On 21 January 2012 15:20, Bruce Barnett <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 4:32 AM, Jim Halfpenny <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> What about other small bluetooth devices? A cheep bluetooth headset might >> work and they are very small especially if you remove the ear clip. Most are >> rechargable via USB so you should not get caught short if the battery dies. >> Just plug it in to your pc to charge and unlock. >> >> Jim >> >> > That should work with the script I wrote. It doesn't make a connection - it > just checks that the device is seen. > I'll have to try the hcitool version that twitchy wrote. That might be > faster, and capturing the signal strength would be useful.
I'd imagine that these are class 2 or 3 so range should be low'ish. Wonder if the antenna can be sabotaged to reduce the range even more. I'll see if I can pick one up and do some testing after Shmoocon. If you get your script and Nicks a go. Robin _______________________________________________ Pauldotcom mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com
