Uconnect BLE-232R User manual

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Bluetooth BLE Beacon RS-232 Reader
“Uconnect”, “iBeacon”, “Eddystone” or “Altbeacon”
Model: BLE-232R
1. Package content:
BLE Beacon RS-232 Reader
White Box Dimension: 11 x 6 x 5 (cm)
Total Package Weight: 105 g
Package Contents:
BLE RS-232 adapter x 1
Screw x2, Nut x 2
A4 User manual x 1
Mini USB Cable x 1
2. Profile:
2.1 Top view:
LED
Description
Blue Flash when data received
Red Solid when power on
DB9 (Female)
Mini USB (Power)
▲
▲▲
▲
+
(5~27 VDC)
▼GND
Reset to Default
LED:
Link: Blue
PWR/Data: Red
Radio Frequency area:
Don’t cover any metal
material or painting.

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2.2 DB9 connector: (Male)
Pin
Signal
DTE Direction
DCE Direction Description
1 N/A
2 RxD Output Input Transmitted data
3 TxD Input Output Received data
4 N/A
5 GND
Ground
6 N/A
7 RTS
8 CTS
9 Vin Power Input (5~27 VDC)
2.3 Rear Side:
3. Packet Format:
3.1 All DIP switch is “0” by default. The reader will filter “Uconnect”, “iBeacon”,
“Eddystone” or “Altbeacon”.
$<msg type>,<reader id>,<tag type>,<tag id>,<battery>,<button>,<G-sensor>,<sensor>,<RSSI>#
Field Description
$ start of report
msg type Type of message ex. 0: reserved, 1: Uconnect tag
2: iBeacon, 3: Eddystone, 4: Altbeacon
reader id 6 bytes ID of reader in hex => 12 chars
tag type (*) type of tag ex. 1: tag w/o g-sensor, 2: tag w/ g-sensor ..
DIP Switch
▲DCE
▼DTE
2: RX
3: TX
5: GND 9: Vin
DCE/DTE:
Swap TX & RX

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tag id 6 bytes ID of tag in hex => 12 chars
tag batt (*)(**) batt voltage of tag in 1/10 volt unit
tag button status (*) button status ex. 0: released, 1: pushed
tag motion status (*) motion status ex. 0: non-moving, 1: moving
Sensor (*)(***) Various sensor data (11 bytes)
tag rssi tag read rssi
# end of report
Remark
1. (*): The message is “0” for iBeacon, Eddystone and Altbeacon beacon.
2. (**): Eddystone-TLM version 0 include the Tag battery information, 1/10V; The version is
none “0” will display “0” in the “Tag batt” column.
3. (***): Tx Power for the iBeacon, altBeacon, Eddystone-UID, Eddystone-URL and
Eddystone-EID beacon
Example:
$1,00A05053849D,1,00A050172A2C,30,0,0,,-71#
$2,00A05053849D,0,58E72F0CEF88,0,0,0,0,-48#
$3,00A05053849D,0,772BB24ADC36,0,0,0,0,-48#
$4,00A05053849D,0,012AC345EB45,0,0,0,0,-49#
3.2 DIP No. 1 is set to “1” (On): Raw packet data
Prefix: “$”
First column: RSSI value
Raw packet data is between “$” and “CR”
Suffix: Carriage Return
EX:
$-78,0201061BFF5900AABC0100A050172A2C1E00000000000000000000000000BB
$-83,1EFF06000109200073C68487B4DFB227B7546E97078954811C4EB1E40DC1DF
3.3 Default: All pin is “0”, Baud rate 9,600 bps., 8 Data bits, None parity, 1 Stop bit.
3.4 DIP No. 9 is set to “1” (On): The baud rate is 115,200 bps,
4. Power supply:
4.1 Voltage: 5~27 VDC, Don’t exceed the limit.
4.2 There’re 3 ways to power the adapter: Mini USB, Terminal Block and pin9 of DB9, please
choose one. Don’t power the adapter by more than one source.
4.3 The mini USB cable is inside the standard package.

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5. Wireless or Wire communication integration: (option, please contact the supplier)
5.1 WiFi RS-232 (Model: WA-232E)
5.2 Ethernet RS-232 (Model: EA-232)
5.3 Bluetooth V2.1 SPP RS-232 (Model: BT-232B or BT-232B-E)
5.4 LoRa or Wi-Sun RS-232 converter (Model: LORA-232, Wi-Sun-232)
The reader will connect with one of the above communication to bridge the tag data to the
controller.
6. Customization: please contact the supplier
6.1 Tag format
6.2 Packet format of the reader
6.3 Reader bridge for communication