Showing posts with label Bluetooth scanner. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bluetooth scanner. Show all posts

Tuesday, 17 December 2013

[Harald scan] Bluetooth discovery scanning


Harald Scan is able to determine Major and Minor device class of device, as well as attempt to resolve the device's MAC address to the largest known Bluetooth MAC address Vendor list.

If you are running Harald Scan and see a entry with 'Unknown' in the vendor column please email me the file which is created in the same directory with the first 8 characters of the MAC address.
Feature Requests If you would like to see a feature added the Harald Scan, Fill in a Issue report and set the label as Type-Enhancement

Friday, 8 November 2013

[Bluelog v1.1.2] Linux Bluetooth scanner

Bluelog is a Linux Bluetooth scanner with optional daemon mode and web front-end, designed for site surveys and traffic monitoring. It's intended to be run for long periods of time in a static location to determine how many discoverable Bluetooth devices there are in the area.

While there are many different Bluetooth scanners available, none I found did exactly what I wanted, most seemed focused on pulling down various bits of information from the target devices (like SDP records). I was also having trouble locating a scanner that didn't have a UI of some sort, which was a problem since I wanted to scan continuously without user intervention. After trying out all of the Linux Bluetooth scanners I could find, I eventually decided to simply write my own.

The more time I spent on Bluelog, the more features I worked into it. Eventually, Bluelog started evolving into a considerably more advanced tool then I initially intended. Still, all of the advanced features are completely optional, and if you chose it can still be used as the simple little scanner it started as.