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 ...
BlueUp Beacons Configuration
BlueBeacon beacons are shipped with the following default settings: Slot 1, 2, 3, 4: Not Configured (i.e. not enabled). Slot 5: iBeacon (UUID = ACFD065E-C3C0-11E3-9BBE-1A514932AC01, major = 0, minor = S/N, ADV interval = 400 msec, TX power = -8dBm). ...
Advertising Frames Configuration
It is possible to configure up to 8 slots for non-connectable (ADV_NONCONN_IND) advertising frames, with the following properties: 4 slots are dedicated to Eddystone frames, and can be configured as URL, UID, TLM and/or EID (with more slots ...
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 - Safety Advertising: contains the ...
BLE-beacon supported technologies
The following technologies are supported simultaneously: the two main technologies for proximity-beacons for mobile applications, iBeacon and Eddystone, together with a technologies for RTLS BLE tags, Quuppa. This is the first worldwide firmware to ...
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 ...
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Quuppa Badge Holder
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