SKYLAB VDB01 Bluetooth Beacon User Manual

: June 3, 2024
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VDB01 Bluetooth Beacon
User Manual

VDB01 Bluetooth Beacon

document information

Title	VDB01 Bluetooth Beacon User Manual
Document type	User Manual
Document number	WN-21050051
Revision and date	V1.03

23-5-2022
Disclosure restriction| Public

Revision History

Revision	description	Modifier	Date
V1.01	Initial release	Sherman	20210508
V1.02	Add installation steps and update product introduction	Wendy	20211115
V1.03	Update the battery life meter	Wendy	20220523

Product List

Device Name	Device No.	Number	Remark
Bluetooth 4.2 Beacon	VDB01	1 个/1pcs
Coin Battery	CR2477	1 个/1pcs	Inside VDB01

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Product Introduction

VDB01 is a Bluetooth Beacon device. It uses a broadcasting protocol which is based on BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy ). VDB01 broadcasts its general configure parameters like UUID, Major, Minor, RSSI etc. to surroundings over 37, 38 and 39 BLE channels continuously and non-directionally. The broadcasting information can be read by “95POWER_xbeacon” APP, which is designed by 95POWER R&D Team.
VDB01 is based on Bluetooth 5.0 chip. It use BLE4.2 broadcasting by default, considering that i-phones do not support ble5.0. It reserves an accelerometer and a temperature & humidity sensor(not mounted by default).
VDB01 is powered by 1 CR2477 battery. Its battery life is related to the internal broadcasting parameters.
By default setting the battery life can reach 2 years ( 500ms broadcasting interval, 0dBm TX Power).

Figure 1:VDB01 Top View

VDB01 Features

◆ Low Power Consumption
◆ Small,Light-weight,Beautiful appearance
◆ Flexible Application
◆ Easy to deploy(use thick sticky tape)
◆ Advertise Range up to 70 Meters
◆ RoHS compliance (Lead-free)
◆ FCC,CE compliance

VDB01 Application

◆ Indoor Positioning
◆ Information Push
◆ Identification
◆ WeChat Shake

Hardware Parameters

Product Parameter

Hardware Features

Battery life

TX Power| Adv.
Distance| Adv. Interval| Power consumption
per day| Battery life (day)| Battery life (year)
---|---|---|---|---|---
0dBm| 50m| 100| 4.824| 162| 0.54
200| 2.496| 381| 1.04
0:00| 1.344| 707| 1.93
500| 1.128| 842| 2.31
800| 0.72| 1319| 3.61
1000| 0.624| 1522| 4.17

Note: The above data may differ from different environments. It is calculated by current-test (Loss not included) and just for reference.
Battery

Hardware Instructions

Install Battery

VDB01 will start automatically after the battery is installed. By default, CR2477 batteries are installed and insulation sheet is inserted when it leave factory.
If you need to replace the battery, please follow the instructions below :
One hand fix the shell, the other hand turn the back cover counterclockwise and take off the back cover.

Remove the old battery and replace the CR2477 coin-battery , positive to the iron sheet and negative to the PCBA.

Note: Don’t put the battery in the wrong direction!

Mounting and Fixing Method

a. Clean the back cover of VDB01 with a dust-free cloth to prevent dust or oil stains.
b. Remove the thick double-sided tape from the oil paper and attach it to the back cover of VDB01.
c. Place the VDB01 on the thick double-sided tape side on a surface (such as a table) and press evenly.
d. Tear off the red protective film of thick double-sided tape and attach the adhesive side of VDB01 to the target installation position (select the appropriate installation position, the target position should be cleaned in advance if there is dust or oil stains, and keep dry). Then apply force evenly and press for 5~10 seconds.

Software Instructions

95POWER_ xbeacon is a Bluetooth Beacon software developed by 95POWER research and development team. It supports connectable iBeacon modes and can flexibly configure common parameters.

Download APP

95power_xbeacon hasn’t been put into the market yet. Please contact our sales team for this APP.

Scan Bluetooth beacons

Open the APP, if cell phone ask for permission to open the Bluetooth function please select yes. Then it will begin to scan the surrounding Bluetooth Beacons, as shown below.

Connect Bluetooth 4.2 Beacon

Click the Beacon you want to connect, and enter the password within 30 seconds, in order to obtain operating privileges .(Factory Password:1234)

Configuration Introduction

Introductions:

MAC: Chip MAC address
Name: The name of the Bluetooth 4.2 Beacon which is selected.
UUID: 128-bit identifier according to ISO/IEC11578:1996 standard (32 hexadecimal digits)
User service data: User data, 24 hexadecimal digits
Major: set 16-bit identifier (0-65535)
Minor: set 16-bit identifier (0-65535)
Measured Power: Signal strength at 1 meter（VDB01 transmission power is 0dBm）
Transmit Power: VDB01 transmit power
Advertise Interval: VDB01 advertise interval
Battery Level: VDB01 battery Capacity
Password: VDB01 connection password
After the information is configured ,the configuration will take effect after the bluetooth connection is disconnected.

Modify Bluetooth 4.2 Beacon Name

Click the “Device Name”, the following UI will be opened. Then enter a length of less than 12-bit English characters as VDB01 device name in the following “Enter a Name” box. Then click “confirm to modify”.

Modify UUID

Click the “UUID”, the following UI will be opened. Then enter a 32-byte string of sixteen as the UUID of VDB01 in the following “Enter an UUID” box. Then click “confirm to modify”.

Modify User service data

Click the ” User service data “, the following interface will be opened. Then enter a Hexadecimal string of 24 word . Then click “confirm to modify”.

Modify Major Minor

Click the “Major”/”Minor” ,the following UI will be opened. Then set a value between 0~65535 as the Major/Minor value of the device. Then click “confirm to modify”. Minor is similar, click Minor to enter modify.

Modify Measured Power

Click the “Measured Power”, ,the following UI will be opened. Then select a measured power range from -100dBm to -30dBm. The default is -61dBm. Then click “confirm to modify”.
Measured Power means, when a phone’s RSSI is -61dBm, it is about 1 meter from VDB01.

Modify Transmitting Power

Click the “Transmitting Power” ,the following UI will be opened. Then set a transmitting power, which can be set to: -30dBm, -20dBm, -16dBm, -12dBm, -8dBm, -4dBm, 0dBm, 4dBm and 8dBm. Default Power is 0dBm. Then click “confirm to modify”.

Modify Advertise Interval

Click the “Advertise Interval” ,the following UI will be opened. Then set a advertise interval. Broadcasting interval can be set to 100ms, 200ms, 300ms, 400ms, 500ms, 600ms ,700ms, 800ms, 900ms and 1000ms. The default is 500ms. Then click “confirm to modify”.

Modify Password

Click the “Password”, ,the following UI will be opened. Then and then enter the 4 characters as a connection password in the “Password” box, the default is 1234. Then click “confirm to modify”.

Note: Please save your password in advance, once you change the new password, the original password will be invalid, you must use the new password to log in.

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