This is a node.js application that will allow WiFi configuration of an IoT device. Designed to be used on Gateway devices or devices that need to be configured that may not have a User Interface (UI) to allow user configuration. Once the setup and installation is complete you will be able to take your mobile phone and use it to control how your Raspberry Pi attaches to other WiFi networks. This is usefull when your device does not have the use of a keyboard or mouse.
The application will use a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) peripheral connection to expose an interface to setup your WiFi.
For this application we used and tested with the Raspberry Pi 3B and Raspberry Pi Zero W.
The version of Rasbian used was Rasbian Stretch 2018-06-27 It is recommended you update your system with: /> sudo apt update
The Raspberry Pi 0 comes with a very old version of node (4.8) and Node Package Manager (NPM). To update to a more recent version we ran a bash script written by audstanley.com ( Thank you Mr Audstanley! :-) ) allowing you to easily upgarde. Instructions here: https://github.com/audstanley/NodeJs-Raspberry-Pi
After the shell script is run you will have the latest version of node running on your system. To change to a specific version you can run:
/> sudo node-install -v 8.10
Then select the specific version you require. At the time of writing this was option 21 to install version 8.10
Once you have installed node you can check the version like this:
/>pi@raspberrypi:~/samsung $ node -v
v8.10.0
At the time of writing version 8.10 was used. Once node is on your system you need to allow the node binary access to LCAP on your system. To set the permissions on the Raspberry Pi do:
/> sudo setcap cap_net_raw+eip $(eval readlink -f `which node`)
Finally, the NPM system has to upgraded to a newer release. To do this use the command:
/> sudo npm install -g npm
You need to do it in this order, since npm uses node. To check your version of NPM do:
/> npm -v
5.6.0
╭─────────────────────────────────────╮
│ │
│ Update available 5.6.0 → 6.1.0 │
│ Run npm i -g npm to update │
│ │
╰─────────────────────────────────────╯
The underlying system depends on prerequisits for the bleno library to work. But to minimise context switching we have placed the commands below:
/> sudo apt-get install bluetooth bluez libbluetooth-dev libudev-dev build-essential
You will also need the node software package management system called 'npm'. To install do:
/> sudo apt-get install npm
This has been tested on Rasbian Stretch 2018 Version. The process involves the setup of the embedded bluetooth low energy application (BLE) and the setup of a progressive web application (PWA) which is used to control the embedded device.
On a fresh Rasbian Stretch image do:
/> mkdir samsung // Create your project directory
/> git clone https://github.com/SamsungInternet/SamsungBluetoothWiFiManager.git // Clone this repo to your directory
/> cd ~/my-project/SamsungBluetoothWiFiManager/bleno // Move to the directory that contains the pacakges used for the system
/> npm install // Use Node's package management system to install all needed node pacakges.
This will install the need packages from the package.json file which are bleno, config, node-wifi and pi-wifi. The application heavily uses the bleno library and I have copied the /examples directory directly into the application for people who may want to experiment and use from the examples created by sandeepmistry.
Your system should now be up to date. If you want to install packages manually you will need the 'bleno', node-wifi, config and 'pi-wifi' npm packages:
/> npm install bleno
/> npm install config
/> npm install node-wifi
/> npm install pi-wifi
To start the bluetooth wifi manager go to the directory:
/> cd /home/pi/my-project/SamsungBluetoothWiFiManager/bleno/bluetooth-wifi-manager
/> node bluetooth-wifi-manager.js
*** Scan WiFi networks complete ***:
*** Scan WiFi networks complete ***:
*** Scan WiFi config complete ***
WiFi -> stateChange: inactive
*** Scan WiFi config complete ***
The object state is: inactive
on -> stateChange: poweredOn
on -> advertisingStart: success
Encryption is : ["NONE","WEP 128b ASCii","WEP 128b Pasephrase","LEAP","WEP","WPA2 Personal","WPA2 Enterprise"]
wifi networks characteristics network array is:
*** Scan WiFi networks complete ***:
The network sidds are:
Set { 'xxxxxxxx' }
To easily control your bluetooth wifi manager you need to access the Bluetooth Progressive Web Application (PWA) built for the system. You can access the PWA by navigating to the secure URL on your mobile browser https://thingsdemo.samsunginter.net - On your mobile it should look something like this:
To deploy the application directly and setup on your own static or dynamic web server navigate here
To verify that the application is working properly on your system we recommend using the Light Blue Android application
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Download this to your Android mobile and pair with the bluetooth name 'IoT Gateway WiFi Setup'. From the main menu scroll down and select the BLE GATT characteristic you wish to view. e.g. 'The current WiFi SSID name'
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Check the log output from your terminal window if you have not started using the bluetooth-wifi-manager.service e.g.
bleno - Bluetooth WiFi Manager *** Scan Current WiFi network complete -> Status: srbackup { bssid: '*****************', frequency: 2462, mode: 'station', key_mgmt: 'wpa2-psk', ssid: '********', pairwise_cipher: 'CCMP', group_cipher: 'CCMP', p2p_device_address: '*****************', wpa_state: 'COMPLETED', ip: '192.168.***.***', mac: '*****************', uuid: 'd088177e-5fbf-5e36-8cea-9bb90ad648f9', id: 25 } *** Scan WiFi networks complete ***: *** Scan WiFi config complete *** WiFi -> stateChange: COMPLETED on -> stateChange: poweredOn on -> advertisingStart: success``` -
From the Light Blue Android application view the current WiFi SSID. i.e. 'READ' the GATT characteristic. You should see the log output from your terminal window look something like this:
/> Active SSID Characteristic - onReadRequest: value = s******p
Congratulations the embedded application is running and working. To interact with the application using the PWA app by going to the secure URL https://thingsdemo.samsunginter.net
Currently the bluetooth wifi manager will have a bluetooth service name of: 'IoT Gateway WiFi Setup'. This is hard codded at present and was named this as it was intended to be used with the Mozilla WoT Gateway. However, you can change this to a name of your choice. To change the name of the service go to the file:
```./bluetooth-wifi-manager/config/constants.js```
And now update the constant:
```12 : const BLUETOOTH_SERVICE_NAME = 'IoT Gateway WiFi Setup';```
When you start the device now it will have this name.
To start the system as a Linux Systemd service navigate here