Blackline Safety BCN User Manual

PACKAGE CONTENTS

HARDWARE DETAILS

LONER BEACON SYSTEM

User Guide

A. Blackline Beacon

B. Blackline Beacon Bracket (attached)

C. 2 – #6 x 1” screws

D. 2 – Drywall anchors

Power/Status button

Status light

Product label

Mounting Bracket release

Mounting holes

 The Blackline Beacon transmits a low energy message to

compatible Loner devices.

 The Loner device reports the Blackline Beacon information

back to the Employee Safety Monitoring System to indicate the user’s location.

 Blackline Beacon has a transmission radius of about 40 feet

but the range is dependent upon obstructions in the environment and mounting position.

Blackline Beacon Prerequisites

 Account set-up in the loner.blacklinegps.com system.

 Beacon Compatible Loner IS/SMD/IS Arctic safety monitoring

device activated in a Loner account.

 Blackline beacon location information for the installed bea-

cons added to your Loner account.

Modication: 05 21, 2013

USING THE BEACON

The Blackline Beacon is shipped with batteries installed and powered o.

1. Press the Power/Status button to turn the Blackline Beacon on. The status light will turn On. The Blackline Beacon is now ready to use.

A green status light indicates normal operation. A ashing red status light indicates low battery. Solid red indicates a fault. The status light sleeps 2 minutes after the last button. Press to conserve energy while in operation.

At any time, pressing the power/status button will wake up the status light and it will remain on until going to sleep again.

To power O the Blackline Beacon:

1. Press and hold the power the Power/Status button until the

green status light turns O.

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SETUP IN THE LONER PORTAL

Information must be entered into the Loner Safety application to enable a Beacon to report its location.

1. Log in to your Loner Portal account. From the Menu, navigate to the Beacon activation page. You will be prompted to enter the Beacon Unit ID and Activation Code found on the product label on the back of the Beacon.

Once the Beacon has been activated the installation of the Beacons can commence.

 IMPORTANT: Take care to note the Unit ID and the location of

each Beacon that you install.

SUGGESTED MOUNTING

The Blackline beacon transmits in a radius of ~40 feet, but the range is dependent upon obstructions in the environment and mounting position. Where multiple Blackline Beacons are required, position them close enough to ensure adequate coverage throughout the desired area.

Beacons should be mounted as high in a room as practical, with minimal obstructions to interfere with the wireless signal. The Beacon mounting bracket allows for mounting ush on a wall or in a corner.

 Obstructions that are made of metal or concrete will inter-

fere with the propagation of the wireless signal more than wooden structures.

The beacon is shipped in the highest Transmit Power Setting and can be adjusted to reduce the transmit range of the Beacon for installations where more granular locations are required. See the Transmit Power Settings section for information on adjusting the transmit power.

ASSIGNING LOCATIONS

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CHANGING BATTERIES

TRANSMIT POWER SETTINGS

Assigning Beacon locations in the Loner Portal

Once the Beacon has been installed,

1. Log into your Loner Portal account.

2. Navigate to Menu > Beacon Set-up page.

3. Add the following information, for each activated Beacon:

Name

This should be a friendly name that identies the location (e.g. main oor entrance).

Site Address This should be the address of the nearest entrance to the site where the Beacon is installed.

Longitude and Latitude This should represent the actual location of the installed Beacon as closely as possible. The pin on the map can be dragged to automatically calculate the Longitude and Latitude.

Changing Batteries

The Blackline Beacon’s 2 C Cell batteries expected life is 5 years.

1. Remove the Beacon from the mounting bracket.

2. Remove the 4 screws on the back of the Beacon to remove

the back half of the enclosure to access the batteries as shown below. Battery orientation is indicated beneath the batteries on the inside of the front half of the enclosure.

3. Install new batteries and reassemble the Beacon.

 IMPORTANT An eective response to an emergency situ-

ation depends upon the accuracy and completeness of this information.

Changing the transmit power settings

The Blackline Beacon is shipped in the highest transmit power setting. Transmission power aects the range of the Beacon’s signal.

To change the transmission power setting

1. Press and hold the button on the Blackline Beacon. The Status

Light will turn On and then turn O. As you continue to hold the button, the light will begin to blink in sets of ashes that indicate power levels.

2. Release the button on the set of ashes to program your desired power level. The status light will repeat the selected power setting 3 times before returning to normal operating mode.

 The set with the fewest ashes indicates the lowest power

level and the set with the most ashes indicates the highest power level. The sets will cycle from lowest to highest as you continue to hold the button.

Information in this document is subject to change without notice. This document is provided “as is” and Blackline GPS Inc. (“Blackline GPS” or “Blackline”) and its aliated companies and partners assume no responsibility for any typographical, technical or other inaccura¬cies in this document. Blackline GPS reserves the right to periodically change information that is contained in this document. However, Blackline GPS makes no commitment to provide any such changes, updates, enhancements or other additions to this document to you in a timely manner or at all.

Except as expressly provided herein, no part of this manual may be reproduced, copied, transmitted, disseminated, downloaded, or stored in any storage medium, for any purpose without the express prior written consent of Blackline GPS Inc. (“Blackline” or “Blackline GPS”). Blackline GPS hereby grants permission to download a single copy of this manual onto some form of electronic storage medium to be viewed and to print one copy of this manual or any revision hereto, provided that such electronic or printed copy of this manual must contain the complete text of this copyright notice. Further, any unauthorized commercial distribution of this manual or any revi¬sion hereto is strictly prohibited.

The Blackline GPS families of related marks, images and symbols, including Loner, Loner IS, Loner SMD, Loner Mobile, UltimateSense, Protect. Share. Connect. and Blackline GPS are the exclusive properties and trademarks of Blackline GPS Inc. The BlackBerry and RIM families of related marks, images and symbols are the exclusive properties and trademarks of Research In Motion Limited. All other brands, product names, company names, trademarks and service marks are the properties of their respective owners.

Warranty

Your Blackline Beacon is warranted against defects in materials and workmanship for up to one year from date of purchase. For further details regarding your Blackline GPS warranty, please refer to your Terms and Conditions of Service.

More Information and Support visit: http://www.blacklinesafety.com for more information.

Declaration of Conformity

Blackline GPS hereby declares that this product incorporating Radio and Telecommunications Terminal Equipment functionality is in compliance with the essential requirements and other relevant provisions of Directive 1999/5/EC. A copy of the original Declaration of Conformity is available at: http://www.blacklinegps.com/ce

FCC Compliance

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential instal lation.

Operation is subject to the fol lowing two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Changes or modications not expressly approved by the manufacturer could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.

This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interfer ence will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment o and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

• Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit dierent from that to which the receiver is connected.

• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for further assistance.

Industry Canada Compliance

This device complies with Industry Canada licence-exempt RSS standard(s). Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference, including interference that may cause undesired operation of the device.

Intrinsically Safe

This device is certied Intrinsically Safe for use in Class I, Division 1, Groups A-D and Class II, Division 1, Groups E-G hazardous (classied) locations.

Specications:

Class I, Division 1, Groups A, B, C, D T4 Class II, Division 1, Groups E, F, G T4 Class I, Zone 0, Group IIC T4

-40*C <= Ta <= +55*C

This product is certied for use with the following batteries:

Duracell PC1400 Energizer LR14DP12 Rayovac ALC-12FP

WARNING: Use only approved batteries.

Consult with your organization’s safety professional for further information regarding the topic of intrinsic safety and any policies, procedures, facilities, or locations within facilities that may be related to intrinsic safety.

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