Hi Benjamin,
>> You can just write an advertising receiver by using Bluetooth HCI
> > User Channel feature from the 3.13 kernel. With the help of
> > src/shared/hci.c (if that license is acceptable to you), this is
> > trivial. If the license is not acceptable, then you have to
>> write your own HCI handling.
>>
>> The BlueZ source code contains samples in form of tools/ibeacon.c
> > and others on how to write such small program for direct access
>> of the HCI interface. If you use this sample code, then please
> > comply with the license as well here.
>
> regarding the license, this is more of a hobby project, so GPL is perfect.
>
> Looking at hci.{c,h}, there is (except for the license) not a single comment that would help explain things (to bluetooth-newcomers). The functions might have descriptive names, but I'm missing the bigger picture.
>
> Reading ibeacon.c, I get the impression the code is made for sending advertisements, not for receiving them. I might be wrong though, there's no comments either. None of the other filenames in tools/ made me hope I could find sample code for receiving non-connectable advertisements.
>
> Marcel, could you either point me to some sample code, or help me understand hci.c (or list the required steps) so that I can write my own?
maybe you need to just read the HCI part of the Bluetooth Core specification. The tools/ibeacon.c is a perfect example on how to get started with HCI commands. You just need to figure out on how to do scanning instead of advertising.
Regards
Marcel
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