Simulating beacon with smartphone

[Jacob Noergaard]

We are currently working on a project where we use a NRF52832 in a beacon to act as a keyfob for another device. We are concerned that if we lose the key we cannot use the device since we are not able to then connect a new beacon to the device. Is there a way to either copy the beacon to a phone through some app, or to simulate a beacon so that we can bond the phone as a regular beacon to the device.

I know this information is not really specific, but we are just curious if there is a, more or less, out of the box solution or a similar solution we can work out from.

Best regards Jacob

[Hung Bui]

Hi Jacob, 

Our nRF Connect app on Android/iOS can clone a beacon and broadcasting that same data using the phone (It's the clone button when you click on an advertiser) 

However, the main challenge here is if the beacon keep broadcasting the same data or it's the dynamic data that the beacon transmit. If it's the dynamic data that change over time, the phone won't be able to generate that dynamic data because it doesn't have the algorithm. You would need to implement the algorithm in your own app to generate such data.