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@switchbot/bluetooth-hci-socket
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Bluetooth HCI socket binding for Node.js
NOTE: Currently only supports Linux, FreeBSD and Windows.
NOTE: node-gyp
is only required if the npm cannot find binary for your OS version otherwise the binaries are prebuilt.
Note: the node-usb dependency might fail install, this is ok, because it is an optional optional dependency. Installing libudev-dev
via your Linux distribution's package manager will resolve the problem.
This library needs raw USB access to a Bluetooth 4.0 USB adapter, as it needs to bypass the Windows Bluetooth stack.
A WinUSB driver is required, use Zadig tool to replace the driver for your adapter.
WARNING: This will make the adapter unavailable in Windows Bluetooth settings! To roll back to the original driver go to: Device Manager -> Open Device -> Update Driver
Note:
Name | USB VID | USB PID |
---|---|---|
BCM920702 Bluetooth 4.0 | 0x0a5c | 0x21e8 |
BCM920702 Bluetooth 4.0 | 0x0a5c | 0x21f1 |
BCM20702A0 Bluetooth 4.0 | 0x19ff | 0x0239 |
BCM20702A0 Bluetooth 4.0 | 0x0489 | 0xe07a |
BCM20702A0 Bluetooth 4.0 | 0x413c | 0x8143 |
CSR8510 A10 | 0x0a12 | 0x0001 |
Asus BT-400 | 0x0b05 | 0x17cb |
Intel Wireless Bluetooth 6235 | 0x8087 | 0x07da |
Intel Wireless Bluetooth 7260 | 0x8087 | 0x07dc |
Intel Wireless Bluetooth 7265 | 0x8087 | 0x0a2a |
Intel Wireless Bluetooth 8265 | 0x8087 | 0x0a2b |
Belkin BCM20702A0 | 0x050D | 0x065A |
Dell Precision 5530 | 0x8087 | 0x0025 |
Name | USB VID | USB PID |
---|---|---|
BCM2045A0 Bluetooth 4.1 | 0x0a5c | 0x6412 |
Marvell AVASTAR | 0x1286 | 0x204C |
npm install @abandonware/bluetooth-hci-socket
var BluetoothHciSocket = require('@abandonware/bluetooth-hci-socket');
var bluetoothHciSocket = new BluetoothHciSocket();
var filter = new Buffer(14);
// ...
bluetoothHciSocket.setFilter(filter);
Note: setFilter
is not required if bindRaw
is used.
bluetoothHciSocket.bindRaw([deviceId]); // optional deviceId (integer)
bluetoothHciSocket.bindUser([deviceId]); // optional deviceId (integer)
Requires the device to be in the powered down state (sudo hciconfig hciX down
).
bluetoothHciSocket.bindControl();
Query the device state.
var isDevUp = bluetoothHciSocket.isDevUp(); // returns: true or false
Note: must be called after bindRaw
.
Start or stop event handling:
bluetoothHciSocket.start();
// ...
bluetoothHciSocket.stop();
Note: must be called after bindRaw
or bindControl
.
var data = new Buffer(/* ... */);
// ...
bluetoothHciSocket.write(data);
Note: must be called after bindRaw
or bindControl
.
bluetoothHciSocket.on('data', function(data) {
// data is a Buffer
// ...
});
bluetoothHciSocket.on('error', function(error) {
// error is a Error
// ...
});
See examples folder for code examples.
Unload btusb
kernel module:
sudo rmmod btusb
Set BLUETOOTH_HCI_SOCKET_FORCE_USB
environment variable:
sudo BLUETOOTH_HCI_SOCKET_FORCE_USB=1 node <file>.js
Disable automatic loading of the default Bluetooth stack by putting no-ubt.conf into /usr/local/etc/devd/no-ubt.conf
and restarting devd (sudo service devd restart
).
Unload ng_ubt
kernel module if already loaded:
sudo kldunload ng_ubt
sudo kextunload -b com.apple.iokit.CSRBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport
sudo kextunload -b com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport
Set BLUETOOTH_HCI_SOCKET_USB_VID
and BLUETOOTH_HCI_SOCKET_USB_PID
environment variables.
Example for USB device id: 050d:065a:
set BLUETOOTH_HCI_SOCKET_USB_VID=0x050d
set BLUETOOTH_HCI_SOCKET_USB_PID=0x065a
node <file>.js
FAQs
Bluetooth HCI socket binding for Node.js
The npm package @switchbot/bluetooth-hci-socket receives a total of 0 weekly downloads. As such, @switchbot/bluetooth-hci-socket popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that @switchbot/bluetooth-hci-socket demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 2 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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