nRF51822 bluetooth smart beacon kit not seen on iphone4s

[Tshepo]

Good day

I can't see my beacon on my phone after downloading the app. The beacon is on but still can't be recognised on the phone.

what might be the problem?

Tshepo

[Asbjørn]

Have you followed the steps described in the Beacon kit user guide: www.nordicsemi.com/.../7429763. Please have a look in chapter 4.3.

Do you have a BLE scanner app on your phone? Are you able to see the Beacon in the scanner app?

[Tshepo]

HI

I have read chapter 4.3 and also followed the instruction before i started to load the nRF Beacon app and even deleted the app and reinstalled twice but still nothing is seen when i scan it.

i tried to load it manually but the app keeps on stating that the beacon is not found.

what will be the next step?

[Asbjørn]

I assume you beacon kit is flashing a purple light every 5th second?

Have you enabled "Location services" on the iOS device, especially for the nRFbeacon app. Please go to Privacy settings - location services to enable this.

Do you get the nRFBeacon up on main part of the beacon app? Are you able to read the UUID for beacon?

[Tshepo]

i have just tested it on a android phone and it worked perfectly but with the IOS its still refusing.

[Tshepo]

Hi

Finally i got the answer and its as follows:

I believe the steps that solved it for me were:

in iPhone app select "Update" tab. Press SW2 on beacon device -- LED turns 'yellow' major, minor & calibrated RSSI fields became auto-filled (for me this was major: 1, minor: 38, rssi: -69) press SW2 AGAIN (LED goes back to original purple blink mode). in iPhone app select "Beacons" tab -- nRF Beacon is now listed. I believe it's 2nd depressing of SW2 that seemed to be necessary.

hope its useful for someone else.

thanks for the effort