Q: HOW CAN I USE BLE SCANNER APPLICATION?

ANSWER

THE BLE SCANNER APP CAN BE USED TO SCAN NEAR BY BLUETOOTH SMART DEVICES. YOU CAN SCAN, CONNECT, DISCOVER CHARACTERISTICS AND SERVICES. YOU CAN USE BLE SCANNER TO FIND YOUR LOST FITNESS TRACKERS AND DEVICES, DEBUG YOUR BLUETOOTH SMART ENABLED DEVICES.

NOTE: THIS APP ONLY WORKS WITH SMART PHONES WITH BLUETOOTH 4.0

Q: WHAT ARE THE PERMISSIONS REQUIRED TO USE THIS APPLICATION?

ANSWER

FOLLOWING ARE THE PERMISSIONS REQUIRED TO USE APP:

  1. BLUETOOTH AND BLUETOOTH ADMIN: REQUIRES TO SCAN, CONNECT NEAR BY DEVICES.
  2. LOCATION: ANDROID VERSION 6.0 REQUIRES THIS PERMISSION TO SCAN BLUETOOTH DEVICES.
  3. READ AND WRITE EXTERNAL STORAGE: REQUIRES WHEN YOU WOULD LIKE TO EXPORT LOG DATA.
  4. INTERNET: REQUIRES WHEN YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEND EXPORTED DATA.

Q: WHY I AM NOT ABLE TO SCAN MY DEVICE?

ANSWER

APP SCANS FOR ALL BLUETOOTH SMART DEVICES NEAR BY. IF YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO SCAN THERE CAN BE FOLLOWING REASONS:

  1. BLUETOOTH OF YOUR PHONE IS NOT TURNED ON.
  2. YOUR BLUETOOTH DEVICE IS NOT IN RANGE.
  3. YOUR DEVICE IS ALREADY CONNECTED.
  4. YOUR DEVICE IS NOT IN ADVERTISEMENT MODE.
  5. KNOWN ISSUE: CUSTOM ANDROID OPERATION SYSTEM (CYNOGEN OS) SMART DEVICE HAVING BLUETOOTH SCANNING ISSUE.

SUGGESTION: TRY TO TURN ON/OFF BLUETOOTH IN YOUR PHONE. TRY TO RESTART YOUR BLUETOOTH DEVICE.

Q: WHY THE BACKGROUND OF MY DEVICE CHANGED TO PARTIALLY VISIBLE?

ANSWER

WHEN DEVICE IS NOT IN RANGE OR DEVICE STOP UPDATING ITS PRESENCE TO PHONE APP. THE BACKGROUND OF DEVICE WILL BE PARTIALLY VISIBLE.

Q: HOW CAN I REFRESH NEAR BY DEVICES LIST?

ANSWER

YOU CAN PULL TO REFRESH ON SCREEN. IT WILL START SCANNING AGAIN FOR NEAR BY DEVICES.

Q: CAN I GIVE A NAME TO SCANNED DEVICE?

ANSWER

YES YOU CAN. CLICK ON DEVICE NAME IN NEAR BY DEVICES LIST. YOU CAN ASSIGN ANY LOGICAL NAME TO DEVICE. LOGICAL NAME WILL APPEAR WITH ACTUAL DEVICE NAME.

Q: CAN I COPY A MAC ADDERESS OF SCANNED DEVICE?

ANSWER

YES YOU CAN. CLICK ON MAC ADDRESS OF SCANNED DEVICE. THIS WILL COPY TO SYSTEM'S CLIPBOARD.

Q: CAN I EXPORT HISTORY DATA?

ANSWER

YES YOU CAN. CLICK ON EXPORT DATA IN HISTORY SCREEN. YOU CAN GET CSV FILE VIA EMAIL.

Q: WHAT IS APX DIST AND ADV?

ANSWER

APX DIST IS APPROX DISTANCE OF DEVICES (IT'S NOT A ACCURATE DISTANCE). ADV IS TIME INTERVAL BETWEEN THE ADVERTISEMENT PACKETS OF DEVICES.

Q: HOW CAN I WRITE BYTE ARRAY?

ANSWER

TO WRITE BYTE ARRAY FOR EXAMPLE: 1,30,4,A,12,15 THEN YOU NEED TO WRITE AS 0130040A1215.

Q: CAN I WRITE MORE THAN 20 BYTES TO DEVICE?

