CONFIDEX Viking Solar Bluetooth LE Beacon User Manual

CONFIDEX Viking Solar Bluetooth LE Beacon

Energy-efficient and maintenance-free Bluetooth® LE beacon for industrial asset tracking applications and people flow management. Built-in solar panel and power management IC (PMIC) absorbs energy from the surrounding light sources enabling battery-free operation and an extremely long lifetime. Omnidirectional antenna is designed especially for accurate positioning in both indoor and outdoor applications.

SPECIFICATION

ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATION

• Device type
  Bluetooth® LE beacon

• Wireless interface protocol

  • Bluetooth® 5.0 supported
  • NFC: ISO/IEC 15693

• Compliancy (Declaration of Conformity)
  Europe (CE), USA (FCC), Canada (IC)

• Operational frequency

  • ISM: 2402 – 2480 MHz
  • NFC: 13,56 MHz

• Configuration interface
  NFC interface with USB reader and PC software tool

• Sensors

  • Built-in temperature sensor
  • Light level sensor

• Receive Sensitivity
  -97 dBm sensitivity (Bluetooth® Low Energy)

• Max range
  Up to 100 m / 328 ft. Measured on and off metal.

• Battery type (optional)
  CR2032 (220 mAh), rechargeable

• Applicable surface materials
  Can be attached to any surface

MECHANICAL SPECIFICATION

• Enclosure
  IP67, high-quality PC/ASA

• Weight
  15 g

• Tag dimensions
  46,5 x 35 x 11,2 mm / 1.83 x 1.38 x 0.44 in Hole diameter 6mm

ENVIRONMENTAL RESISTANCE

• Operating temperature

  • -20°C to +60°C / -4°F to +140°F
  • EN 60068-2-14: 2009, Test N: Change of temperature

• Vibration resistance

  • EN 60068-2-6: 2008, Test Fc: Vibration, 10G
  • EN 60068-2-27: 2009, Test Ea: Shock, 20G

• ESD immunity

  • ±8 kV according to EN 61000-4-2 (air discharge)
  • ±4 kV according to EN 61000-4-2 (contact discharge)

• Chemical resistance
  No physical or performance changes in:

  • -168h Motor oil exposure
  • -48h Saltwater (salinity 10%) exposure
  • -48h Sulfuric acid (10%, pH 2) Exposure
  • -48h NaOH (10%, pH 13) Exposure
    Generally good resistance with moderate concentrations of acids, alcohols, alkalis, detergents, and cleaners. Acetone should be avoided.

• Expected lifetime

  10 years in a typical indoor environment

The temperature sensor is located inside the plastic housing, which limits the real-time measurement of the ambient temperature. The range is measured in a laboratory environment and there can be some variation in a real application.

Beacon lifetime is not limited by the battery capacity due to power harvesting technology but is mainly limited by typical component aging and environmental factors. Confidex offers 12 month warranty as standard for the product and its components.

SUPPORTED FRAMES

Confidex Viking™ Solar beacon can be configured to broadcast Eddystone™ (trademark of Google) or iBeacon (trademark of Apple) open standard frame formats ensuring straightforward implementation to existing Bluetooth LE systems and infrastructures. In addition, a proprietary frame with sensor data can be sent.
Beacons can be delivered as fully pre-configured with the defined settings or customers can easily configure them with an NFC reader and PC application provided by Confidex.

The following frame types are supported:

• Eddystone™-UID frame broadcasts a 16-byte Beacon ID composed of a 10-byte namespace and a 6-byte instance.
• Eddystone™-URL frame broadcasts a URL using a compressed encoding format.
• Eddystone™-TLM frame broadcasts telemetry information, like battery voltage and temperature.
• iBeacon open frame format advertising 16 bytes UUID, 2 bytes Major, and 2 bytes Minor.
• Confidex frame broadcasting sensor data

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

Confidex Viking™ Solar can be attached with several fixing methods:

1. Mechanical fixing – Screw Mechanical fixing is recommended to be used in every application that includes risk for high mechanical stress or low temperature during tag fixing. Screw size M6 is to be used for fixing.
2. Mechanical fixing – Cable tie Plastic or metallic cable ties can also be used for fixing Confidex VikingTM. The maximum width of the cable tie is 5 mm. Or it can be hung up like key chains.
3. High-performance acrylic adhesive When mounting the tag with adhesive, clean and dry the surface for obtaining the maximum bond strength.

