Writing a "Bluetooth Detector" program?

Hi group,

sorry if this is a totally newbie thing to ask, but is it possible (on
a conceptual level, at least) to create a program that listens for new
Bluetooth devices coming into its range (for instance, a new pair of
Bluetooth headphones) and print some sort of identifying ID on screen.

I.e. "Headset with the ID
"154.AF3.whatever.the.hell.kind.of.ID.Bluetooth.De vs.have.1" has just
entered the premises."

Would it also be possible to detect, say, cell phones or pocket pc's
which have their Bluetooth turned on?

Thanks in advance
Nootch

Nootch dude,

Not only is this possible, but you could probably make some money on this
program. You really ought to do this, and please post your results in this
group.

While you are writing this device driver (hint, hint, upper filter driver),
go to this group for questions you may have:

microsoft.public.development.device.drivers

They are very helpful.

> sorry if this is a totally newbie thing to ask, but is it possible (on
> a conceptual level, at least) to create a program that listens for new
> Bluetooth devices coming into its range (for instance, a new pair of
> Bluetooth headphones) and print some sort of identifying ID on screen.
>
> I.e. "Headset with the ID
> "154.AF3.whatever.the.hell.kind.of.ID.Bluetooth.De vs.have.1" has just
> entered the premises."

> Would it also be possible to detect, say, cell phones or pocket pc's
> which have their Bluetooth turned on?

I don't see why not.


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"Jesse O. Glidden" <jesse@usbdevware.com> wrote in message
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> Nootch dude,
>
> Not only is this possible, but you could probably make some money on this
> program. You really ought to do this, and please post your results in
this
> group.

However if ur thinking of making it a key for the door (so when ur in range
the door auto unlocks), then that might be a bad idea if ur cellphone gets
nicked or the battery has run out :-)

Hi,

there are two programs that do exactly what you want!

BlueFOAF http://usefulinc.com/edd/blog/conten...-bluefoaf/read
btChat http://www.mulliner.org/bluetooth/btchat/

I wrote btChat and I can say that it should be very easy to port this to
windows. Just take a look at my screenshots.


.... Collin

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Nice, Collin!

I had a feeling about this, but I'm always trying to get people to repeat
efforts because new things are always discovered.

But tell me,

did you do it with a lower or upper filter driver, or something altogether
different? I'm using the Windows WDM paradigm-speak here.

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jesse@usbdevware.com

> there are two programs that do exactly what you want!
>
> BlueFOAF http://usefulinc.com/edd/blog/conten...-bluefoaf/read
> btChat http://www.mulliner.org/bluetooth/btchat/
>
> I wrote btChat and I can say that it should be very easy to port this to
> windows. Just take a look at my screenshots.
>
>
> ... Collin

Moin,

Am Sat, 21 Aug 2004 19:53:43 +0200 schrieb Nootch:

> Would it also be possible to detect, say, cell phones or pocket pc's
> which have their Bluetooth turned on?

Sure, with Linux it's a one-liner:
watch -n 60 --differences hcitool scan

kdebluetooth also has this functionality and can start programs as
devices get in and out of range (e.g. fire up the screensaver when your
cell phone leaves).

Also: On the Chaos Communication Camp 2003 there was a Bluetooth
Location Tracker which used several stations to track bluetooth devices
as the moved around. See their wiki page at
https://wiki.ccc.de/bin/view/Camp200...ocationTracker

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Hi Jesse,

> did you do it with a lower or upper filter driver, or something
> altogether different? I'm using the Windows WDM paradigm-speak here.

it's not a device or filter driver - it's a simple application which
scanns (inquirys) every N seconds...


.... Collin

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three languages

Hi,

We worked in some like this for Symbian Phones (in a future also for
Smartphones).

http://www.endorasoft.es/promocion/xscanbt_scr04.jpg
http://www.endorasoft.es/promocion/xscanbt_scr05.jpg
http://www.endorasoft.es/promocion/xscanbt_scr06.jpg
http://www.endorasoft.es/promocion/xscanbt_scr07.jpg

In a few weeks are avaible for download.

Regards,
Sir Graham.
http://www.endorasoft.es



"Nootch" <nootch@hotmail.com> escribió en el mensaje
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> Hi group,
>
> sorry if this is a totally newbie thing to ask, but is it possible (on
> a conceptual level, at least) to create a program that listens for new
> Bluetooth devices coming into its range (for instance, a new pair of
> Bluetooth headphones) and print some sort of identifying ID on screen.
>
> I.e. "Headset with the ID
> "154.AF3.whatever.the.hell.kind.of.ID.Bluetooth.De vs.have.1" has just
> entered the premises."
>
> Would it also be possible to detect, say, cell phones or pocket pc's
> which have their Bluetooth turned on?
>
> Thanks in advance
> Nootch