Blue Charm Beacons

• A unique button beacon. Many different ways to configure to broadcast after single, double, or triple click of the convenient center button. Alternatively, broadcast regular uuid all the time, then broadcast a modified uuid for x seconds after a specified click. 
• This beacon can achieve ranges of up to 100 meters.
• 16 month battery life (CR2032 included). The battery is easily replaceable after 16 months. (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.
• 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.
• Selectable TX levels: -40, -20, -16, -12, -8, -4, 0, +4
• 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 BC-B2 Button Beacon multi-beacon:

The BC-B2 is capable of broadcasting several different types of broadcasts. The most commonly used type is standard iBeacon.

The BC-B2 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 BC-B2 has a button trigger. You can set this up to only broadcast after a click (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 a click. Sort of like having one beacon broadcasting during normal times, then a “second” beacon broadcasting after sensing clicks. You can also assign different click types (single, double, triple) to different broadcast slots.

The BC-B2 has the typical adjustable broadcast power levels (called “TX” in beaconese), but it also has a super weak level of -40 and a strong level of +4, plus quite a few intermediate choices between these two extremes. 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.

 

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.