APPLICATION NOTES

Confidex Viking™ Solar is a completely battery-free BLE beacon device, powered by a solar panel that can harvest energy from indoor and outdoor light. It can also have an optional rechargeable battery as energy storage to allow the tag to work more frequently. The device needs a certain time to charge itself for first-time use which is called cold start. The cold start time is depending on the light intensity – the higher the light intensity, the faster the beacon starts advertising. As an example, it can take around 10 minutes to a cold start in typical room light (~200lux). Placed on the window (>2000 lux), it needs about 30 seconds to a cold start.

Once the device has received enough energy for a cold start, it starts advertising with the configured interval. To maintain certain advertising intervals the beacon requires a certain amount of light. If the configured interval is shorter than what is possible by the power harvested from the environment, it will advertise until all energy is consumed. See the below chart for more detail information.

The configuration of the Confidex Viking™ Solar is done with an NFC reader and PC desktop software tool provided by Confidex. Confidex can also offer pre- configuration and customized label design as a personalization service.

ORDER INFORMATION
Availability: Please contact Confidex Smart Industries Sales at www.confidex.com/contact-us. For additional information and technical support, please contact us in contact.BLE@confidex.com.

DISCLAIMER

THE MATERIALS, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES ARE SOLD SUBJECT TO ITS STANDARD CONDITIONS OF SALE, WHICH ARE INCLUDED IN THE APPLICABLE DISTRIBUTOR OR OTHER SALES AGREEMENT. ALTHOUGH ANY INFORMATION, RECOMMENDATIONS, OR ADVICE CONTAINED HEREIN IS GIVEN IN GOOD FAITH, CONFIDEX MAKES NO WARRANTY OR GUARANTEE, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, (i) THAT THE RESULTS DESCRIBED HEREIN WILL BE OBTAINED UNDER END-USE CONDITIONS, OR (ii) AS TO THE EFFECTIVENESS OR SAFETY OF ANY DESIGN INCORPORATING ITS PRODUCTS, MATERIALS, SERVICES, RECOMMENDATIONS OR ADVICE. EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN CONFIDES STANDARD CONDITIONS OF SALE, CONFIDES AND ITS REPRESENTATIVES SHALL IN NO EVENT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY LOSS RESULTING FROM ANY USE OF ITS MATERIALS, PRODUCTS, OR SERVICES DESCRIBED HEREIN.

Each user bears full responsibility for making its own determination as to the suitability of Confidex products, materials, services, recommendations, or advice for its own particular use. Each user must identify and perform all tests and analyses necessary to assure that its finished systems incorporating Confidex products, materials, or services will be safe and suitable for use under end-use conditions. Nothing in this or any other document, nor any oral recommendation or advice, shall be deemed to alter, vary, supersede, or waive any provision of this Disclaimer unless any such modification is specifically agreed to in a writing and signed by Confidex.

FCC Statement

Please take attention that changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.
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.

IC Statement
This device complies with Industry Canada licence-exempt RSS standard(s). Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause interference, and(2) this device must accept any interference, including interference that may cause undesired operation of the device. Le présent appareil est conforme aux CNR d’Industrie Canada applicables aux appareils radioexempts de licence. L’exploitation est autorisée aux deux conditions suivantes :(1) l’appareil ne doit pas produire de brouillage, et(2) l’utilisateur de l’appareil doit accepter tout brouillage radioélectrique subi, même si le brouillage est susceptible d’en compromettre le fonctionnement.

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References

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