First, Karl, you are awesome for your continued contributions.
I'm curious what experience other users have had with different beacons.
XY3: I enthusiastically ordered 5 xy3 beacons once my pi was running Karl's disk image. I believe I later read xy3 goes into power save mode, and doesn't work for pibeacon. This was my initial experience: the xy3 stopped broadcasting unless I hit the button. For reasons unclear, it now works, and it continues to broadcast. I suspect this is, in part, from linking them to my iPhone and enabling the "Keep Near" function, though that's just a guess.
Tile: I'm uncertain what model Tiles I have, but it's likely a 2016 release. These do not appear to be detected at all.
iPhone: I'm not inclined to use a separate app running on the phone, mainly as it is an additional step that can introduce complications. (That said, I DO use EventScripts on my host iMac to detect paired phones, and it works well enough to use it for security purposes)
Radius: Should arrive today.
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