beaconscanner

BLE Scanner for Linux

This application is designed to turn your PC running Linux into a functioning BLE scanner.

It works with beacondecoder to deliver decoded ble data for: Eddystone TLM beacons Ruuvi RAWv1 beacons Ruuvi RAWv2 beacons

Installation

The below example if for a system based on Debian 10which includes devices such as Raspberry Pi's.

# install libbluetooth headers and libpcap2
sudo apt-get install python3-pip python3-bluez libbluetooth-dev git
# grant the python executable permission to access raw socket data
sudo setcap 'cap_net_raw,cap_net_admin+eip' $(readlink -f $(which python3))
#installl python modules
pip3 install beaconscanner

Based On

This code is based on https://github.com/citruz/beacontools