MiniBeaconPlus Configuration Instruction MiniBeacon PlusPlus MiniBeacon Instruction Configuration Instruction Configuration V2.V2.11 Note:
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1.1. TheThe instruction instruction applied PlusPlus smart applied forfor beacon firmware. smart firmware. 2.2. MiniBeacon MiniBeacon PlusPlus isis oneone ofof MinewMinewss software patent. software patent. beacon models models that that doesn doesntt load load anyany sensors sensors andand pre-flashed MiniBeacon pre-flashed MiniBeacon PREPARATION------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 ENTER INTO CONFIGURATION MODE-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2,3 CONFIGURATION MODE----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 Settings Definition----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 SLOT Configuration------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4,5 Advertising Data Format (Info)-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------6 Adv Content------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7 Base params---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7,8 Trigger------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 813 DEPOLYMENT NOTICE------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 14 END------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 TEL: +86-755-2103 8160 EMAIL: sales@minewtech.com URL: www.minewtech.com 1 MiniBeaconPlus Configuration Instruction PREPARATION 1. Activate beacon device as the datasheet correctly;
2. An iOS 7.0+ / Android 4.3+ smart device with BLE 4.0;
3. Download BeaconSET+ app from Apple store or Google Play;
ENTER INTO CONFIGURATION MODE 1. Run BeaconSET+, there are total 37 devices detected around smartphone immediately, see image 2;
2. You can click Edit Filter to quick search out a beacon device which you want to configure by Name, MAC ID and RSSI value, see image 3;
2 3 TEL: +86-755-2103 8160 EMAIL: sales@minewtech.com URL: www.minewtech.com 2 3. For example: Slide the RSSI slide bar to set the RSSI value at -33 dBm as the filter, then see image 4;
there is only one beacon and its MAC address is ac233f24a933 which we want to configureit. MiniBeaconPlus Configuration Instruction 3.1 The beacon (MAC ID: ac233f24a933) can advertise total 6 different frame types iBeacon, Eddystone (UID, URL, TLM), Acc. and Info simultaneously. But now the beacon advertises only URL, iBeacon and Info frame. 3.2 The data Info includes the battery level and MAC address. It is not allowed to change by user;
4. The Beacon is connectable only when the ROUND DOT changed to green color, see above image 4; if Beacon has been set to disconnectable, the ROUND DOT keeps in red color;
5. Click the Beacon when its connectable, and then input the password as image 5. If it is correct, the Beacon enters into configuration mode, see image 6;
4 5 6 TEL: +86-755-2103 8160 EMAIL: sales@minewtech.com URL: www.minewtech.com 3 MiniBeaconPlus Configuration Instruction CONFIGURATION MODE 1. Settings Definition SLOT: Each Beacon has 6 configurable SLOTs; it is from SLOT1 to SLOT6. Connectable: Each Beacon has 2 different advertising statuses, connectable and disconnectable. Only when the advertising status is connectable, the Beacon is configurable. But the disconnectable advertising saves about 20% power consumption than connectable advertisings. After completed the configuration, we strongly recommend setting the Beacon disconnect not only lower battery power consumption but also better security performance. Update firmware (OTA: over-the-air):
- Its not allowed to load unknown firmware into tag beacon;
- If there is a bug occurred unfortunately, the manufacturer is responsible to release the latest revised firmware to help users to recover the bug by Update firmware;
Reset factory: It will recover beacon to factory settings and ignore all changes;
Poweroff: The Beacon will stop advertising and enter into sleeping mode after used Poweroff. But it can be activated again by push button on the beacon. As Beacon doesnt have a push button, we are strongly opposed to use Poweroff. Modify password: Change to a new password by Modify password. Remove password: Removing the password if someone forgot it and then set a new password by Add password. Manufacture info & Feature info: Its not changeable by users. 2. SLOT Configuration Each SLOT is independent and configurable. The following parameters can be configured. The users can configure each SLOTs Frame Type, Adv. Content, Base params and Trigger by themselves via BeaconSET+. 2.1 Frame Type Actually, the frame type is the format of advertising data packet. Each Beacon has below total 7 different frame types: UID, iBeacon, URL, Acc. Sensor, TLM, Info and NO DATA, see image 8;
