Track Bluetooth beacons (iBeacon, Eddystone, AltBeacon) Useful for tracking people/devices via beacon advertisements Args: duration: How long to track in seconds Returns: Dictionary of discovered beacons with their data
(self, duration: int = 60)
| 67 | # ============================================================================ |
| 68 | |
| 69 | def start_beacon_tracking(self, duration: int = 60) -> Dict[str, Any]: |
| 70 | """ |
| 71 | Track Bluetooth beacons (iBeacon, Eddystone, AltBeacon) |
| 72 | Useful for tracking people/devices via beacon advertisements |
| 73 | |
| 74 | Args: |
| 75 | duration: How long to track in seconds |
| 76 | |
| 77 | Returns: |
| 78 | Dictionary of discovered beacons with their data |
| 79 | """ |
| 80 | self.logger.info(f"Starting beacon tracking for {duration} seconds...") |
| 81 | |
| 82 | beacons = {} |
| 83 | start_time = time.time() |
| 84 | |
| 85 | try: |
| 86 | # Use hcitool and hcidump to capture BLE advertisements |
| 87 | # This requires root/sudo privileges |
| 88 | |
| 89 | # Start hcidump in background to capture advertisements |
| 90 | hcidump_cmd = ['hcidump', '--raw'] |
| 91 | proc = subprocess.Popen( |
| 92 | hcidump_cmd, |
| 93 | stdout=subprocess.PIPE, |
| 94 | stderr=subprocess.PIPE, |
| 95 | text=True |
| 96 | ) |
| 97 | |
| 98 | self.logger.info("Capturing BLE advertisements...") |
| 99 | |
| 100 | # Parse hcidump output for beacon data |
| 101 | while time.time() - start_time < duration: |
| 102 | line = proc.stdout.readline() |
| 103 | if not line: |
| 104 | break |
| 105 | |
| 106 | # Parse beacon advertisements |
| 107 | beacon_data = self._parse_beacon_advertisement(line) |
| 108 | if beacon_data: |
| 109 | beacon_id = beacon_data.get('uuid') or beacon_data.get('address') |
| 110 | if beacon_id: |
| 111 | if beacon_id not in beacons: |
| 112 | beacons[beacon_id] = { |
| 113 | 'first_seen': time.time(), |
| 114 | 'last_seen': time.time(), |
| 115 | 'count': 1, |
| 116 | 'data': beacon_data |
| 117 | } |
| 118 | else: |
| 119 | beacons[beacon_id]['last_seen'] = time.time() |
| 120 | beacons[beacon_id]['count'] += 1 |
| 121 | # Update RSSI if available |
| 122 | if 'rssi' in beacon_data: |
| 123 | beacons[beacon_id]['data']['rssi'] = beacon_data['rssi'] |
| 124 | |
| 125 | # Clean up |
| 126 | proc.terminate() |
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