Azuga Equipment Beacon Technical Information and Pairing

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This is the technical sheet for the beacon. It has no lights and no button to press, so there is no light simulator. What matters is pairing, mounting, the battery, and reading the With and Dropped status.

Lights and sound

No light guide

Azuga does not list an LED on the Equipment Beacon. The only control it mentions is a power on and off switch, plus NFC configuration. With no light to read, there is no animation here.

🔇 Azuga does not mention a speaker or beeps on the Equipment Beacon.

That is silence in the documents. We treat it as silent in the field.

Pairing a beacon to a piece of equipment

The web portal only gives you the QR code. The actual pairing happens in the app.

Where	Steps
Web portal (get the QR code)	Admin, then Equipment. Filter by Unassociated. Open the equipment Details page to see the QR.
Azuga Fleet mobile app	Dashboard, then Equipment, then Menu, then Scanner. Scan the QR. Choose See Equipment History, then Associate Beacon. Hold the front of the beacon to the camera. Tap Associate Beacon.
Result	Azuga shows a success message in both places.

Mounting

Tape: use 3M tape on a smooth surface. Peel, press firmly and hold a few seconds.
Screws: two 2.9 x 16 mm screws through the pre-drilled holes, for rough or permanent surfaces.
Both: Azuga says you can use either or both. Keep the surface clean and dry.

Changing the battery

Remove the back screws with a small Phillips screwdriver.
Lift the silicone-sealed cover. It may need gentle force.
Remove the carriage and swap the CR2477 cell, plus side up.
Refasten the cover. Keep debris off the seal so the IP67 rating holds.

Reading the status in the portal

Status	What Azuga means
With	A tracker detects the beacon.
Dropped	No tracker detects it. The last known location is shown.
History page	Use it to see where the equipment has been.

Ping rate and battery

Azuga says the beacon advertises every 2 seconds. You can change the ping rate, but Azuga says that shortens battery life and recommends not changing it. Treat the 2 to 3 year battery life as the number for the default setting.

What the beacon cannot do

The beacon is a tag, not a tracker. It has no GPS and no cellular modem, so it cannot place itself on a map. Every location Azuga shows for it is borrowed from a tracker that heard it. If no tracker hears it, the portal marks it Dropped and shows only the last known place. Azuga's own page says beacons can deter theft but cannot prevent it or recover items. Plan the rollout around that: put trackers where the equipment lives, and use the beacon to tell you which one is near.

A job sheet for each tag

Azuga's steps do not include a record of what you did. We suggest writing down four things for every beacon, so a missing tool can be chased later.

Record	Why
Equipment name in the portal	It matches the QR code you scanned.
Where the beacon is fixed	A beacon on the outside of a metal case is easier to hear than one inside it.
Battery install date	The cell is rated at 2 to 3 years or more. A date tells you when to plan a swap.
Which tracker should hear it	The system only works near a GV620MG, so note which vehicle that is.

Open questions for Azuga

Which count is right, 100 beacons per tracker or 50 nearby at once?
What is the real range inside a metal trailer or toolbox?
What does the NFC configuration change?
Does the beacon work with any tracker other than the GV620MG?

Sources: Azuga beacon technical specifications, Azuga equipment tracking manual, Beacons per GV620MG, Ping rate and battery. AZUGA is a trademark of its owner. API Signal is an independent installer and is not Azuga.

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