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- Committer:
- Vincent Coubard
- Date:
- Tue Jul 26 14:38:37 2016 +0100
- Revision:
- 0:932f719b42d5
- Child:
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Update example at tag mbed-os-5.0.1-rc1
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Vincent Coubard |
0:932f719b42d5 | 1 | The Eddystone Observer scans for Eddystone beacons that are running the [Eddystone Service example](https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbed-os-example-ble/tree/master/BLE_EddystoneService) (see there for general information about Eddystone beacons). It reads the advertising packets broadcast by these beacons, and prints a human-readable version of the advertised URLs to the serial console. |
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0:932f719b42d5 | 2 | |
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0:932f719b42d5 | 3 | # Running the application |
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0:932f719b42d5 | 4 | |
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0:932f719b42d5 | 5 | ## Requirements |
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0:932f719b42d5 | 6 | |
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0:932f719b42d5 | 7 | General hardware information is in the [main readme](https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbed-os-example-ble/blob/master/README.md). |
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0:932f719b42d5 | 8 | |
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0:932f719b42d5 | 9 | This sample requires two devices - one to [broadcast the beacon](https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbed-os-example-ble/tree/master/BLE_EddystoneService) and one to scan for the broadcast. If you have more devices, you can use them as extra beacons. |
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0:932f719b42d5 | 10 | |
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0:932f719b42d5 | 11 | You need a terminal program to listen to the observer's output through a serial port. You can download one, for example: |
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0:932f719b42d5 | 12 | |
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0:932f719b42d5 | 13 | * Tera Term for Windows. |
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0:932f719b42d5 | 14 | |
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0:932f719b42d5 | 15 | * CoolTerm for Mac OS X. |
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0:932f719b42d5 | 16 | |
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0:932f719b42d5 | 17 | * GNU Screen for Linux. |
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0:932f719b42d5 | 18 | |
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0:932f719b42d5 | 19 | ## Building instructions |
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0:932f719b42d5 | 20 | |
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0:932f719b42d5 | 21 | Building instructions for all samples are in the [main readme](https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbed-os-example-ble/blob/master/README.md). |
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0:932f719b42d5 | 22 | |
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0:932f719b42d5 | 23 | 1. Build and run the [Eddystone beacon](https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbed-os-example-ble/tree/master/BLE_EddystoneService) on one or more other devices. |
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0:932f719b42d5 | 24 | |
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0:932f719b42d5 | 25 | 1. Build the Eddystone Observer application and install it on your board as explained in the building instructions. Leave the board connected to your computer. |
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0:932f719b42d5 | 26 | |
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0:932f719b42d5 | 27 | ## Checking console output |
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0:932f719b42d5 | 28 | |
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0:932f719b42d5 | 29 | To see the application's output: |
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0:932f719b42d5 | 30 | |
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0:932f719b42d5 | 31 | 1. Check which serial port your Eddystone Observer is connected to. |
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0:932f719b42d5 | 32 | |
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0:932f719b42d5 | 33 | 1. Run a terminal program with the correct serial port and the baud rate set to 9600. For example, to use GNU Screen, run: ``screen /dev/tty.usbmodem1412 9600``. |
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0:932f719b42d5 | 34 | |
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0:932f719b42d5 | 35 | 1. The Eddystone Observer should start printing URLs of nearby Eddystone beacons to the terminal. |