ANSWER

YES YOU CAN, WHEN YOU WILL WRITE MORE THAN 20 BYTES APP WILL SEND DATA IN CHUNK OF 20 BYTES.

Q: HOW DO I LOCATE MY DEVICE?

ANSWER

RSSI POOL HELPS TO FIND OUT HOW FAR YOUR DEVICE IS. LOWER THE NUMBER YOU ARE CLOSER TO THE DEVICE. I.E. -25 VERY NEAR AND -80 IS FAR FROM YOUR DEVICE.

Q: HOW CAN I MAKE DEVICE AS FAVORITE?

ANSWER

CLICK ON RSSI POOL CIRCLE TO MAKE DEVICE AS FAVORITE OR UNFAVORITE.

Q: WHAT IS THE USE OF PROXIMITY FEATURE?

ANSWER

PROXIMITY FEATURE IS USE TO FIND BEACONS OR BLE DEVICES POSITION IN PHYSICAL DISTANCE FROM YOUR SMARTPHONE BASED ON RSSI VALUE GETTING FROM BEACON OR BLE DEVICES.

Q: HOW DOES PROXIMITY FEATURE WORKS?

ANSWER

BLE SCANNER APP WILL CALCULATE AVERAGE OF RSSI AT EVERY SIX SECOND AND BASE ON THAT IT RENDER THE DEVICE POSITION ON RADAR. (NOTE : NEAR BY DEVICES PLACED ON RADAR ARE NOT AT ACTUAL DIRECTION. RADAR INDICATES DEVICE WHICH ARE IN YOUR PROXIMITY.)

Q: WHAT IS ADVERTISER MODE?

ANSWER

ANDROID DEVICES CAN NOW FUNCTION IN BLUETOOTH LOW ENERGY (BLE) ADVERTISER MODE. APPS CAN USE THIS CAPABILITY TO BROADCAST THEIR PRESENCE TO NEARBY DEVICES FOR EXAMPLE, YOU CAN NOW LET A DEVICE TO FUNCTION AS A HEALTH MONITOR AND TRANSMIT DATA TO ANOTHER BLE DEVICE.

Q: WHICH ANDROID PHONES WILL SUPPORT ADVERTISER MODE?

ANSWER

BLE ADVERTISER MODE IS ONLY SUPPORTED FROM ANDROID 5.0 LOLLIPOP AND ABOVE, HOWEVER NOT ALL ANDROID DEVICES THAT HAVE LOLLIPOP SUPPORT THE ADVERTISER MODE. FOR EXAMPLE NEXUS 5 CAN BE UPDATED TO LOLLIPOP BUT ADVERTISER MODE WILL STILL NOT WORK. FOR MORE INFORMATION CHECK ABOUT DEVICE IN MENU.

Q: HOW CAN I ADD CUSTOM BLE ADVERTISER DEVICE?

ANSWER

YOU JUST SELECT ADVERTISER MODE AND CLICK ADD ICON ON RIGHT TOP CORNER ON THE SCREEN. THEN CLICK ON CUSTOM BLE OPTION.THEN JUST ENTER YOUR ADVERTISER DEVICE NAME AND SAVE IT. ALSO YOU CAN ADD SERVICES AND CHARACTERISTICS FOR ADVERTISER DEVICE.

Q: HOW CAN I REMOVE ADVERTISER DEVICE?

ANSWER

FOR REMOVE ADVERTISER DEVICE YOU JUST NEED TO CLICK ON CANCEL ICON. THEN A CONFIRMATION DIALGO WILL APPEAR. SELECT "YES" TO DELETE.

Q: CAN I ADVERTISE MULTIPAL ADVERTISER DEVICE AT A SAME TIME?

ANSWER

YES, YOU CAN ADVERTISE 3 ADVERTISER DEVICE AT A TIME.BUT YOU CAN ADVERTISE ONLY 1 BLE PROFILE AMONG OF 3 ADVERTISER AT A SAME TIME.

Q: CAN I WRITE CHARACTERISTIC VALUE FOR ADVERTISER DEVICE?

ANSWER

YES YOU CAN, YOU NEED TO ADD A WRITE PERMISSION TO THAT CHARACTERISTIC AND CONNECT THAT ADVERTISER DEVICE WITH CENTRAL DEVICE.

Q: HOW CAN I NOTIFY CHARACTERISTIC VALUE WITH MULTIPAL CENTRAL DEVICE?

