From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: From: Marcel Holtmann To: BlueZ users In-Reply-To: <1aef62250611300052p3ed2a9i1f8e1d236eb4957@mail.gmail.com> References: <1aef62250611300052p3ed2a9i1f8e1d236eb4957@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2006 14:46:38 +0100 Message-Id: <1165153598.19590.26.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Bluez-users] Hexadecimals (What are they really?) Reply-To: BlueZ users List-Id: BlueZ users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: bluez-users-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: bluez-users-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Hi David, > Over at Jellingspot (www.jellingspot.com), we have a client/server > based location marketing server ... we'd just added (not yet released) > "bluecasting" abilities to this server .... in short ... the server > scans the area, and should send content to phones. We have > implemented hexadecimal discovery into the server, which basically > finds the hexadecimal number of the BT device in question, and would > send content to that phone garnered to that phone type ... > > My understanding was that each hexadecimal was unique for each phone > type ... however, it appears that it's unique for each phone... > > Can somebody tell me, precisely, if the hexadecimal is relates to > specific phone type, phone chip, phone region, phone brand, or ???? I > was under the impression I'd be able to at least tell if the phone > would be a Nokia 7650 or 6600 .... is this type of bluepriting > possible, or is this beyond what BT allows (or what has been > implemented by device makers?) I actually have no clue what you are talking about. I assume you are talking about the BD_ADDR of remote devices and in this case, you can't tell the brand or model from that 6 byte value. You can make some wild guesses, but that is basically it. Regards Marcel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Bluez-users mailing list Bluez-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bluez-users