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bleacon

v0.5.1

Published

A Node.js library for creating, discovering, and configuring iBeacons

Downloads

39

Readme

node-bleacon

Gitter

A Node.js library for creating, discovering, and configuring iBeacons

Prerequisites

Install

npm install bleacon

Usage

var Bleacon = require('bleacon');

Start advertising

"Create" an iBeacon

var uuid = 'e2c56db5dffb48d2b060d0f5a71096e0';
var major = 0; // 0 - 65535
var minor = 0; // 0 - 65535
var measuredPower = -59; // -128 - 127 (measured RSSI at 1 meter)

Bleacon.startAdvertising(uuid, major, minor, measuredPower);

Stop advertising

Stop your iBeacon

Bleacon.stopAdvertising();

Start scanning

var uuid = 'e2c56db5dffb48d2b060d0f5a71096e0';
var major = 0; // 0 - 65535
var minor = 0; // 0 - 65535

Bleacon.startScanning([uuid], [major], [minor]);

Examples

Bleacon.startScanning(); // scan for any bleacons

Bleacon.startScanning(uuid); // scan for bleacons with a particular uuid

Bleacon.startScanning(uuid, major); // scan for bleacons with a particular uuid and major

Bleacon.startScanning(uuid, major, minor); // scan for bleacons with a particular uuid. major, and minor

Stop scanning

Bleacon.stopScanning();

Events

Bleacon.on('discover', function(bleacon) {
    // ...
});

bleacon properties:

  • uuid
    • advertised uuid
  • major
    • advertised major
  • minor
    • advertised minor
  • measuredPower
    • advertised measured RSSI at 1 meter away
  • rssi
    • current RSSI
  • accuracy
    • +/- meters, based on measuredPower and RSSI
  • proximity
    • current proximity ('unknown', 'immediate', 'near', or 'far')

Configuring

iBeacon Advertisement format

Note: not official, determined using noble, and the AirLocate example.

Following data is in the manufacturer data section of the advertisment data

<company identifier (2 bytes)> <type (1 byte)> <data length (1 byte)> <uuid (16 bytes)> <major (2 bytes)> <minor (2 bytes)> <RSSI @ 1m>

Example:

4C00 02 15 585CDE931B0142CC9A1325009BEDC65E 0000 0000 C5
  • Apple Company Identifier (Little Endian)
  • data type, 0x02 => iBeacon
  • data length, 0x15 = 21
  • uuid: 585CDE931B0142CC9A1325009BEDC65E
  • major: 0000
  • minor: 0000
  • meaured power at 1 meter: 0xc5 = -59

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