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BLE iBeacon Scanner - iBeacon and Eddystone Beacons

A simple project that scans for iBeacon and Eddystone BLE beacons using your Raspberry Pi and Python.

iBeacon

UUID, Major, Minor, Mac Address and RSSI

Eddystone

UID - Finds: Namespace ID and Instance ID.

URL - Finds: URL and URL Prefix.

EID - Finds (Details comming soon).

TLM - Finds (Details comming soon).

Let me know if there are any issues.

Here is a demo:

Getting Started

You will need to download bluez to get bluetooth data.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install python-pip python-dev ipython

sudo apt-get install bluetooth libbluetooth-dev
sudo pip install pybluez

Additionally to detect BLE devices you need to enable the experimental features. To do this:

  1. Go to directory
cd /lib/systemd/system
  1. Edit a file
sudo vim bluetooth.service

Add --experimental after ExecStart=/usr/local/libexec/bluetooth/bluetoothd So it lookes like this:

ExecStart=/usr/local/libexec/bluetooth/bluetoothd --experimental

  1. Save and exit vim Shift + Colon, then type wq! - to write and quit.

  2. Restart daemon

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
  1. Restart bluetooth
sudo systemctl restart bluetooth

Quick Start

Download files.

Go to directory

cd Desktop/BLE-Beacon-Scanner

Run

python BeaconScanner.py

Note that this does not work with Python 3 yet... we are working on it!

Running the tests

Once the app is running you should see any iBeacon and Eddystone devices in the vicinity - The RSSI will update if an iBeacon moves.

Deployment

I DON'T recommend that you use this in a live project - it is merely a proof of concept.

Future Development

  • UriBeacon support
  • Versatility
  • Beacon type selection

License

This project is licensed under the GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE