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revert: remove instance beacons
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The instance beacons broadcasted via bleno seem to cause trouble
for
many users, so they were removed from the software again.

BREAKING CHANGE: instance beacons along with their configuration
options
and the companion app auto toggling feature are not available
anymore

Closes #763
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mKeRix committed Jun 26, 2021
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It is recommended to raise the `timeout` setting to at least `60` when using the companion app, as the signal may not always be constant.

You can turn on auto-toggling of this feature in the companion app, which will automatically turn off the trackable information when you are not in reach of any room-assistant instance. This feature requires "always" location permissions to work. It uses beacon advertisements emitted by room-assistant and does not grab your geo-location.

::: details Example Config

```yaml
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| `batteryMask` | Number | `0x00000000` | If non-zero, extract the beacon's battery level from the major/minor fields. The mask operates on a 32bit value with major as the high two bytes and minor as the low two bytes. |
| `tagOverrides` | [Tag Overrides](#tag-overrides) | | Allows you to override some properties of the tracked devices. |
| `hciDeviceId` | Number | `0` | ID of the Bluetooth device to use for the inquiries, e.g. `0` to use `hci0`. |
| `instanceBeaconEnabled` | Boolean | `true` | Whether this instance should emit iBeacon advertisements via BLE, which can be used by the room-assistant companion app to auto-toggle advertising. |
| `instanceBeaconMajor` | Number | `1` | The major of the advertised iBeacon. |
| `instanceBeaconMinor` | Number | Random | The minor of the advertised iBeacon. |

### Tag Overrides

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