The timingsense active timing system consists of active chips (loaded and running) and the chip reading device (Classic Loop Box).
When the active chip passes through the coverage area of the Classic Loop Box or loop, the chip receives a signal to emit its code. The chip emits its number or coding through the built-in Bluetooth and is received by the Classic Loop Box device, which is responsible for sending this reading or registration via the internet.
What makes this active chip different from other active transponders is the built-in Bluetooth. The Bluetooth of the active chip has different parameters that you can configure depending on how you want the active chip to transmit. The active chips are always configured through a Classic Loop Box device and this configuration is loaded into the chips when they pass through the loop.
To understand the Bluetooth configuration parameters it is necessary to first understand the conceptual approach of the chip applied to timing, as illustrated in the following diagram:
- Loop interval: the transmission frequency or time between packets that the chip will emit when it is receiving a signal from the loop. You can set it to broadcast every 20 or 50 milliseconds
- Extra time: time during which the chip will continue to emit after it stops receiving the loop signal.
- Sleep Time: when you are configuring broadcast mode, (continuous broadcasting for 48 hours)
sleep time is the time during which the chip will stop broadcasting between the time it stops receiving the loop signal and starts continuous broadcasting with the broadcast interval you have configured. Configurable to 2 seconds or 5 minutes. - Broadcast: the broadcast frequency during broadcast mode (continuous broadcast for 48h). Here you can define the time between Bluetooth transmissions: every 20, 50, 100 or 500 milliseconds (from highest to lowest frequency).
Active transponder configuration
From the Classic Loop Box main menu, click on “Settings” and then on the “>” icon under “Transmitter”.
In the ” Transmitter ” section you can find all the bluetooth configuration parameters of the active chips:
- Chip power: 4 levels of the chip´s bluetooth transmitting power: -15, 0, 4 and 8 dBm (from lowest to highest power).
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- Broadcast interval: the broadcast frequency during broadcast mode (continuous broadcast for 48h). Here you can define the time between Bluetooth transmissions: every 20, 50, 100 or 500 milliseconds (from highest to lowest frequency).
- Extra-time: time during which the chip will continue to emit after it stops receiving the loop signal.
- Connectable: indicates whether the transponder will emit in connetable mode or not. This option is only for development, for normal use we must always leave it in not connectable.
- Loop Interval: the transmission frequency or time between packets that the chip will emit when it is receiving a signal from the loop. You can set it to broadcast every 20 or 50 milliseconds.
- Sleep time: when you are configuring broadcast mode, (continuous broadcasting for 48 hours) sleep time is the time during which the chip will stop broadcasting between the time it stops receiving the loop signal and starts continuous broadcasting with the broadcast interval you have configured. Configurable to 2 seconds or 5 minutes.
- Emit after sleep: for if you want the chip to emit only when passing through the loop (pure active mode) or on the contrary if you want the chip to continue emitting continuously during the 48 hours (broadcast mode).
💡 If the chip is set to not broadcast, the “Broadcast Interval” and “Sleep time” settings do not apply. - Transmitter gain factor: is the transmitter gain factor of the loop. If you want the chips to “wake up” at a shorter distance from the loop, you can adjust the gain percentage. The lower the loop gain, the lower the coverage range.
- Device ID: it is the unique identifier of the device. It is not configurable and is predefined in the manufacturing process.
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