Snom M9B DECT Location Beacon

With the Snom Beacon Solution, Snom offers a cost-effective and modern approach to integrating professional location and asset tracking and alarm systems into any existing Snom DECT multi-cell system.

The Snom M9B Beacon Gateway acts as a Bluetooth satellite connected via a DECT data connection to a Snom M900 base station. The beacon gateway itself can continuously transmit Bluetooth signals (TX) to scan for registered devices in the environment or respond in receive mode (RX) to signals from approaching beacons. The 4 antennas integrated into the M9B enable precise live location determination of a registered device due to beamforming in the nearby range of 1-15 meters and report this information in real-time to the nearest Snom M900 base station. At the same time, the M9B is compatible with many Bluetooth beacons from well-known manufacturers such as iBeacon, AltBeacon, or Eddystone.

The Snom M9B Beacon Gateway can be powered by batteries or a USB power adapter, making it flexible and allowing for installation in almost any location afterward.

This enables a wide range of scenarios to be mapped, from indoor navigation, theft protection, inventory management, tracking solutions, and much more. On the one hand, the beacons are inexpensive to purchase, can be installed with minimal effort, and consume very little power thanks to the BLE standard (Bluetooth Low Energy). Moreover, beacons typically do not affect existing infrastructures such as WLAN, DECT, or mobile radio. Even medical equipment remains undisturbed.

• Bluetooth LE support
• 4 antennas for beamforming
• Compatible with Snom M70, M80, M85, M90 handsets
• Compatible with: iBeacon, AltBeacon, and Eddystone