Tag intended to work as a so-called iBeacon or proximity beacon. Allows you to create navigation systems inside buildings. Also suitable for marking various places, shops, etc. Application in the tablet or smartphone after finding iNode Beacon with the specified UUID can provide additional information related to this location, for example display advertising or play a sound file. One of the applications is the implementation of interactive guides to museums or exhibitions. Option of an additional password for authorization application on your Smartphone or PC prevents its being copied.
In the version with BT 5.1:
It is possible to configure the device from the iNode MQTT Monitor application from an Android OS phone.
By default, it is configured to send a frame in the iBeacon format with information about the battery voltage and temperature of the sensor.
Int he version with BT 4.0:
Has the unique function of signalling LED of being within the range of the scanning device.
The period of advertisement can be changed from 0.3 to 10 seconds.
It can imitate any other BLE proximity beacon device. You do not need any special knowledge to make this. Just enter the data broadcast frame of such a device, in for example an open BLE beacon format Eddystone™ .
Sample of Eddystone-UID frame data bytes:
0x02, 0x01, 0x06, 0x03, 0x03, 0xaa, 0xfe, 0x17, 0x16, 0xaa, 0xfe, 0x00, 0x00, 0x10, 0x11, 0x12, 0x13, 0x14, 0x15, 0x16, 0x17, 0x18, 0x19, 0x69, 0x4e, 0x6f, 0x64, 0x65, 0x21, 0x00, 0x00