In fact, we used it extensively for the first time in January at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas,” said David Young, Chief Engineer at Radius Networks. “The RadBeacon Dot has been in development for quite a while. “We’re excited about the Dot because it’s going to enable a whole new range of solutions from our developer partners.” said David Helms, Chief Product Officer at Radius Networks. The Dot is also small, lightweight and easy to use so it great for consumer applications that require attaching it to a keychain or wearing it on a wristband. The RadBeacon Dot is inexpensive and easy to customize, so it’s the perfect beacon for handing out at conferences and promotional events. This micro-location proximity awareness can be leveraged to deliver a wide range of new innovative solutions, such as right-place, right-time customer notifications, precision indoor navigation, automatic ticketing, guided museum tours and location-relevant offers and promotions. Proximity beacons are short range, low power, Bluetooth Smart transmitters that can notify mobile devices when they come within range of a beacon. The RadBeacon Dot provides proximity services for iOS and Android mobile applications and other platforms that are compatible with iBeacon, AltBeacon and Eddystone microlocation technology. The RadBeacon Dot is powered by a user-replaceable coin-cell battery, has a simple on-off clickable button and is available with consumer-oriented accessories including a silicone wristband and keychain holder. In order to re-enter normal operational model, simply remove and replace power to the device.Radius Networks, Inc., the leading provider of mobile proximity services, today announced the release of its RadBeacon Dot Bluetooth Smart™ proximity beacon which supports iBeacon, AltBeacon and Eddystone. Reboot the beacon into Direct Firmware Update mode.Ĭontact Radius Networks support for information on the procedure for firmware update or replacement. Press the Action Menu button and select DFU. In order to re-enter configurable mode for a RadBeacon X2, remove the front cover and switch the beacon power switch to OFF and back to ON.Ī beacon set in configurable mode will be configurable for up to 30 minutes or until you lock the device again. In order to re-enter configurable mode for a RadBeacon Tag, remove the front cover and press the configuration push button switch near the coin cell battery. In order to re-enter configurable mode for a RadBeacon USB, remove and restore power to the device. The Lock feature is a security precaution to limit the possibility of third party manipulation of your beacons once they have been installed and configured. Submit a valid PIN to prevent connections from remote Bluetooth 4.0 devices to the beacon configuration service. Press the Action Menu button and select Lock.
Submit a valid PIN to reset the settings for your beacon to factory defaults. Reset the device to the original factory settings. Press the Action Menu button and select Reset. Submit a new and existing PIN to update the PIN for your beacon. Press the Action Menu button and select Update PIN. Validate the accuracy of your beacon settings by quickly verifying the ranging behavior of your device in proximity to your configured beacon. Press the Action Menu button and select Range. Update the measured power value with the results of your calibration activity and update your settings. Press the Action Menu button and select Calibrate.Ĭalibrate the measured power value of the beacon settings to ensure optimal proximity events and ranging. Submit a valid PIN to update the settings for this beacon. Press the Action Menu button and select Apply. Select any RadBeacon in the table to view it's detailed settings. Each beacon discovered is displayed with the following summary details
Scan for nearby configurable RadBeacons by swiping down on the RadBeacons table. Once discovered, you can display each beacon's operating settings and make modifications to those settings. With the RadBeacon app you can scan for nearby configurable Radius Networks beacons. The RadBeacon app from Radius Networks requires an iOS iPhone, iPad or iPod touch running iOS 7.1 or higher and equipped with Bluetooth 4.0 capabilities. The RadBeacon™ app is the configuration utility for RadBeacon proximity beacons from Radius Networks that support Apple's iBeacon™ proximity services as well as other emerging proximity services.
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