TEL: +86-755-2103 8160 EMAIL: sales@minewtech.com URL: www.minewtech.com 4 MiniBeaconPlus Configuration Instruction 8 If setting a SLOTs frame type to NO DATA, It means that SLOT no data to be advertised. The Beacon will STOP advertising that SLOT. The UUID, major and minor values provide the identifying information for the iBeacon. Unique and static ID consists of 10-byte Namespace and 6-byte Instance component. The UID is required if the user want to register Beacon into Google dashboard. A compressed encoding format (max. 17 bytes) fits more within the limited advertisement packet. The URL must be started with a security http (HTPPS). 2.1.1 NO DATA 2.1.2 iBeacon 2.1.3 UID 2.1.4 URL 2.1.5 TLM Beacon status data that is useful for beacon fleet maintenance, and powers Google Proximity Beacon API's diagnostics endpoint. TLM should be interleaved with an identifying frame such as Eddystone-UID or Eddystone-URL. Its not allowed to configure TLM by BeaconSET+. 2.1.6 Acc. Sensor / H&T Sensor / Light Sensor / Pressure Sensor The beacon with Acc. Sensor will be waken-up and start advertising accelerometer data only when an object is moving or after an object has fallen. The beacon detects the environment temperature and humidity by H&T sensor and start advertising the data of temperature and humidity. The beacon detects the changes of pressure by Pressure sensor and advertises pressure data. 2.1.7 Info It includes beacon name, MAC address and battery level but isnt configurable. For better monitor and distinguish beacons, we strongly recommend keeping a SLOT with Info frame. TEL: +86-755-2103 8160 EMAIL: sales@minewtech.com URL: www.minewtech.com 5 MiniBeaconPlus Configuration Instruction 2.2 Advertising Data Format (Info) The advertising data packet of Info is defined by MINEW. Here below is the completed data format and definition as below table. Type Data Length Flag data type Flag data Data Length Complete list of 16-bit Service UUIDs UUID data Data Length Service data UUID data Frame Type Version Number Battery level Offset 0 1 2 3 Length 1 1 1 1 4 5 7 8 9 11 12 13 14 20 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 6 n Data 2 1 0x06 3 0x03 0xE1FF
0x16 0xE1FF 0xA1 0x08 0x64 Details
(little-endian) 0xFFE1
(little-endian) 0xFFE1 0xA1
Battery level is 100%
(little-endian) AB:CD:E4:02:13:00
Mac address 0x001302E4CDAB Name PLUS001(default) Here is an example of Acc.Sensors advertising data from standard Minew beacon, see image 9. 9 Advertising Data Packet (Info) DATA ITEM TYPE HEX OFFSET HEAD 0-9 0201060303E1FF1316E1FF 001302E4CDAB 504C5553303031 A1 11 08 12 64 13 14 20 TEL: +86-755-2103 8160 EMAIL: sales@minewtech.com URL: www.minewtech.com 6 MiniBeaconPlus Configuration Instruction 2.3 Adv. Content Here below are the default factory settings of Adv. Content for the Beacon. Frame Type Adv. Content Default Setting iBeacon UID URL TLM Info UUID Major Minor Instance ID Namespace ID URL TLM Beacon Name MAC Address Battery Level E2C56DB5-DFFB-48D2-B060-D0F5A71096E0 0 0 random random https://www.minewtech.com Its not configurable. Its not configurable. Ref. Image#
10 11 12 4 4 10 11 12 2.4 Base params Here below are the default factory settings of Base params for the Beacon. Each SLOT has an independent and configurable Adv. Interval, RSSI and Radio Power. TEL: +86-755-2103 8160 EMAIL: sales@minewtech.com URL: www.minewtech.com 7 MiniBeaconPlus Configuration Instruction Frame Type iBeacon UID URL TLM Info Adv. Interval (ms) 900 2000 2000 4000 4000 RSSI@1m (dBm)
-59
RSSI@0m (dBm)
-24
-24
-24
-24 Radio Power (dBm) 0 0 0 0
-8 Adv. Interval: Advertising interval;
RSSI: Measured power, its used for the calibration and calculating relative distance. Radio Power: Transmission power;
The trigger function will be activated and configured ONLY when the beacon device has a push button or loaded the sensor such as accelerometer, temperature, light and others. 2.5 Trigger:
2.5.1 Trigger Settings 1. Select the SLOT1 (iBeacon) and Enable Trigger, see image 13 & 14;
13 14 2. Click Button double tap and then selcet Button double tap as image 14;
3. Enable Always adverstise as image 13;
4. Choose the Adv interval and Radio Txpower as image 13 (under Always advertise);
5. Click SAVE button at the top corner of screen, all new settings take effect immediately;
After completed above step 1 to 5, the beacon device will advertise iBeacon at SLOT1 with pre-settting interval and transmission power only when dobule-clicking the push button. TEL: +86-755-2103 8160 EMAIL: sales@minewtech.com URL: www.minewtech.com 8 MiniBeaconPlus Configuration Instruction 2.5.2 Detailed Process of Configuration to start advertising. channel (advertisement frame). Trigger condition refers to the condition that a certain advertisement frame of the device needs to meet The general trigger conditions are: double click and triple click. These trigger conditions can be set in any Note: the above trigger conditions can only be set when there are buttons on the device. Other trigger conditions are only available with related sensors:
1. Temperature and humidity sensor: temperature above threshold, humidity above threshold 2. Light sensor: light intensity above threshold 3. Acceleration sensor: movement trigger These trigger conditions only exist when there are corresponding sensors. For example, the temperature and humidity above threshold trigger can only be triggered by the presence of a temperature and humidity sensor; and the movement trigger can only be triggered by the presence of an acceleration sensor. These trigger conditions can be set in any channel (advertisement frame). Take iBeacon frame as an example. In the "trigger" column, you can set whether the trigger is enabled by iBeacon frame. The "trigger type" is the condition required to trigger the advertisement, and the red box is the duration of the advertisement after reaching the trigger condition; Adv interval and Radio Txpower in the figure are the parameters of the advertisement after reaching the trigger condition. TEL: +86-755-2103 8160 EMAIL: sales@minewtech.com URL: www.minewtech.com 9 MiniBeaconPlus Configuration Instruction The "always advertise" button only works when the trigger is enabled. Its function is to determine whether the device continuously advertises. After the trigger is enabled, the device will advertise iBeacon frames all the time when the button is turned on. The relevant parameters of the advertisement are the programming default parameters. When the trigger condition is reached, Adv interval and Radio Txpower in the advertisement parameters become the parameters in the trigger setting. After reaching the trigger duration (the setting in the red box), the advertisement will return to the original advertisement parameters and continue advertising; when the button is turned off, the device will only advertise when reaching the trigger conditions. 