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DroneScout - Receiver Manual
230-series

May 2022 - version 1.0

The latest version of this manual is located here:

https://download.bluemark.io/dronescout_sensor_manual_230.pdf

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Summary of Contents for DroneScout 230 Series

Page 1: ...022 BlueMark Innovations BV 2022 1 28 DroneScout Receiver Manual 230 series May 2022 version 1 0 The latest version of this manual is located here https download bluemark io dronescout_sensor_manual_2...

Page 2: ...l version 1 0 May 2022 BlueMark Innovations BV 2022 2 28 Disclaimer we are not responsible or liable for errors or incomplete information in this document Version history version date description 1 0...

Page 3: ...ion 6 1 4 Login 10 1 5 Read only file system 10 1 6 Open Drone ID 10 1 7 Global architecture 10 1 8 Maximum detection range 11 2 Configuration 13 2 1 root password 13 2 2 dronescout conf 13 2 3 remote...

Page 4: ...oneBeacon is an add on transponder for drones which broadcasts Remote ID beacon signals DroneScout is a receiver that detects Remote ID signals of nearby drones up to several km distance in open space...

Page 5: ...d scanning for new Remote ID signals Radio 2 on the other hand will permanently tune to the channel where a Remote ID signal has been found In case of multiple Remote ID signals and multiple WiFi chan...

Page 6: ...is powered up will damage the Bluetooth and WiFi radios Connect the receiver to Ethernet and for outdoor installations make sure this connection is waterproof by using the included waterproof accessor...

Page 7: ...WiFi networks will reduce the detection range Basically install the receiver away from areas where there are signals in the 2 4 5 GHz band or large nearby objects house that can block detection of sig...

Page 8: ...e the signal strength is 13 dB less compared to no fence Material and thickness 2 4 GHz 5 GHz Red brick hollow 89 mm 5 15 Window glass uncoated 6 mm 1 1 Plasterboard 13 mm 1 0 Wood dry 114 mm 7 13 Ply...

Page 9: ...nect the Ethernet port of the receiver to your router The receiver needs Ethernet to upload data to the MQTT broker It can also be used for management purposes The network name is the serial number th...

Page 10: ...ter an unexpected power loss To make changes permanent Enter in the SSH console overlayroot chroot After this command you can make changes to the filesystem Enter exit to exit this mode Or mount the r...

Page 11: ...er the receiver is installed how more the propagation mimics free space Hence the detection range increases This is supported for instance by publications like Characterization of Radio Path Loss in S...

Page 12: ...dBm Typically the 5 2 and 5 8 GHz frequency band have lower detection range due to the higher frequency So 17 dB 68 85 above sensitivity level Assuming free space propagation 6 dB loss per doubling of...

Page 13: ...tions BV 2022 global sensorID ds220500000100 receiver ID up to 256 characters mqtt host myserver MQTT host port 8883 MQTT port topic leave empty to use default topic based on receiverID QoSlevel 1 QoS...

Page 14: ...the receiver will use the topic sensor sensorID upload If compression is set to none the receiver will publish JSON payload in plain text If compression is set to lzma the entire JSON payload will be...

Page 15: ...receiver needs an unique port otherwise those receivers will compete for the same port In addition passwordless login by using SSH keys is assumed This means that the receiver SSH key root ssh id_rsa...

Page 16: ...nnovations BV 2022 16 28 17 36 18 40 19 48 20 52 21 56 22 60 23 64 24 149 25 6 26 44 27 161 28 165 Use the following commands to edit file root remote conf overlayroot chroot nano root wlan_channels c...

Page 17: ...Beacon signals can be found on all WiFi channels The following channels can be configured capabilities of WiFi radio The number in brackets is the channel number 2412 MHz 1 2417 MHz 2 2422 MHz 3 2427...

Page 18: ...ceiver Manual version 1 0 May 2022 BlueMark Innovations BV 2022 18 28 5680 MHz 136 5700 MHz 140 5720 MHz 144 5745 MHz 149 5765 MHz 153 5785 MHz 157 5805 MHz 161 5825 MHz 165 5845 MHz 169 5865 MHz 173...

Page 19: ...An example message is shown below Figure 4 Example receiver status message This message contains several sections protocol indicates the protocol version Currently only protocol 1 0 exists status a st...

Page 20: ...tocol 1 0 exists data a data message contains a section data sensor ID the sensor ID set in dronescout conf RSSI the RSSI of the received Remote ID packet channel the channel on which the Remote ID pa...

Page 21: ...sicID ODID_BASIC_ID_MAX_MESSAGES ODID_Location_data Location ODID_Auth_data Auth ODID_AUTH_MAX_PAGES ODID_SelfID_data SelfID ODID_System_data System ODID_OperatorID_data OperatorID uint8_t BasicIDVali...

Page 22: ...port datetime broker myserver port 8883 topic generate client ID with pub prefix randomly client_id f mqtt subscriber random randint 0 100 optional user password for connecting to the MQTT broker unco...

Page 23: ...ta UASdata base64 b64decode data_json get UASdata print data message print sensor ID data_json get sensor ID print RSSI data_json get RSSI print channel data_json get channel print timestamp data_json...

Page 24: ...ASdata Location_start_byte 16 Location_start_byte 16 8 Longitude struct unpack d UASdata Location_start_byte 24 Location_start_byte 24 8 print Latitude Latitude print Longitude Longitude AltitudeBaro...

Page 25: ...t_byte 8 Location_start_byte 8 8 OperatorLongitude struct unpack d UASdata Location_start_byte 16 Location_start_byte 16 8 print Operator Latitude OperatorLatitude print Operator Longitude OperatorLon...

Page 26: ...n get sensor ID fail if it is data json print status message print sensor ID status_json get sensor ID print timestamp status_json get timestamp epoch_timestamp datetime datetime fromtimestamp status_...

Page 27: ...DroneScout Receiver Manual version 1 0 May 2022 BlueMark Innovations BV 2022 27 28 Example output...

Page 28: ...TY The product has a two year warranty period starting at the date of receiving the product Outside warranty are issues like crash damage improper use extreme weather conditions that damages the produ...

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