/BLEConsole

Bluetooth Low Energy device console app

Primary LanguageC#MIT LicenseMIT

BLEConsole

Windows command-line tool for interacting with Bluetooth LE devices

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Requirements:

Windows 10, BT 4.0 adapter

Console commands:

  • help, ? : show help information

  • quit, q : quit from application

  • list, ls [w] : show available BLE devices

  • open or <#> : connect to BLE device

  • timeout : show/change connection timeout, default value is 3 sec

  • delay : pause execution for a certain number of milliseconds

  • close : disconnect from currently connected device

  • stat, st : shows current BLE device status

  • print, p <text&vars>* : prints text and variables to stdout, where are variables are:

    • %id : BlueTooth device ID
    • %addr : device BT address
    • %mac : device MAC address
    • %name : device BlueTooth name
    • %stat : device connection status
    • %NOW, %now, %HH, %hh, %mm, %ss, %D, %d, %T, %t, %z : date/time variables
  • format [data_format], fmt : show/change display format, can be ASCII/UTF8/Dec/Hex/Bin

  • set <service_name> or <#> : set current service (for read/write operations)

  • read, r ** : read value from specific characteristic

  • write, w ** : write value to specific characteristic

  • subs ** : subscribe to value change for specific characteristic

  • unsubs ** [all] : unsubscribe from value change for specific characteristic or unsubs all for all

  • wait : wait seconds for notification event on value change (you must be subscribed, see above)

  • foreach [device_mask] : starts devices enumerating loop

  • endfor : end foreach loop

  • if : start conditional block dependent on function returning w/o error

    • elif : another conditionals block
    • else : if condition == false block
  • endif : end conditional block

    * you can also use standard C language string formating characters like \t, \n etc.

    ** could be "service/characteristic", or just a char name or # (for selected service)

Example of usage:

Lookup, connect and print all BLE devices names

BLEConsole.exe < cmd.txt, where is cmd.txt is a simple text file with content:

foreach 
	if open $
		read #0/#0
		close
	endif
endfor