Re: [Bluez-users] Detecting RSSI without connecting

[Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>]

Hi Scott,

> > I maybe gonna change the complete interface to the inquiry stuff in the
> > future and so I haven't added support for inquiry with RSSI so far. 
> 
> OK.  I can find time to help test this and perhaps help with the
> coding when you're ready to add this support.

right now I like to wait until I get access to the Extended Inquiry
Response (EIR) proposal. The Bluetooth 2.0 specification deprecated
another field of the inquiry result events and the next interface must
be a little bit more generic.

> > You don't need to hack something on hcidump, simply use the HCI raw
> > socket interface. Send the inquiry command and wait for the
> > events. You will find example code for this and listening on the 1.1
> > inquiry event in the mailing list archive. It should be easy to
> > adapt.
> 
> Ah, this program:
> 
>     http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.bluez.user/1191
> 
> looks like a great place to start.  I'll hack at it for a bit over the
> next few days and post an update.

Exactly one of these (there are for examples).

Regards

Marcel




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