LOCSMART C8 Series Multi-Function Card Bluetooth Beacon Instruction Manual

LOCSMART C8 Series Multi-Function Card Bluetooth Beacon

Product Information

Product Name: C8 Series Positioning Terminal
Product Version: V1.0

Product Description

• Low cost and low power consumption
• IP66 endurance more than 5 years
• Multiple frequency band RFID options
• Card type wearable
• Transmission distance: 120m
• Supporting acceleration sensors and action alarms
• Support the development of one-click call for help function

Product Usage Instructions

1. Before using the C8 Series Positioning Terminal, please read the product instruction manual carefully.
2. Ensure that the product is fully charged before initial use.
3. To activate the C8 Series Positioning Terminal, press and hold the power button for a few seconds until the indicator light turns on.
4. To pair the C8 Series Positioning Terminal with a compatible device, enable Bluetooth on the device and search for available devices. Select the C8 Series Positioning Terminal from the list of available devices and follow the on-screen prompts to complete the pairing process.
5. Once paired, the C8 Series Positioning Terminal can be worn or attached to the desired object or person.
6. To check the positioning status, open the associated mobile app or software and follow the provided instructions.
7. In case of any issues or inquiries, please refer to the product instruction manual or contact Locsmart’s official service hotline at 0512-65296869. Alternatively, you can visit the Locsmart official website at www.locsmart.cn for further assistance.

Preface

Thank you very much for choosing C8 series products. Thank you very much for choosing the series C8 products of Locsmart.
In order to help you quickly understand and skillfully use C8 related products, we have compiled a ‘ C8 ‘ series of product instructions. Please be sure to read this instruction carefully before using the product. It will solve the common problems encountered in the process of use. The C8 multi- function card Bluetooth beacon is designed with PC + ABS material shell and hanging hole card type. The thickness is only 4.9mm, small and exquisite, and easy to carry. Support BLE 5.1, up to more than 5 years of battery life, in addition，C8 can be equipped with ACC acceleration sensor function, which can alarm when the object moves or falls. in addition, C8 can also be equipped with 13.56 MHz RFID，which can not only realize the daily calling and check-in of employees, but also match the gateway. Through Bluetooth positioning, the position of the wearer can be quickly determined, and the personnel safety management and personnel trajectory tracking management can be realized. This not only helps enterprises to better realize employee management, work distribution and process optimization, but also collects data to help businesses achieve greater sales. In addition, it can better cope with the emergency treatment of emergency situations. This manual mainly introduces C8 products, mainly including six major sections: product hardware parameters, instructions for use, phenomenon and fault analysis, product list, product after-sales. The functions, technical parameters, detailed operation instructions and after-sales support of each model of C8 product are introduced in detail, so as to solve your worries. We do our best to cover all that you may want to know, but in the case of insurmountable problems, you can go through any of the following
Locsmart official website : www.locsmart.cn Official service hotline : 0512-65296869

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Product description

Product introduction Figure 1 Appearance of C8 Series Positioning Terminal

• Low cost and low power consumption
• IP66
• endurance more than 5 years
• Multiple frequency band RFID options
• Card type、wearable
• Transmission distance 120m
• Supporting acceleration sensors and action alarms
• Support the development of one click call for help function

Function introduction
The C8 multifunctional card type positioning beacon developed by Locsmart is a low-power Bluetooth beacon used for personnel positioning and material management. Its thickness is only 4.9mm, and it has the characteristics of small size and long working time. The C8 adopts an ultra-low power chip, which is ultra long standby, charging free, easy to carry, and inexpensive. It is widely used in hospitals, shopping malls, exhibition halls, factories, enterprises, and other scenarios.
C8 supports RFID, which not only enables employees to clock in and sign in on a daily basis, but also cooperates with gateways to build a personnel tracking system to respond to emergency situations. In addition, C8 has added a switch on/off button, a shared one button call for help button, and can add an acceleration sensor. It supports action alarm function, dynamic and static judgment, and sends data to responsible personnel in emergency situations to quickly make response plans. It is also possible to quickly determine the position of the wearer through Bluetooth positioning, achieving personnel safety management and personnel trajectory tracking management. This not only helps enterprises better achieve employee management, work allocation, and process optimization, but also collects data to help merchants achieve greater sales. In addition, it can better respond to emergency situations such as emergency response.

