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- Flexibility of placement for permanent installation: the DC Battery BluFi can be continuously powered with the 120VAC/240VAC-to-5VDC adapter and 2 meter USB cable (both included). This allows for flexible placement of the gateway away from the power socket. It also allows for the gateway to be placed higher in the room to improve coverage.
- Temporarily move for beacon device job updates: if the beacon-to-BluFi connectivity of your deployment is adequate for data transmission but poor for cloud-initiated device jobs, the DC Battery BluFi may be used to temporarily update beacons. When the DC BluFi is removed from continuous 5VDC power, it will run on battery backup. The DC BluFi can be placed close to the beacon(s) to be updated for the duration of the device job(s) (e.g., Template, Firmware update).
In addition to the flexibility it provides, the DC BluFi may also be configured to change the antenna direction and gain. This may be particularly useful or needed when a beacon (or group of beacons near one another) have poor or no connectivity due to physical obstructions or heavy wireless traffic. See the DC Battery BluFi Antenna Configuration tutorial for more details.
Mobile app scanner of 2.4 GHz traffic
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