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iBeacon CLI

Swiss Army Command Line Utility for working with iBeacons.

Install

brew tap hayashi311/ibeacon
brew install ibeacon

Usage

ibeacon: iBeacon command line utility

      -h  --help             Display this message
      -v  --version          Display 'Version 1.0.0'
      -s  --scan             Scan for iBeacons
      -b  --broadcast        Broadcast as an iBeacon

    Scan options:
      -i  --interval         Time interval in seconds

    Broadcast options:
      -u  --uuid             Proximity UUID
      -M  --major            Major Identifier
      -m  --minor            Minor Identifier
      -p  --power            Advertised Power

Examples

Broadcasting:

% ibeacon --broadcast --uuid 2F234454-CF6D-4A0F-ADF2-F4911BA9FFA6 --major 100 --minor 101
Broadcasting iBeacon UUID: 2F234454-CF6D-4A0F-ADF2-F4911BA9FFA6, Major: 100, Minor: 101, Power: -32

Scanning:

% ibeacon --scan
{ranged: []}
{entered: { uuid: "2F234454-CF6D-4A0F-ADF2-F4911BA9FFA6", major: 1, minor: 1, rssi: -61}}
{ranged: [{ uuid: "2F234454-CF6D-4A0F-ADF2-F4911BA9FFA6", major: 1, minor: 1, rssi: -61}]}
{ranged: [{ uuid: "2F234454-CF6D-4A0F-ADF2-F4911BA9FFA6", major: 1, minor: 1, rssi: 0}]}
{entered: { uuid: "2F234454-CF6D-4A0F-ADF2-F4911BA9FFA6", major: 9, minor: 8, rssi: -34}}
{ranged: [{ uuid: "2F234454-CF6D-4A0F-ADF2-F4911BA9FFA6", major: 1, minor: 1, rssi: -61},
          { uuid: "2F234454-CF6D-4A0F-ADF2-F4911BA9FFA6", major: 9, minor: 8, rssi: -34}]}
{ranged: [{ uuid: "2F234454-CF6D-4A0F-ADF2-F4911BA9FFA6", major: 1, minor: 1, rssi: 0},
          { uuid: "2F234454-CF6D-4A0F-ADF2-F4911BA9FFA6", major: 9, minor: 8, rssi: 0}]}
{ranged: [{ uuid: "2F234454-CF6D-4A0F-ADF2-F4911BA9FFA6", major: 1, minor: 1, rssi: -63},
          { uuid: "2F234454-CF6D-4A0F-ADF2-F4911BA9FFA6", major: 9, minor: 8, rssi: 0}]}
{exited:  { uuid: "2F234454-CF6D-4A0F-ADF2-F4911BA9FFA6", major: 9, minor: 8, rssi: 0}}
{ranged: [{ uuid: "2F234454-CF6D-4A0F-ADF2-F4911BA9FFA6", major: 1, minor: 1, rssi: -94}]}