piBeacon: presence monitoring plugin discussions

found the bug ... should be working again now ==> v 7-29-23

I already had it set to "http to server" or the last one in the list. I changed it to "get data details" or the 3rd one. But that the log file /var/log/BLEconnect.log doesn't exist. I updated the plugin to 7.29.23 and tried pushing the config file to the rpi again with a reboot but still no log.

could you do:

ps -ef | grep python

or use the menu:/ send config .../ get rPi system stats to log file /.. for that rPI
and post .. remove the userid and passwords

Sure thing. Just to be safe I grabbed both.

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pi@raspberrypi:~ $ ps -ef | grep python
root       983     1  0 09:30 ?        00:00:08 /usr/bin/python /home/pi/pibeacon/master.py
root      1144     1  1 09:30 ?        00:03:13 /usr/bin/python /home/pi/pibeacon/beaconloop.py
root      1146     1  0 09:30 ?        00:00:02 /usr/bin/python /home/pi/pibeacon/receiveGPIOcommands.py 9999
root      4344     1  0 10:30 ?        00:00:02 /usr/bin/python /home/pi/pibeacon/sensors.py
pi       11526 11466  0 12:51 pts/0    00:00:00 grep --color=auto python
pi@raspberrypi:~ $

12:53:27             -get stats from rpi0
12:53:31             -updating pi server files
12:53:31             -/usr/bin/python2.7 '/Library/Application Support/Perceptive Automation/Indigo 6/Plugins/piBeacon.indigoPlugin/Contents/Server Plugin/updateRejects.py' '/Users/admin/documents/piBeacon/' &
12:53:31             - ping return-code: 0
12:53:31             -getStats.exp  rPi# 0
/usr/bin/expect '/Library/Application Support/Perceptive Automation/Indigo 6/Plugins/piBeacon.indigoPlugin/Contents/Server Plugin/getStats.exp'  pi xxx 10.0.1.4 15
12:53:33             -response: ("spawn ssh pi@10.0.1.4\r\npi@10.0.1.4's password: \r\n\r\nThe programs included with the Debian GNU/Linux system are free software;\r\nthe exact distribution terms for each program are described in the\r\nindividual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright.\r\n\r\nDebian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent\r\npermitted by applicable law.\r\nLast login: Fri Dec  2 12:52:43 2016 from 10.0.1.2\r\r\necho '===ps===';ps -ef | grep -v grep | grep python;echo '===mem===';free -o -h;echo '===disk===';df;echo '===cpu===';cat /proc/cpuinfo;echo '===hostname===';hostname -I;echo '===ifconfig===';ifconfig;echo '===i2c===';i2cdetect -y 1\r\npi@raspberrypi:~$ echo '===ps===';ps -ef | grep -v grep | grep python;echo '=\r<ps===';ps -ef | grep -v grep | grep python;echo '==                         \x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08=mem===';free -o -h;echo \r\r<ep | grep python;echo '===mem===';free -o -h;echo '                         \x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08===disk===';df;echo '===c\r\r<mem===';free -o -h;echo '===disk===';df;echo '===cp                         \x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08u===';cat /proc/cpuinfo;e\r\r<==disk===';df;echo '===cpu===';cat /proc/cpuinfo;ec                         \x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08ho '===hostname===';hostn\r\r<===';cat /proc/cpuinfo;echo '===hostname===';hostna                         \x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08me -I;echo '===ifconfig==\r\r<o '===hostname===';hostname -I;echo '===ifconfig===                         \x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08';ifconfig;echo '===i2c==\r\r<e -I;echo '===ifconfig===';ifconfig;echo '===i2c===                         \x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08\x08';i2cdetect -y 1\r\n===ps===\r\nroot       983     1  0 09:30 ?        00:00:08 /usr/bin/python /home/pi/pibeacon/master.py\r\nroot      1144     1  1 09:30 ?        00:03:15 /usr/bin/python /home/pi/pibeacon/beaconloop.py\r\nroot      1146     1  0 09:30 ?        00:00:02 /usr/bin/python /home/pi/pibeacon/receiveGPIOcommands.py 9999\r\nroot      4344     1  0 10:30 ?        