ANSWER

YOU JUST CONNECT ONE ADVERTISER DEVICE WITH MULTIPAL CENTRAL DEVICE AND NOTIFY CHARACTERISTIC VALUE. YOU NEED TO ADD NOTIFY PERMISSION FOR THIS CHARACTERISTIC.

Q: CAN I NOTIFY CHARACTERISTIC VALUE FOR ADVERTISER DEVICE?

ANSWER

YES YOU CAN, YOU NEED TO MAKE NOTIFIABLE THAT CHARACTERISTIC AND CONNECT THAT ADVERTISER DEVICE WITH CENTRAL DEVICE.

Q: WHEN I NEED TO RE-ADVERTISE ADVERTISER DEVICE?

ANSWER

WHEN EVER YOU UPDATED YOUR ADVERTISER DEVICE THEN YOU NEED TO RE-ADVERTISE YOUR ADVERTISER DEVICE. OTHERWISE YOU GOT A OLD ADVERTISE NAME AND DATA.

Q: IS THE ADVERTISER MODE FREE?

ANSWER

NO ADVERTISER MODE IS NOT FREE YOU NEED TO PURCHASE IT FOR ONE TIME.

Q: WHAT IS EDDYSTONE?

ANSWER

EDDYSTONE IS A PROTOCOL SPECIFICATION THAT DEFINES A BLUETOOTH LOW ENERGY (BLE) MESSAGE FORMAT FOR PROXIMITY BEACON MESSAGES. EDDYSTONE DIFFERS FROM OTHER BEACON FORMATS LIKE IBEACON OR ALTBEACON IN THAT IT DEFINES MULTIPLE FRAMES THAT ARE DESIGNED TO BE SENT OUT BY THE SAME PHYSICAL BEACON. EDDYSTONE FRAMES SERVE DIFFERENT PURPOSES, AND YOU CAN DECIDE TO USE ONE OR MORE OF THE FRAMES DEPENDING ON YOUR APPLICATION.

Q: WHAT IS THE USE OF EDDYSTONE UID FRAME?

ANSWER

THE EDDYSTONE-UID FRAME BROADCASTS AN OPAQUE, UNIQUE 16-BYTE BEACON ID COMPOSED OF A 10-BYTE NAMESPACE AND A 6-BYTE INSTANCE. THE BEACON ID MAY BE USEFUL IN MAPPING A DEVICE TO A RECORD IN EXTERNAL STORAGE. THE NAMESPACE PORTION OF THE ID MAY BE USED TO GROUP A PARTICULAR SET OF BEACONS, WHILE THE INSTANCE PORTION OF THE ID IDENTIFIES INDIVIDUAL DEVICES IN THE GROUP

Q: WHAT IS THE USE OF EDDYSTONE URI FRAME?

ANSWER

THE URI FRAME SENDS OUT A COMPRESSED URI INSIDE THE BEACON TRANSMISSION ITSELF. THIS ALLOWS MOBILE DEVICES TO OPEN THAT WEB ADDRESS IN A BROWSER IMMEDIATELY AFTER DETECTING THE BEACON PACKET.

Q: WHAT IS USE OF EDDYSTONE TLM FRAME?

ANSWER

THE MAIN USE OF EDDYSTONE TLM IS TO TRANSMIT SENSOR AND ADMINISTRATIVE DATA FROM THE BEACON ITSELF. CURRENTLY THIS FRAME INCLUDES THE BEACON'S BATTERY STATE, ITS TEMPERATURE, THE TIME SINCE POWER-ON, AND A COUNT OF THE ADVERTISING PACKETS SINCE POWER-ON, BUT IT COULD ALSO INCLUDE OTHER SENSOR DATA IN THE FUTURE.

Q: WHAT IS THE MAXIMUM LENGTH OF URI AND WHAT IF MY URI LENGTH IS MORE THAN MAXIMUM LENGTH ?

ANSWER

LENGTH OF URI CAN BE UPTO 17 CHARACTERS. BUT IF YOUR URI LENGTH IS MORE THAN 17 CHARACTERS YOU CAN USE SHORTEN URI FOR EX. https://goo.gl/Aq18zF

Q: WHAT IS TRANSMISSION POWER IN EDDYSTONE ADVERTISER?

ANSWER

TXPOWER IS A MEASURED RECEIVED POWER AT 0 M IN DBM.

Q: WHAT IS TRANSMISSION MODE IN EDDYSTONE ADVERTISER?

ANSWER

TRANSMISSION MODE DEFINES FREQUENCY OF ADVERTISE PACKET.

