functional overview
Obtain information on detected BLE devices.
Details of Functions
BLE scan and retrieve information on all BLE devices detected.
- attention (heed)
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Operation Status by OS
OS run state (of a process) Android Only devices with BLE functionality and Android 5.0 or higher will work. iOS Only devices with BLE functionality will work. Windows Not supported.
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Contents of the resulting returned dictionary
The logic returns a dictionary containing the following for each element
Dictionaries may be added in future updates.key value time Date & Time Data
Time this device was last detectedidentifier character string data
String used to identify the devicename character string data
device namerssi numeric data
Receiving strength
- note
- An example of the resulting returned dictionary is shown below.
key value time 2018/5/1 12:34:56 identifier 13:57:9B:DF name My Beacon rssi -50
key value time 2018/5/1 23:45:6 identifier 12345678-9ABC-4DEF-8123-456789ABCDEF name rssi -70
- annotation
- Depending on the device and signal conditions, it may take several seconds from the start of scanning until device information can actually be acquired.
- GPS service must be initiated on the handset BLE device or OS side.
parameter
- argument (e.g. function, program, programme)
- without
- return value
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Dictionary (associative array)
Returns device information.