Parameters

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Chipset| Dialog DA14*
Support

Protocol

| BLE 5.1，iBeacon、Line、Eddystone（UID\URL\TLM）、Two types of AOA protocol, ACC protocol,

Infor protocol

Measurement

method

| ****

RSSI

Power supply| 850mAh lithium manganese
Transmission

distance

| ****

Up to 120m

Battery life| 5 years+(default parameter, ACC not enabled)
Broadcast

interval

| ****

Default 1000ms, can be configured with 100ms~3000ms

Transmitting

power

| ****

-19.5dbm~+2.5dbm can be configured, default to 0dm

Broadcast

frequency

| Three broadcast channels 37、38、39，The corresponding center frequency is 2402MHz，

2426MHz，2480MHz

Waterproof

and dustproof

| ****

IP66

Working

temperature

| ****

-20℃~60℃

Working

humidity

| ****

≤90%

Dimensions| 85.5544.9mm (LWH)，（Deviation ± 0.5mm）
Weight| About 20 grams
LED indication| Alarm indication, switch indication, low battery reminder
Alarm

function

| ****

One click call for help/one click alarm/one click warranty, low battery alarm, etc

Sensor| Acceleration| N/A
RFID| 860~96

0MHz

| ****

13.56MHz

| ****

125K

| ****

N/A

| ****

N/A

| 860~960M

Hz

| ****

13.56MHz

| ****

125K

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Security| Password protection, Tamper resistance
Mobile APP| Support modifying UUID, Major, Minor, broadcast interval, broadcast power, setting Tamper

resistance key, etc

Other

performance

| Provide secondary development SDK
Wearing

method

| Hang、3M adhesive
Certification| CE, FCC, IP66
Characteristic| Stable node signal, equipped with magnetic adsorption installation accessories, easy to install

and maintain in the later stage! Powerful and user-friendly configuration tool APP

*Calculation setting for battery life: at a broadcast interval of 1000ms, 0dBm power, 1 channel calculation, 23 ℃, ACC acceleration not enabled

Instructions for use

The iBeacon has the characteristics of strong battery life, fast installation and deployment, and high security (configured with encryption). At the same time, to effectively solve the problems faced in the promotion of iBeacon applications, it has added multi-protocol broadcasting, Android system compatibility extension, and Bluetooth gateway to achieve more applications. It can provide configuration tools and a complete set of developer SDKs.

Exquisite appearance
The C8 positioning beacon developed by Locsmart creates a brand new and exquisite appearance, making it wearable、beautiful and efficient，in addition occupying no space.

Strong endurance
Adopting advanced power consumption control technology and unique power supply design scheme, the battery life is increased by four times compared to similar products in the industry. It can be used for five years, solving problems such as frequent battery replacement and difficult system maintenance.

Anti scratch encryption
Locsmart provides two sets of ID dynamic encryption modes: broadcast key anti- counterfeiting encryption and time-based
anti-counterfeiting encryption for nodes, allowing for dynamic changes in node IDs (Major, Minor), making it impossible for others in the network deployed by customers to use them. Among them, time-based C8 series product instruction manual
anti-counterfeiting encryption is currently the only encryption scheme that is unbreakable, does not affect the iBeacon protocol (does not occupy any fields in the iBeacon protocol), and has unlimited concurrent capacity.
Locsmart provides a broadcast connection password. Only by entering the correct password can the connection be successful. When entering the configuration interface, users can change or remove the password themselves, making it convenient to use. In the configuration interface, the beacon can be configured as a non connectable mode to prevent accidental operation by others.

