# fakeBeaconBluez
Running raspberry pi as iBeacon using bluez and python 2.7

# Bluez configuration
Bluez 5.43 is requiring the use of **--experimental**.

```bash
sudo vim /lib/systemd/system/bluetooth.service
```

Apply the following change from this line:
```bash
ExecStart=/usr/libexec/bluetooth/bluetoothd
```

To:
```bash
ExecStart=/usr/libexec/bluetooth/bluetoothd --experimental
```

```bash
sudo reboot
```

# Faking MAC address
This is optional
```bash
sudo bdaddr -i hci0 11:22:33:44:55:66
```

# Usage
```bash
usage: ble-ad [-h] -t X -i ID
```
- **X** : Value from 1 to 5 mapped as follow
  - 1 : Entry
  - 2 : Exit
  - 3 : Hazard
  - 4 : Safe
  - 5 : Other
- **ID** : 2-bytes Hex value **without** 0x prefix

## Example
```bash
ble-ad -t 3 -i abcd
```