BTS - BlueTooth Scanner in node

Just some fun with bluetooth in node.
Started this on RPI some years ago. Placed the RPI on my office so I would be notified if and who was at the office :). Piped the output to a text-file which i read remotely (via ssh).

Did some changes to make it work with noble package.

This is just for fun.

Install

npm install

and you should be good to go.
Installs the @abandonware/noble package for bluetooth scanning

Run

Just node scan.js and an infinite scan starts.

node scan.js --help # show help and available args
node scan.js 0.5 # start a scan, number of minutes (0.5 minutes)
node scan.js -w # start an infite scan - shows only newly detected devices
node scan.js -v # verbose scan

Have a look in package.json for start script (shortcut) commands.

Info

It's hard to determine manufacturer of devices - some is done in the script.
It is possible to fetch a list of manufacturers from here.

Once in a while, run with the update arg and that list is fetched;

node scan.js -u # update manufacturer list from Nordic Semiconductor

See line 44-79 in scan.js

Cheers!

@mattische.