node-red-contrib-beacon-scanner

Node-RED node to retrieve information from BLE Beacons.

Usage no npm install needed!

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  import nodeRedContribBeaconScanner from 'https://cdn.skypack.dev/node-red-contrib-beacon-scanner';
</script>

README

node-red-contrib-beacon-scanner

Node to allow Node-RED scan for the following beacons:

  • iBeacons
  • EddyStones
  • Estimote

Dependencies

  • Node.js 6 to 12 LTS
  • @abandonware/noble
  • node-beacon-scanner-duplicates-check

Installation

Ubuntu, Debian, Raspbian

Install Bluetooth drivers required by Noble.

sudo apt-get install bluetooth bluez libbluetooth-dev libudev-dev
sudo setcap cap_net_raw+eip $(eval readlink -f `which node`)

Beacon Scanner

Messages emitted are stated in Futomi's repo.