Broadcasting device status

A method comprising:

• obtaining, by a transmitter device, configuration data for the second device, the configuration data indicating a current operating mode of the second device or a user-specified configuration of the second device;
• accessing, by the transmitter device, the stored radio transmitter identifier from the one or more data storage devices;
• generating, by the transmitter device, a first advertisement that indicates the radio transmitter address and the radio transmitter identifier;
• generating, by the transmitter device, a second advertisement that indicates the radio transmitter address and an encoding of the configuration data for the second device;
• and
• broadcasting, by the transmitter device using the radio transmitter, a series of advertisements that includes at least the first advertisement and the second advertisement.

A non-transitory machine-readable medium storing software comprising instructions executable by one or more processors which, upon such execution, cause the a transmitter device to perform operations comprising:

• obtaining, by the transmitter device, configuration data for the second device, the configuration data indicating a current operating mode of the second device or a user-specified configuration of the second device;
• accessing, by the transmitter device, the stored radio transmitter identifier from the one or more data storage devices;
• generating, by the transmitter device, a first advertisement that indicates the radio transmitter address and the radio transmitter identifier;
• generating, by the transmitter device, a second advertisement that indicates the radio transmitter address and an encoding of the configuration data for the second device;
• and
• broadcasting, by the transmitter device using the radio transmitter, a series of advertisements that includes at least the first advertisement and the second advertisement.