Use a docker container for Raspberry Pi (ARM) with ibeacon configured inside.
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This image is only tested with a Raspberry Pi 3 (builtin bluetooth) running the hypriot-os.
The Dockerfile:
FROM fgabriel/rpi-armv7hf-debian-qemu MAINTAINER Ferdinand Gabriel f.gabriel@gidea.at
RUN [ "cross-build-start" ]
VOLUME /config
RUN mkdir -p /usr/src/app/build WORKDIR /usr/src/app
RUN sed -i "s/httpredir.debian.org/debian.ethz.ch/" /etc/apt/sources.list && apt-get clean && apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends bluez bluetooth sudo && apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /tmp/* /var/tmp/*
RUN rm -rf /tmp/*
COPY run.sh .
CMD [ "/usr/src/app/run.sh" ]
RUN [ "cross-build-end" ]
The run.sh script :
#!/bin/bash source /config/bluetooth_le.config
sudo hciconfig hci0 up sudo hciconfig hci0 leadv 3 sudo hciconfig hci0 noscanc
sudo hcitool -i hci0 cmd $bluetooth_le_begin_command $bluetooth_le_length $bluetooth_le_company $bluetooth_le_uuid $bluetooth_le_major $bluetooth_le_minor $bluetooth_le_txpower $bluetooth_le_end_command
tail -f -n0 /etc/hosts
Before you use this image please configure your iBeacon with the creation of a file named bluetooth_le.config in a special configuration directory. The file must include following parameters:
bluetooth_le_begin_command="0x08 0x0008" bluetooth_le_length="1E 02 01 1A 1A" bluetooth_le_company="FF 4C 00 02 15" bluetooth_le_uuid="64 af ff ab cd c4 b2 b7 8f fo cd 9f ab cd de fa" bluetooth_le_major="00 00" bluetooth_le_minor="00 00" bluetooth_le_txpower="C8" bluetooth_le_end_command="00"
You can leave most parameters untouched, except the parameter bluetooth_le_uuid. You can generate an uuid on a Mac with:
python -c 'import sys,uuid;sys.stdout.write(uuid.uuid4().hex)'|pbcopy && pbpaste && echo
The docker images can be started with following command:
docker run -d -it --name iBeacon --net=host --privileged --restart=always -v [your directory with the file bluetooth_le.config]:/config fgabriel/rpi-ibeacon:latest
--privileged is needed because there is a bluetoothd process already running on the host. Otherwise we cannot initialize hci0 inside of the container.
docker pull fgabriel/rpi-ibeacon