2.5.3 Trigger Settings for Different Versions v2.0.0 - v2.2.59 Users can select the channel by selecting trigger conditions, like the firmware support data frame, the firmware will automatically determine which sensor resources are supported by the current device, so as to determine which trigger conditions can be selected. For example, the trigger conditions related to temperature and humidity can not be selected on i6, but on S1;
When the trigger is on, the trigger condition is reached to trigger advertisement,which are the slot base params, such as advertise interval, Radio Txpower, etc. The following is a specific operation example:
Configure the trigger condition of the first data frame as "Temperature above threshold trigger" and set the trigger threshold value,which means when the temperature is above the threshold set by the user
(such as 30 ), the data of the channel can be advertised. The advertisement interval, Radio Txpower and RSSI are the base params ( 900ms, 0dbm and - 59dbm respectively); When the temperature drops below the threshold, the channel will automatically stop advertising. TEL: +86-755-2103 8160 EMAIL: sales@minewtech.com URL: www.minewtech.com 10 MiniBeaconPlus Configuration Instruction Configure the trigger condition of the second data frame as "Button double tap" and set the trigger duration,which means when the user double clicks the button, the channel data will be advertised. The time of each advertisement is the trigger duration previously configured by the user (as shown in the figure below, which is configured as 30 seconds). The Adv interval, Radio Txpower and RSSI are the base params (respectively 900ms0dBm-59dBm) . TEL: +86-755-2103 8160 EMAIL: sales@minewtech.com URL: www.minewtech.com 11 MiniBeaconPlus Configuration Instruction Above v2.2.6x The user can click to "Always advertise" when the trigger is on, and the advertisement will continue normally even the trigger condition is not reached. The advertisement interval is the one in the base params; turn on the trigger to reach the trigger condition and trigger the advertisement, and the advertisement interval conforms to the advertisement interval configuration in the trigger configuration. Here are 3 specific operation examples:
Configure the trigger condition of the first data frame as "Temperature above threshold trigger" and set the trigger threshold value as well as clicking to "Always advertise". When the temperature does not reach the threshold set by the user (such as 30 ), the data of the channel can also be advertised, and the advertisement parameters are the base params; when the temperature rises above the threshold value, the channel continuously advertises, and the advertisement parameters are the parameters set by the trigger (for example, Advertisement interval is 2000ms, and Radio Txpower is 4dbm). TEL: +86-755-2103 8160 EMAIL: sales@minewtech.com URL: www.minewtech.com 12 MiniBeaconPlus Configuration Instruction Configure the trigger condition of the second data frame as "Button double tap" and set the trigger duration as well as clicking to "Always advertise" . If the user does not double click the button, the channel data will also be advertised. The advertisement parameters are the base params, and the time of each advertisement is the trigger duration previously configured by the user; the user double clicks the button, the channel continuously advertises, and the advertisement parameters are the parameters set by the trigger (for example, the advertisement interval is 2000ms, and Radio Txpower is 4dbm). TEL: +86-755-2103 8160 EMAIL: sales@minewtech.com URL: www.minewtech.com 13 MiniBeaconPlus Configuration Instruction DEPLOYMENT NOTICE 1.1 For better security performance and lower battery power consumption, we strongly recommend making the beacon works at DISCONNECTABLE status;
1.2 The less activated SLOT, the more battery power saving;
1.3 The smaller transmission power, the more battery power saving;
1.4 The larger advertising interval, the more battery power saving;
1.5 The higher the deployment position is, the larger advertising range;
1.6 The bigger transmission power, the larger advertising range;
TEL: +86-755-2103 8160 EMAIL: sales@minewtech.com URL: www.minewtech.com 14 FCC WARNING This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate the equipment. NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:
-- Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
-- Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
-- Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.
-- Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help. To maintain compliance with FCCs RF Exposure guidelines, This equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance between 20cm the radiator your body: Use only the supplied antenna.