User's Guide
Gen2 BLE Sensor Family User Guide T0007796_UG_Portable Version 0.2
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1 Product Description
1.1 Overview
This document provides a user manual for all of the device variants in the BLE Sensor Family
Gen2 developed by TEKTELIC Communications Inc that fall under the definition of “portable
devices” according to the FCC. This document includes descriptions of each variant and guides
regarding the HW capabilities of each variant. For the functional operation and SW behaviour of
each variant, please refer to the specific TRM document for that particular sensor.
All BLE Gen2 device variants are LoRaWAN-capable end-devices that are capable of supporting
Tx/Rx in the following frequency bands as specified in the LoRaWAN Regional Parameters
v1.0.2 [1]: AS923, AU915, EU868, IN865, KR920, RU864, US915. The variants that support BLE
Tx/Rx operate in the 2.4 GHz band according to the BLE 5.0 specifications [2].
The Gen2 device family is the successor to the Gen1 device family. All sensors in the Gen2
family share a common internal printed circuit board (PCB), but have a variety of different
transducers, functions, and use cases. There are two main functional categories of protable
Gen2 devices (each of which is described in further detail in later sections):
SafeAlert:
o Only available as an Indoor (AA-cell) variant with different mounting options.
o Main function: the same as the Enterprise Asset Tracker (utilizing BLE scans to
track location) except the tracking function is activated through the use of a
“panic” button. The button also triggers panic alerts.
Contact Tracing Device:
o Available as Indoor (AA-cell) and Outdoor (C-cell) variants with different
mounting options.
o Main function: to utilize periodic BLE scanning to detect other nearby contact
tracing devices, alert when two or more devices are in close proximity, and save
the data regarding contacted devices and contact durations. Contrary to the
Enterprise Asset Trackers, the Contact Tracing devices do not track location.
1.2 Summary of Variant Groupings, Enclosures, and Features
There are 6 total variants that belong to the portable BLE Gen2 Sensor Family. There are many
commonalities between the variants; some share mechanical enclosures, others share function,
etc. As such, there are three categories by which to group the variants:
1. By function (see Section 1.1).