{"id":6672,"date":"2021-09-20T11:12:28","date_gmt":"2021-09-20T11:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6672"},"modified":"2023-05-04T19:20:40","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T19:20:40","slug":"tracking-hand-power-tools-with-using-bluetooth-beacons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/tracking-hand-power-tools-with-using-bluetooth-beacons\/","title":{"rendered":"Tracking Hand Power Tools Using Bluetooth Beacons"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>DEWALT have a new Bluetooth beacon, the DCE042, that provides tracking of hand power tools.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/dewaltbluetoothbeacon.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6673\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/dewaltbluetoothbeacon.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/dewaltbluetoothbeacon-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/dewaltbluetoothbeacon-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>It works with the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dewalt.com\/jobsite-solutions\/tool-connect\" target=\"_blank\">Tool Connect System<\/a>, on web or mobile, to track, assign, and manage tools to save time, improve productivity and reduce costs due to lost tools.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/dewaltsitemanager-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6674\" width=\"768\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/dewaltsitemanager-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/dewaltsitemanager-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/dewaltsitemanager-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/dewaltsitemanager-1200x600.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/dewaltsitemanager.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Several years ago we provided consultancy for a similar system developed by <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.addmobile.se\/\" target=\"_blank\">AddMobile<\/a> (since been acquired by <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/infobric.com\/en\/infobric-group-acquires-addmobile\/\" target=\"_blank\">Infobric Group<\/a>). The use of beacons in construction poses challenges related to the internal physical construction of beacons beyond them having to be rugged and IPX rated. Care also needs to be taken to design systems for efficient battery use so that device battery management doesn&#8217;t become a burden for users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/beaconzone.consulting\/\" target=\"_blank\">Learn More About<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/beaconzone.consulting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> <\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/beaconzone.consulting\/\" target=\"_blank\">Beaconzone Consulting<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DEWALT have a new Bluetooth beacon, the DCE042, that provides tracking of hand power tools. It works with the Tool Connect System, on web or mobile, to track, assign, and manage tools to save time, improve productivity and reduce costs due to lost tools. Several years ago we provided consultancy for a similar system developed &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/tracking-hand-power-tools-with-using-bluetooth-beacons\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Tracking Hand Power Tools Using Bluetooth Beacons&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[257],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6672"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6672"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6672\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8572,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6672\/revisions\/8572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}