00:00:02 /usr/bin/python /home/pi/pibeacon/sensors.py\r\n===mem===\r\n             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached\r\nMem:          925M       223M       701M       7.3M        21M       113M\r\nSwap:          99M         0B        99M\r\n===disk===\r\nFilesystem     1K-blocks    Used Available Use% Mounted on\r\n/dev/root       30551940 2545544  26714796   9% /\r\ndevtmpfs          469528       0    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Mask:255.255.255.192\r\n          inet6 addr: fe80::1ace:5cd5:99b9:2a03/64 Scope:Link\r\n          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1\r\n          RX packets:45651 errors:0 dropped:1774 overruns:0 frame:0\r\n          TX packets:6516 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0\r\n          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 \r\n          RX bytes:11218820 (10.6 MiB)  TX bytes:1066009 (1.0 MiB)\r\n\r\nlo        Link encap:Local Loopback  \r\n          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0\r\n          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host\r\n          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:65536  Metric:1\r\n          RX packets:209 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0\r\n          TX packets:209 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0\r\n          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1 \r\n          RX bytes:17376 (16.9 KiB)  TX bytes:17376 (16.9 KiB)\r\n\r\nwlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr b8:27:eb:b8:4d:85  \r\n          inet6 addr: fe80::77dd:2e5f:b0df:7206/64 Scope:Link\r\n          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1\r\n          RX packets:3530 errors:0 dropped:3530 overruns:0 frame:0\r\n          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0\r\n          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 \r\n          RX bytes:1363108 (1.2 MiB)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)\r\n\r\n===i2c===\r\n     0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  a  b  c  d  e  f\r\n00:          -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- \r\n10: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- \r\n20: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- \r\n30: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- \r\n40: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- \r\n50: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- \r\n60: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- \r\n70: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --                         \r\npi@raspberrypi:~$ exit\r\nlogout\r\nConnection to 10.0.1.4 closed.\r\r\n", '')
12:53:33             -stats from rpi# 0
===ps===
root       983     1  0 09:30 ?        00:00:08 /usr/bin/python /home/pi/pibeacon/master.py
root      1144     1  1 09:30 ?        00:03:15 /usr/bin/python /home/pi/pibeacon/beaconloop.py
root      1146     1  0 09:30 ?        00:00:02 /usr/bin/python /home/pi/pibeacon/receiveGPIOcommands.py 9999
root      4344     1  0 10:30 ?        00:00:02 /usr/bin/python /home/pi/pibeacon/sensors.py
===mem===
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:          925M       223M       701M       7.3M        21M       113M
Swap:          99M         0B        99M
===disk===
Filesystem     1K-blocks    Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/root       30551940 2545544  26714796   9% /
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tmpfs             473864       0    473864   0% /dev/shm
tmpfs             473864    6444    467420   2% /run
tmpfs               5120       4      5116   1% /run/lock
tmpfs             473864       0    473864   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
tmpfs              61440     852     60588   2% /var/log
/dev/mmcblk0p1     64456   21296     43160  34% /boot
tmpfs              94776       0     94776   0% /run/user/1000
tmpfs               1024       8      1016   1% /home/pi/pibeacon/temp
===cpu===
processor   : 0
model name   : ARMv7 Processor rev 4 (v7l)
BogoMIPS   : 76.80
Features   : half thumb fastmult vfp edsp neon vfpv3 tls vfpv4 idiva idivt vfpd32 lpae evtstrm crc32
CPU implementer   : 0x41
CPU architecture: 7
CPU variant   : 0x0
CPU part   : 0xd03
CPU revision   : 4

