druminski / raspblue

Bluetooth server for raspberry pi

Raspblue

Simple client and server using to communicate with each other Bluetooth Low Energy.

Client connects to the server, sends status messages and listens on command to execute. Server handles connections, receives status messages and sends commands to execute.

Client was tested on macOs Mojave, server on Raspberry Pi 3 B+.

How to run it

Server [Ubuntu/Debian/Raspbian]

1. sudo apt-get install bluetooth bluez libbluetooth-dev libudev-dev
2. bluetoothd disabled, if BlueZ 5.14 or later is installed. Use sudo hciconfig hci0 up to power Bluetooth adapter up after stopping or disabling bluetoothd.
3. npm install (in cloned raspblue directory)
4. sudo node src/server/main.js

Daemon [Systemd]

1. sudo cp ./raspblue.service /lib/systemd/system/
2. sudo systemctl daemon-reload
3. sudo systemctl start raspblue
4. sudo systemctl status raspblue

Raspblue logs can be found in journalctl: sudo journalctl -u raspblue

Client

1. npm install (in cloned raspblue directory)
2. node_modules/.bin/forever src/client/main.js