Multi-protocol broadcasting
IBeacon supports multi protocol signal broadcasting, so that the same iBeacon node can simultaneously support multiple applications such as ” Wechat Shake”, ” Alipay Discovery”, “indoor positioning navigation”, “LINE preferential information push” and “AOA positioning”. In terms of technology, influenced by the Bluetooth reading mechanism of the protocol mobile phone system, conventional iBeacon directly broadcasts signals from multiple protocols, which will make it difficult for the phone to stably scan the broadcast protocols at the same time. Therefore, iBeacon has carried out unique technical processing to ensure that multiple protocol signals simultaneously broadcast by iBeacon can be received by the phone at the same time. In terms of functionality, multi-protocol broadcasting enables beacons to support functions such as dynamic and static detection, drop detection, broadcast counting, time recording, web page push, and custom names.

The parameters and functional descriptions of the C8 protocol are as follows:

Type

(Channel)

| Project| Configuration Scope| Function

Description

---|---|---|---

ibeacon

| UUID(16byte)| –| 1. Apple’s standard

iBeacon protocol;

2.  The response data of the broadcast includes the device name and battery level

Major(2byte)| 0 ~  65535
Minor(2byte)| 0 ~  65535
Calibration

distance

| -100dBm ~ 0dBm
Broadcast

power

| -19.5dbm ~ +2.5dbm（Configurable,

default to 0dm）

Broadcast

interval

| 100ms ~ 3000ms

UID

| Instance ID| 0~9/a~f/A~F| 1. Google’s

open-source beacon format;

2. Broadcast beacon ID

Namespace ID| 0~9/a~f/A~F
Calibration

distance

| -100dBm ~ 0dBm
Broadcast

power

| -19.5dbm ~ +2.5dbm（Configurable,

default to 0dm）

Broadcast

interval

| 100ms ~ 3000ms

URL

| URL| Numbers, letters, and special

characters

| 1. Google’s

open-source beacon format;

2. The broadcast website can be viewed through Bluetooth website

Calibration

distance

| -100dBm ~ 0dBm
Broadcast

power

| -19.5dbm ~ +2.5dbm（Configurable,

default to 0dm）

Broadcast

interval

| 100ms ~ 3000ms

TLM

| Voltage mV| 0mV ~ 3000mV| 1. Google’s

open-source beacon format;

2.     Some condition data of the broadcast beacon itself

Start-up time| System built-in
Number of

PDU packets

| System built-in
Calibration

distance

| -100dBm ~ 0dBm
Broadcast| -19.5dbm ~ +2.5dbm（Configurable,
 | power| default to 0dm）|
---|---|---|---
Broadcast

interval

| 100ms ~ 3000ms

ACC

| Calibration

distance

| -100dBm ~ 0dBm|

1. Broadcast motion sensor data;

2. Radio beacon power

Broadcast

power

| -19.5dbm ~ +2.5dbm（Configurable,

default to 0dm）

Broadcast

interval

| 100ms ~ 3000ms

INFO

| Name| Numbers, letters, and special

characters

| 1. Name of broadcasting equipment;

2. The triggering state of the broadcast trigger;

3. Radio beacon power

Calibration

distance

| -100dBm ~ 0dBm
Broadcast

power

| -19.5dbm ~ +2.5dbm（Configurable,

default to 0dm）

Broadcast

interval

| 100ms ~ 3000ms

LINE

| Hwid| 0~9/a~f/A~F| 1. Security verification

messages can be generated based on configuration;

