Re: bluetooth device for proximity detection

[Bruce Barnett <grymoire () gmail com>]

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.

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