Q: WHY ADVERTISER MODE AND SCANNER NOT WORKING PARALLEL?

ANSWER

DUE TO SOME LIMITATION OF ANDROID OS ADVERTISER MODE AND SCANNER NOT WORKING PARALLEL.

Q: WHY SCANNING IS STOP WHEN ADVERTISER DEVICE IS ADVERTISING?

ANSWER

WHEN USER ADVERTISE ADVERTISER DEVICE THEN APP STOP SCANNING FOURCEFULLY FOR BEST PERFORMANCE OF ADVERTISER MODE.

Q: WHY ADVERTISE IS STOP WHEN SCANNING IS START?

ANSWER

WHEN USER START SCANNING FOR BLUETOOTH SMART DEVICES THEN APP STOP CURRENTLLY ADVERTISING ADVERTISER DEVICE FOR BEST PERFORMANCE OF SCANNING.

Q: HOW CAN I SCAN QR CODE AND READ DATA FROM QR CODE?

ANSWER

FOR SCAN QR CODE YOU JUST NEED TO CLICK ON QRCODE ICON RIGHT SIDE OF MENU ICON ON THE TOP. AFTER SCANING QR CODE VALUE SHOW UP IN A ONE DIALGO BOX WITH 'OK' AND 'COPY' OPTION.YOU CAN COPY QR CODE VALUE BY CLIKING COPY BUTTON.

Q: WHAT IS IBEACON PROFILE?

ANSWER

IBEACON IS A PROTOCOL DEVELOPED BY APPLE AND INTRODUCED AT THE APPLE WORLDWIDE DEVELOPERS CONFERENCE IN 2013.IBEACON IS BASED ON BLUETOOTH LOW ENERGY PROXIMITY SENSING BY TRANSMITTING A UNIVERSALLY UNIQUE IDENTIFIER.

Q: WHAT IS ALTIBEACON PROFILE?

ANSWER

ALTBEACON IS A PROTOCOL SPECIFICATION THAT DEFINES A MESSAGE FORMAT FOR PROXIMITY BEACON ADVERTISEMENTS. ALTBEACON PROXIMITY BEACON ADVERTISEMENTS ARE TRANSMITTED BY DEVICES FOR THE PURPOSE OF SIGNALING THEIR PROXIMITY TO NEARBY RECEIVERS.

Q: WHAT IS HEARTRATE PROFILE?

ANSWER

THE HEART RATE PROFILE IS USED TO ENABLE A DATA COLLECTION DEVICE TO OBTAIN DATA FROM A HEART RATE SENSOR THAT EXPOSES THE HEART RATE SERVICE.

Q: WHAT IS PROXIMITY PROFILE?

ANSWER

THE PROXIMITY PROFILE DEFINES THE BEHAVIOR WHEN A DEVICE MOVES AWAY FROM A PEER DEVICE SO THAT THE CONNECTION IS DROPPED OR THE PATH LOSS INCREASES ABOVE A PRESET LEVEL, CAUSING AN IMMEDIATE ALERT. THIS ALERT CAN BE USED TO NOTIFY THE USER THAT THE DEVICES HAVE BECOME SEPARATED.

Q: WHAT IS THERMOMETER PROFILE?

ANSWER

THE HEALTH THERMOMETER PROFILE IS USED TO ENABLE A DATA COLLECTION DEVICE TO OBTAIN DATA FROM A THERMOMETER SENSOR THAT EXPOSES THE HEALTH THERMOMETER SERVICE.

Q: WHAT IS FIND ME PROFILE?

ANSWER

THE FIND ME PROFILE DEFINES THE BEHAVIOR WHEN A BUTTON IS PRESSED ON A DEVICE TO CAUSE AN IMMEDIATE ALERT ON A PEER DEVICE. THIS CAN BE USED TO ALLOW USERS TO FIND DEVICES THAT HAVE BEEN MISPLACED.

Q: WHAT IS GLUCOSE PROFILE?

ANSWER

THE GLUCOSE PROFILE IS USED TO ENABLE A DEVICE TO OBTAIN GLUCOSE MEASUREMENT AND OTHER DATA FROM A GLUCOSE SENSOR THAT EXPOSES THE GLUCOSE SERVICE.

Q: WHAT IS ALERT NOTIFICATION PROFILE?