2. You can view the battery level and startup time in the broadcast data;

3. Adapt to LINE APP

related functions

Vend_key| 0~9/a~f/A~F
Lot_key| 0~9/a~f/A~F
Calibration

distance

| -100dBm ~ 0dBm
Broadcast

power

| -19.5dbm ~ +2.5dbm（Configurable,

default to 0dm）

Broadcast

interval

| 100ms ~ 3000ms

Coreaiot AOA

| Calibration

distance

| -100dBm ~ 0dBm|

Adapt to Coreaiot’s AOA platform

Broadcast

power

| -19.5dbm ~ +2.5dbm（Configurable,

default to 0dm）

Broadcast

interval

| 100ms ~ 3000ms

Quuppa AOA

| Calibration

distance

| -100dBm ~ 0dBm|

Adapt to Quuppa’s AOA platform

Broadcast

power

| -19.5dbm ~ +2.5dbm（Configurable,

default to 0dm）

 | Broadcast

interval

| 100ms ~ 3000ms|
---|---|---|---

Provide tools and developer SDK
The configuration tool APP is provided, which can configure important parameters such as ID, transmission power, transmission interval, etc. at any time, and is protected by a perfect Tamper resistance mechanism to prevent illegal modification. Provide a complete set of developer SDKs for customers to easily achieve secondary development.
The Locsmart Configuration Tool APP and SDK are used to configure iBeacon node parameters and view iBeacon signal strength. They are powerful, easy to operate, and support Android versions. The Intelligent IoT Configuration Tool APP and SDK support batch configuration of node IDs, suitable for customers to change node IDs themselves. The APP function consists of two major functional groups: query and configuration, as shown in the table below:
Table 2 APP Function List

UUID

| Compatible
Electricity inquiry| Display the remaining power of the node|

Major

| Configurable, automatically incremented during batch configuration
RSSI

sorting

| Sort based on signal strength during display|

Minor

| Configurable, automatically incremented during batch configuration
MAC

sorting

| Sort based on the MAC sequence number of the beacon during display| Broadcast interval| Can be configured, with a parameter range of 100ms to 3000ms
RSSI

filtering

| Display nodes within the specified beacon strength range| Broadcast power| -Available from 19.5dBm to 2.5dBm
---|---|---|---
Battery sorting| Sort according to the battery level of the beacon during display| Measure power calibration| One click calibration at a distance of one meter from iBeacon
Name filtering| Display nodes with specified keywords in their names| Configure Ciphers| Only when the password is correct can it be configured to prevent malicious tampering
MAC

filtering

| Display nodes within the specified MAC range| Batch configuration| You can select all or select some nodes for batch parameter configuration
Interface locking| Lock the display interface (do not change the node display order based on changes in signal strength)| Connection mode| Can the device be connected
Scanning level| Can set the speed of the APP scanning interface| Factory reset| After clicking, restore to factory settings
Continuous scanning| Is the app a continuous scan| Shutdown| Control beacon shutdown through APP
Modify Secret Key| Set a new password| Trigger response time| Set the response time for button triggering
Remove key| After removal, no password is required for the next device connection|  |

Indicator light information

Trigger corresponding

trigger

| Double click the button, the yellow LED flashes twice; Three clicks

on the button, the yellow LED flashes three times

Power on| Long press the button for three seconds, and the yellow and red
 | LED lights remain on for three seconds
---|---
Shutdown| Yellow LED flashes five times
Low battery| The red LED light remains on for ten seconds
Factory reset| Press and hold the button for ten seconds, and the red LED

remains on for three seconds

Product list

C8

| iBeacon| 1|
3M VHBTM glue| 1|
Certificate of conformity| 1|

Note : The product list is for reference only, and no further notice will be given in case of any changes. The actual product shall prevail.

After Sales

the product experiences performance faults that are not caused by human factors, after after-sales testing, it is determined that the product can enjoy a warranty period of one year if it is normal, and a warranty period of three months for product accessories. In addition, we provide one-year extended product warranty service and separate battery purchase service. If necessary, you can contact sales or customer service personnel for more information.
When you have the following needs, you can contact customer service personnel:

1. Product malfunction
2. Handling returns and exchanges
3. Warranty service

Certification

FCC ID: 2A9XB-C8

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 the 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.

The device has been evaluated to meet general RF exposure requirements. The device can be used in portable exposure conditions without restriction.
Contact Us:
Manufacturer ： Locsmart IoT Technology (Suzhou) Co., Ltd
TEL ：0512-67267292
Add ： Building 16,Creative Industry park, No,328 xinghu street, Suzhou Industrial Park
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References

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