processor   : 1
model name   : ARMv7 Processor rev 4 (v7l)
BogoMIPS   : 76.80
Features   : half thumb fastmult vfp edsp neon vfpv3 tls vfpv4 idiva idivt vfpd32 lpae evtstrm crc32
CPU implementer   : 0x41
CPU architecture: 7
CPU variant   : 0x0
CPU part   : 0xd03
CPU revision   : 4

processor   : 2
model name   : ARMv7 Processor rev 4 (v7l)
BogoMIPS   : 76.80
Features   : half thumb fastmult vfp edsp neon vfpv3 tls vfpv4 idiva idivt vfpd32 lpae evtstrm crc32
CPU implementer   : 0x41
CPU architecture: 7
CPU variant   : 0x0
CPU part   : 0xd03
CPU revision   : 4

processor   : 3
model name   : ARMv7 Processor rev 4 (v7l)
BogoMIPS   : 76.80
Features   : half thumb fastmult vfp edsp neon vfpv3 tls vfpv4 idiva idivt vfpd32 lpae evtstrm crc32
CPU implementer   : 0x41
CPU architecture: 7
CPU variant   : 0x0
CPU part   : 0xd03
CPU revision   : 4

Hardware   : BCM2709
Revision   : a22082
Serial      : 00000000a8ed18d0
===hostname===
10.0.1.4
===ifconfig===
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr b8:27:eb:ed:18:d0 
          inet addr:10.0.1.4  Bcast:10.0.1.63  Mask:255.255.255.192
          inet6 addr: fe80::1ace:5cd5:99b9:2a03/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:45651 errors:0 dropped:1774 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:6516 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:11218820 (10.6 MiB)  TX bytes:1066009 (1.0 MiB)

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback 
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:65536  Metric:1
          RX packets:209 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:209 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1
          RX bytes:17376 (16.9 KiB)  TX bytes:17376 (16.9 KiB)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr b8:27:eb:b8:4d:85 
          inet6 addr: fe80::77dd:2e5f:b0df:7206/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:3530 errors:0 dropped:3530 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:1363108 (1.2 MiB)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

===i2c===
     0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  a  b  c  d  e  f
00:          -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
30: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
40: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
50: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
60: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
70: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --                         
pi@raspberrypi:~$ exit
logout
Connection to 10.0.1.4 closed.


12:53:39             -changed=true or force 4B:C7:7E:BA:9F:5B  down


that all looks good, could you, but the task BLEconnect.py is not running..

could you post
cd pibeacon
cat parameters
remove userid/passwords

would like to see if there is something like:

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 "sensors": {
    "BLEconnect": {
      "65802248": {
        "BLEtimeout": "10",
        "iPhoneRefreshDownSecs": 5.0,
        "iPhoneRefreshUpSecs": 90.0,
        "mac": "18:65:90:6A:B9:0D",
        "retryIfUP": false
      }
    }


in there.
if not the setup of the device is not correct or the parameters file did not get pushed.

if yes.. there must be a bug in master.py .. that one launches BLEconnect
for that could you post
tail -f /var/log/master.log


Karl

I looked at the parameters file first and saw what you are referring to. For reference here it is:

