBeacon beacons distinctive radio features
BlueBeacon series devices have state-of-art radio performances, superior to most of the beacon devices in commerce. This result is guaranteed by a series of technological choices which were adopted on BlueBeacon: - Use of award-winning nRF51822 and ...
Recent Articles
Wirepas SafeX Plus
Wirepas SafeX Plus is a rechargeable-battery wearable tag based on nRF52832 SoC, with firmware based on Wirepas libraries and full support of Wirepas Mesh 2.4GHz network protocol and functionalities. Wirepas SafeX Plus is mainly designed for ...
Beacon Calibrated RSSI value
The Beacons have a default calibrated RSSI set to -54dBm. To this value, the Advertising Frame Power has to be added. For example, if the Advertising Power is set to -8dBm, the total power will be -62dBm. Or if the Advertising Power is +4dBm, the ...
How to create a BlueBeacon Cloud account?
To create a BlueBeacon Cloud account, please open a ticket from the portal or write an email to support@blueupbeacons.com indicating "BlueBeacon Cloud account" as the subject and specifying in the email text the following information: 1) Company ...
Radio TX Power vs Advertised TX Power
Radio TX Power is the strength of the transmitted signal (in dBm). For our beacons it goes from -40 to +4 dBm. The Radio TX Power impacts on the transmission distance: the higher the Radio TX Power, the longer the distance. The Advertised TX Power is ...
Wirepas TagX
Wirepas TagX is a battery-powered asset tag based on powerful nRF52832 SoC, with full support of Wirepas Massive (previously Mesh) network protocol. BlueBeacon Wirepas TagX is designed as asset tag for identification and tracking in logistics, ...