User's Guide

Confidex 2021
www.confidex.com
11/15
After successfully scanning of a Confidex Viking
TM
beacon,
the Beacon Status window General tab shows the
information listed in the table below. Swipe screen
horizontally to access information from configured slots
under other tabs. Information will stay on the screen
after moving the beacon away from the NFC antenna,
another beacon is scanned, or the app is restarted.
FIELD
INFO TYPE
DESCRIPTION
Power
Mode
ON / OFF
Indicates beacon power mode
MAC
Address
6-byte hex
Device MAC address
BLE Tx
interval
1 - 10 000ms
Global Tx interval for all
advertisement slots
Active
Slots
1 – 5 slots
List of active advertisement
slots (UID,TLM,URL,STAT,ACT)
Configuring Confidex Viking
TM
beacons
Most of the Confidex Viking™ beacon settings are
configurable with the Confidex Runestone™ app. Settings
can be changed by choosing CONFIGURE button from
Beacon Configuration window. This opens the settings
below the buttons where new values can be inserted.
Swipe horizontally to change between tabs.
Confidex Viking™ beacons supports either Eddystone or
iBeacon open frame format. Parameters for each slot can
be configured by typing the new values to each tab in the
Beacon Configuration window. After the new parameters
have been set to the fields, the configuration can be
written to the beacon by scanning it with the NFC
interface of the mobile phone. After successful write
operation, the new configuration is read and updated in
Beacon Status window.
Note! Re-configuring the active slots, the Eddystone UID
namespace & instance or iBeacon UUID, Major and Minor
fields are not possible with the Confidex Runestone
TM
app. Re-configuration of UID settings with the Confidex
Runestone™ app can be optionally enabled by Confidex.
All configurable settings are listed in the following table:
GENERAL
DECSRIPTION
BLE Tx interval (ms)
Sets a global transmission interval for
all advertisement slots.
EDDYSTONE
DECSRIPTION
UID namespace
Re-configure UID namespace
(disabled as default)
UID instance
Re-configure UID instance
(disabled as default)
UID TX power
(dBm)
Sets the RF transmit power for
Eddystone UID frames.
UID Calibrated Tx
power (dBm)
Calibrated Tx power measure at 0m
from the beacon.
URL TX power
(dBm)
Sets the RF transmit power for URL
frames.
URL
Set URL address to be advertised.
TLM TX power
(dBm)
Sets the RF transmit power for TLM
frames.
TLM Tx interval
multiplier
Multiplier for transmission interval of
TLM frames.
iBEACON
DECSRIPTION
UUID
Re-configure UUID namespace
(disabled as default)
Major
Re-configure Major
(disabled as default)
Minor
Re-configure Minor
(disabled as default)
UUID TX power
(dBm)
Sets the RF transmit power for
iBeacon UUID frames.
UUID Calibrated TX
power (dBm)
Calibrated Tx power measure at 1m
from the beacon.
Statistics and Activity optional advertising slots provide
statistical information from the accelerometer. Confidex
Viking™ must be equipped with an accelerometer HW,
the feature enabled at the factory and parameters set
above zero to start broadcasting these frames.
ACC STATISTICS
DECSRIPTION
Acc TX power
(dBm)
Sets the RF transmit power for ACC
frames.
Acc RMS period (s)
Set accelerometer RMS sampling
period.
Acc Min/Max
period (s)
Set accelerometer MIN/MAX
sampling period.
Acc meter ODR
(Hz)
Set accelerometer sampling
frequency.
Acc meter FS (G)
Set range the accelerometer
measurement range.
ACC ACTIVITY
DECSRIPTION
Activity TX power
(dBm)
Sets the RF transmit power for ACT
frames.
Activity threshold
(mG)
Set how much acceleration is needed
to start the counter.
Activity debounce
time (s)
How long the acceleration value must
be above set threshold to start the
counter to filter out spurious events.
Activity keep active
time (s)
How long flag is kept active after
acceleration is below a threshold.