Skip to content

Latest commit

 

History

History
56 lines (47 loc) · 2.4 KB

README.md

File metadata and controls

56 lines (47 loc) · 2.4 KB
Raw

  1. Clone the repo and do an apt update
    sudo apt-get update
    sudo apt-get install git -y
    git clone https://github.com/lahiiru/BLE.git

  2. Install dependancies
    sudo apt-get install python3-pip bluetooth bluez-tools bluez-test-scripts bluez-hcidump python-bluez -y

  3. Enable experimental bluetooth features by adding --experimental flag to following file as below.
    sudo nano /lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service

    ExecStart=/usr/lib/bluetooth/bluetoothd --experimental

    Ctrl+O then Crtl+X to save and exit from the nano editor

  4. Apply changes
    sudo systemctl daemon-reload
    sudo service bluetooth restart

  5. Check bluetooth status
    service bluetooth status

● bluetooth.service - Bluetooth service
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: active (running) since Sat 2019-04-13 16:12:00 UTC; 6s ago
     Docs: man:bluetoothd(8)
 Main PID: 17773 (bluetoothd)
   Status: "Running"
   CGroup: /system.slice/bluetooth.service
           └─17773 /usr/lib/bluetooth/bluetoothd --experimental

systemd[1]: Starting Bluetooth service...
bluetoothd[17773]: Bluetooth daemon 5.43
systemd[1]: Started Bluetooth service.
bluetoothd[17773]: Starting SDP server
bluetoothd[17773]: Bluetooth management interface 1.14 initialized
bluetoothd[17773]: Failed to obtain handles for "Service Changed" characteristic
bluetoothd[17773]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.32 path=/A2DP/SBC/Source/1
bluetoothd[17773]: Endpoint registered: sender=:1.32 path=/A2DP/SBC/Sink/1

  1. Clone python-bluezero and copy configurations
    git clone https://github.com/ukBaz/python-bluezero.git
    sudo cp python-bluezero/examples/ukBaz.bluezero.conf /etc/dbus-1/system.d/. && sudo systemctl daemon-reload && sudo service bluetooth restart

  2. Python-pip dependenices
    sudo pip3 install bluezero
    sudo pip3 install uptime
    sudo pip3 install pybluez
    sudo pip3 install bluepy

  3. Schedule running transmitter.py at start. Add follwing line to crontab
    crontab -e

    @reboot sleep 20 && sudo python3 /home/pi/BLE/transmitter.py
    @reboot sleep 25 && sudo python3 /home/pi/BLE/beacon_udp.py

  4. Run BeaconManager.exe in a Windows PC and IP of the this PC will be SERVER_ADD.

  5. Change the SERVER_ADD in config.py script and reboot.