Apollo-X User Manual Version 0.9
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Bluetooth
The Apollo-X has integrated Bluetooth hardware to facilitate local communication with the user
for configuration, flash memory dumps and firmware upgrades via the Xeos Beacon Android
App.
The Apollo-X
’s Bluetooth will advertise after a successful self
-test pass using a Bluetooth name
set at the factory. By default, advertisement will only run for the
first two minutes
after power-
up or reset, plus any additional time that the user is connected with a paired device. After this
time, the device will need to either be reset, or the Bluetooth power-on command (
$btpwr 1
)
must be sent to the device through Iridium for Bluetooth to resume advertising for another two
minutes.
Since the Bluetooth in the Apollo-X shares the same antenna as GPS and Iridium, these other
tasks will not run until Bluetooth has been disconnected from a paired device.
