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System Setup

Attention: the device is already fully configured

New BeeApiary hive scales are supplied configured and calibrated. The user number is already stored in the scales' settings, so you do not need to reconfigure them.

Do not make changes on your own. Usually, you only need to complete the first four steps below for everything to work.

Do not remove the battery, tare or calibrate the scales, or change any settings without first reading the relevant instructions to the end. Doing so during initial setup is strongly discouraged.

Before installing the SIM card

Use only a micro-SIM and disable its PIN protection in advance.

Comparison of SIM card formats

Video instructions

  1. Open the cover of the data collection unit.

    Open data collection unit

  2. Insert the micro-SIM into the appropriate slot.

    Correct card position:

    The GSM module is in a different location on older boards made before 2026 and newer boards from 2026 onward.

    Older board (before 2026):

    Correctly inserted micro-SIM

    Newer board (from 2026):

    micro-SIM orientation on the newer board

    Insert the SIM card and press it gently until it is almost fully recessed into the slot and you hear a light click confirming that it is locked in place:

    Older board (before 2026):

    micro-SIM locked in the slot

    Newer board (from 2026):

    micro-SIM locked on the newer board

  3. Activate or restart the device: briefly hold the magnetic key against the branded mark on the back of the main unit.

    BeeApiary magnetic key

    Branded magnetic-key target

  4. Wait about one minute and confirm that the first SMS arrives at the preconfigured user number.

Done. Congratulations: the device is collecting data, sending it through GSM, and keeping a local archive.

App — if needed

The BeeApiary app is not required for ordinary SMS and is not an integral part of the scales. The scales work independently and send SMS data to any phone. Install the app to view charts, analyse measurements, keep an apiary journal, identify hives and use its other features.

  1. Install the BeeApiary app and make sure you grant it permission to process SMS messages.
  2. In the app, select Add device.
  3. Enter the number of the micro-SIM installed in the BeeApiary hive scales.

Note

Enter the number of the SIM card installed in the device, not the user's phone number.

If the first SMS does not arrive, do not change settings at random. See No SMS received. Change the user number through GSM settings only when necessary.

Learn more: GSM and SMS and Data flow.