Feature request: Detect Bluetooth from Phones without pair

hackencrash, if you wan to test: v 1.18.1 :
[urlhttps://www.dropbox.com/s/7hth6wxh7vpiuul/piBeacon-f-1-18-1.zip?dl=1][/url]

you can request via menu/ action/ python script new BLE-connect or sensor data

1. menu pibeacon/ request new message/ select rPi and BLEconnect or sensors
2. action pbeacon/ request new message/elect rPi and BLEconnect or sensors
3. via script:

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plug = indigo.server.getPlugin("com.karlwachs.piBeacon")
plug.executeAction("newMessage" ,
   props={
   "piServerNumber" :"0" # for pi # 0, .."9" and up to "19" for sensor rPis
   ,"typeId": "BLEconnect"  # or "sensors"
   }
)


"BLEconenct" will only send new data(message) when there is "up" data, not when the iPhone is down. reaction time ~ 1-5 seconds depending on how fast the iPhone answers.
"sensors" will send data for all sensor connected. reaction time ~ 1-2 seconds


time to go to bed
Karl

OMG This actually works !!!!!!!!!

This is brilliant, really brilliant !!!!!

Karl you're the best developer in the universe

Karl,

Although the iPhones are staying up longer, they still go expired while within range of the rPIs. It would be helpful to understand the best parameters for rPi and BLE devices. Hoping my issues are related to configuration.

The iBeacons are rock solid!

Thank in advance.

JP

I found some positive correlation to number of rpi probing the iPhones. If there are more it happens sooner.
May be there is some logic in the iPhone if too many requests don't answer. But this is not really tested. Also may be it related to low battery.
Good things to test for someone.


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In the BLE device settings, I set to try continuously when down and then every 8 minutes when up. This is very reliable. Now, with the script Karl did above, you can kick-off an ad-hock iPhone ping to get your proximity values when you need them.


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you can check for down events for example for over night with the indigo utilities
select the device
select state = status
condition not "up"

with indigoplotd use status as state to be plotted and use "min" not "average" as measure then you will see if there was any "down" or "expired"


with the utility you would get this:

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  utilitie

by the way the repetition of the "down" 4 times is due to the fact that indigo updates all states in the sql logger whenever any items changes , so when you update status then date-stamp. that creates 2 changes of ALL states in the sql database, hence the quadruple lines (4 states are being updated)