Here's the ScanUtility.py file that the BeaconScanner.py file uses to find and list the ble beacons.
#This is a working prototype. DO NOT USE IT IN LIVE PROJECTS
import sys
import struct
import bluetooth._bluetooth as bluez
OGF_LE_CTL=0x08
OCF_LE_SET_SCAN_ENABLE=0x000C
def hci_enable_le_scan(sock):
hci_toggle_le_scan(sock, 0x01)
def hci_disable_le_scan(sock):
hci_toggle_le_scan(sock, 0x00)
def hci_toggle_le_scan(sock, enable):
cmd_pkt = struct.pack("<BB", enable, 0x00)
bluez.hci_send_cmd(sock, OGF_LE_CTL, OCF_LE_SET_SCAN_ENABLE, cmd_pkt)
def packetToString(packet):
"""
Returns the string representation of a raw HCI packet.
"""
if sys.version_info > (3, 0):
return ''.join('%02x' % struct.unpack("B", bytes([x]))[0] for x in packet)
else:
return ''.join('%02x' % struct.unpack("B", x)[0] for x in packet)
def parse_events(sock, loop_count=100):
old_filter = sock.getsockopt( bluez.SOL_HCI, bluez.HCI_FILTER, 14)
flt = bluez.hci_filter_new()
bluez.hci_filter_all_events(flt)
bluez.hci_filter_set_ptype(flt, bluez.HCI_EVENT_PKT)
sock.setsockopt( bluez.SOL_HCI, bluez.HCI_FILTER, flt )
results = []
for i in range(0, loop_count):
packet = sock.recv(255)
ptype, event, plen = struct.unpack("BBB", packet[:3])
packetOffset = 0
dataString = packetToString(packet)
"""
If the bluetooth device is an beacon then show the beacon.
"""
#print (dataString)
if dataString[34:50] == '0303aafe1516aafe' or '0303AAFE1116AAFE':
"""
Selects parts of the bluetooth packets.
"""
broadcastType = dataString[50:52]
if broadcastType == '00' :
type = "Eddystone UID"
namespace = dataString[54:74].upper()
instance = dataString[74:86].upper()
resultsArray = [
{"type": type, "namespace": namespace, "instance": instance}]
return resultsArray
elif broadcastType == '10':
type = "Eddystone URL"
urlprefix = dataString[54:56]
if urlprefix == '00':
prefix = 'http://www.'
elif urlprefix == '01':
prefix = 'https://www.'
elif urlprefix == '02':
prefix = 'http://'
elif urlprefix == '03':
prefix = 'https://'
hexUrl = dataString[56:][:-2]
url = prefix + hexUrl.decode("hex")
rssi, = struct.unpack("b", packet[packetOffset -1])
resultsArray = [{"type": type, "url": url}]
return resultsArray
elif broadcastType == '20':
type = "Eddystone TLM"
resultsArray = [{"type": type}]
return resultsArray
elif broadcastType == '30':
type = "Eddystone EID"
resultsArray = [{"type": type}]
return resultsArray
elif broadcastType == '40':
type = "Eddystone RESERVED"
resultsArray = [{"type": type}]
return resultsArray
if dataString[38:46] == '4c000215':
"""
Selects parts of the bluetooth packets.
"""
type = "iBeacon"
uuid = dataString[46:54] + "-" + dataString[54:58] + "-" + dataString[58:62] + "-" + dataString[62:66] + "-" + dataString[66:78]
major = dataString[78:82]
minor = dataString[82:86]
majorVal = int("".join(major.split()[::-1]), 16)
minorVal = int("".join(minor.split()[::-1]), 16)
"""
Organises Mac Address to display properly
"""
scrambledAddress = dataString[14:26]
fixStructure = iter("".join(reversed([scrambledAddress[i:i+2] for i in range(0, len(scrambledAddress), 2)])))
macAddress = ':'.join(a+b for a,b in zip(fixStructure, fixStructure))
rssi, = struct.unpack("b", packet[packetOffset -1])
resultsArray = [{"type": type, "uuid": uuid, "major": majorVal, "minor": minorVal, "rssi": rssi, "macAddress": macAddress}]
return resultsArray
return results
The orginal Beaconscanner.py file works as it should by listing the beacons.
import ScanUtility
import bluetooth._bluetooth as bluez
#Set bluetooth device. Default 0.
dev_id = 0
try:
sock = bluez.hci_open_dev(dev_id)
print ("\n *** Looking for BLE Beacons ***\n")
print ("\n *** CTRL-C to Cancel ***\n")
except:
print ("Error accessing bluetooth")
ScanUtility.hci_enable_le_scan(sock)
#Scans for iBeacons
try:
while True:
returnedList = ScanUtility.parse_events(sock, 10)
for item in returnedList:
print(item)
print("")
except KeyboardInterrupt:
pass
Here's the modified BeaconScanner.py file which should print "Works" if the scanner finds the wanted beacon by it's mac address.
import ScanUtility
import bluetooth._bluetooth as bluez
#Set bluetooth device. Default 0.
dev_id = 0
try:
sock = bluez.hci_open_dev(dev_id)
print ("\n *** Looking for BLE Beacons ***\n")
print ("\n *** CTRL-C to Cancel ***\n")
except:
print ("Error accessing bluetooth")
ScanUtility.hci_enable_le_scan(sock)
#Scans for iBeacons
try:
while True:
returnedList = ScanUtility.parse_events(sock, 10)
for macAddress in returnedList:
if macAddress == "e2:e3:23:d1:b0:54":
print("Works")
else:
print("Nope")
except KeyboardInterrupt:
pass
The modified file however always prints "Nope". I think the "macAddress" part in the if statement can't be used to identify the beacons. What have to be changed in the code so the beacon can be identified by it's mac address in the if statement?
