BLE-iBeacon

What is it?

A Bluetooth LE iBeacon service for systemd (Debian and CentOS tested)

Requirements

• Bluetooth LE v4.0 device
• bluez (tested with 5.43 / yum install bluez / apt-get install bluez)

How to install

./install UUID=generate DEVICE=hci0 MAJOR=300 MINOR=1

Install script usage

install [UUID=<UUID|generate>] [DEVICE=<device(hci0)>] [NOSCAN=<yes|no(no)>] [MAJOR=<major version(0)>] [MINOR=<minor version(0)>] [CONNECTABLE=<yes/no(no)>] [INTERVAL_MIN=<min. interval in ms(500)>] [<INTERVAL_MAX=<max. interval in ms(1000)>]

Issues with iBeacon disabled after startup

Check ble-ibeacon.service for options for a delayed startup or additional services to be started before the iBeacon service

More about iBeacons

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBeacon