Blue Charm Beacons

• Our most advanced extra long range, water-resistant (IP67) beacon with motion sensor accelerometer.
• This beacon can achieve ranges of up to 300 meters using its PHY-coded broadcast and a PHY scanner, 100 meters using the legacy iBeacon broadcast and a typical BLE scanner such as a smartphone.
• This beacon is also capable of achieving ranges of 900 meters or more using its PHY-coded broadcast and a special long-range PHY scanner (available by special order). 
• 4 year battery life (CR2477 included). The battery is easily replaceable after 4 years. (Based on 0dBm TX, 1000ms interval, and unconnectable setting).
• Real time battery level can be monitored using our KBeaconPro app or retrieved programmatically using a scan request method or broadcast as part of a TLM broadcast.
• Using its built-in motion sensor, this beacon can be configured to broadcast only after sensing motion. It can also be configured to broadcast normally but then to broadcast a slightly modified iBeacon UUID or different protocol after sensing motion. 
• Broadcasts your choice of iBeacon, Eddystone TLM, Eddystone URL, and/or Eddystone UID format. Eddystone TLM broadcasts battery strength, temperature, and broadcast count data. (This is NOT an Eddystone URL beacon for broadcasting your website or ad message to nearby phones. That service has been SHUTDOWN WORLDWIDE by Google as of Dec 6, 2018.)
• Free configuration apps for iPhone & Android allow you to adjust settings according to your needs.
• Transmit distance: 0.2-100 meters using iBeacon legacy, 300 meters with PHY-coded scanner, and 900 meters with long range PHY-coded scanner.
• Selectable TX levels: -40, -20, -16, -12, -8, -4, 0, +4, +8dBm
• Our website has very detailed step-by-step instructions with multiple screenshots under the Quick Start Guide menu.
• This beacon is compatible with all bluetooth-capable smartphones as well as with our BLE beacon scanning gateway (Item BCG04)

 

A brief introduction of the BC04P multi-beacon:

The BC04P is capable of broadcasting several different types of broadcasts. The most commonly used type is standard iBeacon.

The BC04P has five different “slots” for broadcasting (slots are numbered 0 through 4). Most users will only use one slot, but if you wanted to, you could technically broadcast up to 5 different UUID numbers all with different configurations. That gets complicated quickly, plus it uses lots of battery power, so let’s leave that aside for now.

The BC04P has a motion trigger. You can set this up to only broadcast after sensing motion (like an alarm), or you can configure the beacon to broadcast normally but then to modify the broadcast UUID for a period of time after sensing motion. Sort of like having one beacon broadcasting during normal times, then a “second” beacon broadcasting after sensing motion. You can also adjust the sensitivity of the motion trigger, and you can assign different motion triggers to different broadcast slots.

The BC04P has the typical adjustable broadcast power levels (called “TX” in beaconese), but it also has a super weak level of -40 and a super strong level of +8. You can use these if you want the range of the beacon to be very short or very long.

You can adjust the frequency of the beacon broadcasts that are sent out by the beacon (called “interval” in beaconese). More frequent broadcasts are easier for scanners/smartphones to “see”, but that also uses more battery power. The default is one broadcast every 1022.5 milliseconds, i.e. one broadcast every 1.0225 seconds.

The BC04P also has some other quite technical “pro” features such as telemetry broadcasting (XYZ motion) and some other fancy stuff such as the most advanced “PHY Coded” broadcast method. For most users, this is a bit premature since there are no smartphones (yet) that can scan for PHY Coded broadcasts. But some BLE gateway scanners can do so. The main benefit of this feature is super long range. Keep in mind that if you set the beacon to PHY Coded broadcast only, but you don’t have a PHY coded capable smartphone, you won’t be able to scan for the beacon with your phone (i.e. it won’t show up again on the config app screen anymore since you phone can not “see” PHY coded broadcasts; if that happens, click the button once to make it scannable/connectable for 15 seconds, then connect and set it back to Legacy broadcast mode).

 

Transmission: iBeacon, Eddystone URL, and/or Eddystone UID format. May be configured to broadcast battery strength.
BLE version: 5.0
Battery size: CR2477 (included)
Battery life: 48 months @ 1 second interval & 0dBm & unconnectable
Includes 3M double-back tape for affixing to a surface
Size: Body of the beacon is 40mm x 40mm x 18mm (1 ³⁷/₆₄” x 1 ³⁷/₆₄” x ⁴⁵/₆₄”). Flanges are 62.25mm from end to end.
Weight: 0.92 ounces including battery
Waterproofing: yes; IP67
Password: yes
Wide TX Power range: select from -40, -20, -16, -12, -8, -4, 0, +4, +8dBm
Interval: adjustable from 100-10,000 milliseconds including optimal precise numbers such as 1022.5ms
On/Off switch: yes (internal)
Motion Sensor: yes
Chip: nRF52833

Working Temperature: -40C ~+70C
Transmit distance: Transmit distance: 0.2-100 meters using iBeacon legacy, 300 meters with PHY-coded scanner, and 900 meters with special order long-range PHY-coded scanner.
Android app: yes
iOS app: yes

Feel free to contact us if you have any questions or would like to order in bulk (100-10,000 pieces)

Blue Charm Beacons ships within the USA via US Postal Service First-Class Package service.