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pi@raspberrypi:~/pibeacon $ cat parameters
{
  "BLEserial": "",
  "acceptNewiBeacons": "1",
  "authentication": "digest",
  "collectMsgs": "20",
  "debugRPI": {
    "debugRPIBEACON": 2,
    "debugRPIBLE": 3,
    "debugRPICALL": 1,
    "debugRPIOUTPUT": 3,
    "debugRPIPRIVATE": 1,
    "debugRPISENSOR": 1
  },
  "deleteHistoryAfterSeconds": 86400,
  "distanceUnits": "0.348",
  "enableRebootCheck": "restartLoop,-",
  "enableiBeacons": "1",
  "ipOfServer": "10.0.1.2",
  "loopMaxCallBLE": "900",
  "maxParseSec": "1.0",
  "myPiNumber": "0",
  "output": {},
  "passwordOfServer": "xxx",
  "portOfServer": "8176",
  "pressureUnits": "Pascal",
  "rPiCommandPORT": 9999,
  "rPiRestartCommand": "",
  "rebootCommand": "reboot now",
  "rebootHour": 1,
  "rebootSeconds": 9999999999999,
  "rebootWatchDogTime": "-1",
  "restartBLEifNoConnect": true,
  "sendAfterSeconds": "60",
  "sensorList": "BLEconnect*1704503079,BLEconnect*517662096,BLEconnect*554103164,",
  "sensorRefreshSecs": 90,
  "sensors": {
    "BLEconnect": {
      "1704503079": {
        "BLEtimeout": "10",
        "iPhoneRefreshDownSecs": 10.0,
        "iPhoneRefreshUpSecs": 90.0,
        "mac": "ec:ad:b8:27:b0:5f",
        "retryIfUP": false
      },
      "517662096": {
        "BLEtimeout": "10",
        "iPhoneRefreshDownSecs": 10.0,
        "iPhoneRefreshUpSecs": 90.0,
        "mac": "2c:1f:23:D1:b4:47",
        "retryIfUP": false
      },
      "554103164": {
        "BLEtimeout": "10",
        "iPhoneRefreshDownSecs": 10.0,
        "iPhoneRefreshUpSecs": 90.0,
        "mac": "44:00:10:e0:89:aa",
        "retryIfUP": false
      }
    }
  },
  "shutDownPinInput": -1,
  "shutDownPinOutput": -1,
  "tempUnits": "Fahrenheit",
  "useRamDiskForLogfiles": "1",
  "userIdOfServer": "virgahyatt"



can I manually launch BLEconnect to see if it does anything? Or does it get input from master at the call?

Yes
sudo python BLEconnect.py
Should launch it


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Could you check
tail 100 /var/log/master.log



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I see the problem:

"BLEserial": "",

should be :"sequential" or "parallel"

could you make sure that in RPI device edit you select either sequential or parallel.

this is set in the RPI not in the BLE device as it is set for all BLE devices for each RPI individually


will add a check for that one

Karl

Karl,

Can't seem to get the BLEconnect to work with 7.29..23. Everything else seems to work.

suggestions?

JP

I was able to kind of get it working. I had to actually pair the iOS device to the rPi. But if more than one connected it lost all the other beacons till i restarted the pi. After the restart it's hit or miss whether it picks up the iOS device and if it picks up more than one at the same time it loses all other beacons again. Unfortunately haven't had the time to invest looking at it right now though.

the BLEconnect is a hit and miss the phone (iPhone and android) sometimes go to sleep and do not answer any BLE requests.


what does lose the other beacons mean : the indigo devices are not there anymore or no update?

I have tried on an RPI2:
-- regular iBeacon,
--ultrasound sensor (heavy load),
-- a display and
--BLEconnect(with 2 BLE iPhones, one up and one down)
and they all work, not missing anything .. beside some false negatives on BLE due to iPhone going to sleep

Need more info to understand why yours is not working ...

Karl

Looking at your statement that you tried to pair the iPhone ugh the rpi:please do not use the Bluetooth stack on the rpi e.g. To connect to some device in the graphical interface.
The pibeacon Bluetooth programs will likely not work when some other programs are using Bluetooth

Pibeacon program requires full access to the Bluetooth stack. It sets some filters and does some other things that will likely not coexist with "normal" Bluetooth usage




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glad to hear it works again ..
the variables have nothing to do with any issue what so ever. they are simply variables.

as for the the NEW Tiles: "they have nothing to do with iBeacon" they do not transmit any remotely iBeacon equivalent messages. Yes they use BLE but like printers mouse etc do they are really different. Now that does not mean that I have given up on them ... but I need some 3 uninterrupted days to dive deep into the bluetooth stack to understand filters, repetition of signals ...


Karl

coming up: raspberry shake integration ..