node-red-contrib-beacon-scanner

Node-RED node to retrieve information from BLE Beacons.


Keywords
node-red, estimote, eddystone, beacon, ibeacon, ble
License
MIT
Install
npm install node-red-contrib-beacon-scanner@1.0.1

Documentation

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.