Is it possible to configure a beacon with a tool based on Nordic device acting as receiver (not smartphone)

[Avi]

In order to configure mass production beacons, is it possible to automate the configuration process?

i.e. setting interval, power, name etc

[Hung Bui]

Hi Avi, 

It's possible to use a Nordic chip to work as central device and configure the beacon (s). We do support central role in S132/S130 softdevice and above. 

Another option is to hardcode the configuration and name in flash and during production you can use the programmer to write that information. This would make the process much faster. 
I assume this configuration is written one time only and is not expected to change after the beacon deployed ? 

[Avi]

Hi

The purpose is to modify existing settings in order to customize it per specific field usage.

I have a 52832 acting as central role, I can connect to the beacon with that central device, but how do I access a certain value that is associated with a certain UUID?

Thanks,

Avi

[Hung Bui]

Hi Avi, 

You would need to do a service discovery to know the handle of the characteristic. Please refer to our central example(s) in the SDK. You can have a look at the central examples here.

How large is the size of your sensor network and how often do you need to reconfigure the network ? 

One option is to implement a mesh network that can help configure or doing DFU on a large scale without doing the configuration one by one.