Closed ronsmits closed 10 years ago
@ronsmits How are you setting the iBeacon UUID/major/minor on the RPi?
If you're not, your options are:
Using both examples node-bleacon picks them up without any problems. The rssi of both systems is however very erratic.
A Broadcom based adapter and/or using a USB extension cable might be less erratic, see: https://github.com/sandeepmistry/noble/wiki/Compatible-devices#linux
Thanks for the reply. I have added the bluetooth adapter I am using to the wiki page. It might help more people. The bluetooth dongle identifies itself in linux as
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0a12:0001 Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode)
This is on a raspberry pi. No cables or extensions are used.
I am trying to use the bleacon libary to scan for beacons. I have three estimotes who are picked up without any problems.
The Raspberry pi uses a bluetooth dongle and has been setup as follows:
The example android application from google (BLE device scan) picks it up without problems and gives it the name
CSR8510 A10
. This is actually the name of the chip :)Running
sudo hcitool lescan
does pick it up: