Re: bluetooth device for proximity detection

[Robin Wood <robin () digininja org>]

On 21 January 2012 15:20, Bruce Barnett <grymoire () gmail com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 4:32 AM, Jim Halfpenny <jim.halfpenny () gmail com>
> wrote:
> > What about other small bluetooth devices? A cheep bluetooth headset might
> > work and they are very small especially if you remove the ear clip. Most are
> > rechargable via USB so you should not get caught short if the battery dies.
> > Just plug it in to your pc to charge and unlock.
> >
> > Jim
> That should work with the script I wrote. It doesn't make a connection - it
> just checks that the device is seen.
> I'll have to try the hcitool version that twitchy wrote. That might be
> faster, and capturing the signal strength would be useful.

I'd imagine that these are class 2 or 3 so range should be low'ish.
Wonder if the antenna can be sabotaged to reduce the range even more.

I'll see if I can pick one up and do some testing after Shmoocon. If
you get your script and Nicks a go.

Robin
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