node-red-contrib-beacon-scanner/README.md

Node-RED node to retrieve information from BLE Beacons.

# node-red-contrib-beacon-scanner

Node to allow Node-RED scan for the following beacons:
- iBeacons
- EddyStones
- Estimote

Dependencies 
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- Node.js 6 to 12 LTS
- @abandonware/noble
- node-beacon-scanner-duplicates-check

Installation
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#### Ubuntu, Debian, Raspbian

Install Bluetooth drivers required by Noble.

    sudo apt-get install bluetooth bluez libbluetooth-dev libudev-dev
    sudo setcap cap_net_raw+eip $(eval readlink -f `which node`)

Beacon Scanner
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Messages emitted are stated in [Futomi's repo](https://github.com/futomi/node-beacon-scanner#beaconscanneradvertisement-object).