ANSWER

THE ALERT NOTIFICATION PROFILE ALLOWS A DEVICE LIKE A WATCH TO OBTAIN INFORMATION FROM A CELLPHONE ABOUT INCOMING CALLS, MISSED CALLS AND SMS/MMS MESSAGES. THE INFORMATION MAY INCLUDE THE CALLER ID FOR AN INCOMING CALL OR THE SENDER’S ID FOR EMAIL/SMS/MMS BUT NOT THE MESSAGE. THIS PROFILE ALSO ENABLES THE CLIENT DEVICE TO GET INFORMATION ABOUT THE NUMBER OF UNREAD MESSAGES ON THE SERVER DEVICE.

Q: WHAT IS PHONE ALERT STATUS PROFILE?

ANSWER

THE PHONE ALERT STATUS PROFILE IS USED TO OBTAIN THE PHONE ALERT STATUS EXPOSED BY THE PHONE ALERT STATUS SERVICE IN THE PEER DEVICE. THE INFORMATION OF ALERT STATUS AND RINGER SETTING OF A PHONE CAN BE RECEIVED AND CHANGED BY THE PHONE ALERT STATUS SERVICE. THIS PROFILE ALSO ENABLES THE DEVICE TO CONFIGURE RINGER STATUS ON THE PEER DEVICE

Q: WHAT IS SPEED AND CADENCE PROFILE?

ANSWER

THE CYCLING SPEED AND CADENCE PROFILE IS USED TO ENABLE A DATA COLLECTION DEVICE TO OBTAIN DATA FROM A CYCLING SPEED AND CADENCE SENSOR (CSC SENSOR) THAT EXPOSES THE CYCLING SPEED AND CADENCE SERVICE.

Q: WHAT IS BLOOD PRESSURE PROFILE?

ANSWER

THE BLOOD PRESSURE PROFILE IS USED TO ENABLE A DEVICE TO OBTAIN BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT AND OTHER DATA FROM A NON-INVASIVE BLOOD PRESSURE SENSOR THAT EXPOSES THE BLOOD PRESSURE SERVICE.

Q: HOW TO CREATE HEART RATE PROFILE ADVERTISER?

ANSWER

YOU JUST SELECT ADVERTISER MODE AND CLICK ADD ICON ON RIGHT TOP CORNER ON THE SCREEN. THEN CLICK ON HEART RATE PROFILE. AFTER THAT YOU JUST ENTER ADVERTISER DEVICE NAME AND CLICK 'OK'. NOW YOU CAN SEE YOUR HEART RATE ADVERTISER IN A LIST. YOU CAN START ADVERTISEMENT BY TURN ON SWITCH. YOU CAN CREATE ANY OTHER BLE PROFILE ADVERTISER BY FOLLOWING THIS STEPS.

Q: CAN HEART RATE ADVERTISER AUTO GENEREATE HEARTRATE VALUE?

ANSWER

YES, HEART RATE ADVERTISER RANDOMLY GENERATE HEARTRATE VALUE AT EVERY 2 SECOND.

Q: CAN I STOP AUTO GENEREATE HEART RATE HEARTRATE VALUE?

ANSWER

YES, JUST CLICK ON YOUR HEART RATE ADVERTISER DEVICE. THEN CLICK ON HEARTRATE SERVICE. THERE IS 3 CHRACTERISTIC IN A HEARTRATE SERVICE. THEN CLICK ON 3RD CHARACTERISTICS. YOU CAN SEE AUTO UPDATE OPTION IN THIS CHARACTERISTICS SCREEN. NOW JUST TURN OFF AUTO UPDATE FOR STOP AUTO GENERATE HEARTRATE VALUE.

Q: WHAT IS THE USE OF EDDYSTONE EID FRAME?

ANSWER

EDDYSTONE-EID FRAME BROADCAST AN IDENTIFIER THAT CHANGES EVERY FEW MINUTES. THE IDENTIFIER CAN BE RESOLVED TO USEFUL INFORMATION BY A SERVICE THAT SHARES A KEY (THE EPHEMERAL IDENTITY KEY, OR EIK) WITH THE INDIVIDUAL BEACON.

Q: HOW CAN I START AND STOP ADVERTISER DEVICE ADVERTISEMENT?

ANSWER

ADVERTISER SCREEN LIST OUT YOUR CREATE ADVERTISER DEVICES. YOU JUST TURN ON SWITCH FOR START PERTICULEAR ADVERTISER DEVICE. AND TURN OFF SWITCH FOR STOP ADVERTISEMENT.