ArduinoBT scans for BT devices

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Good evening all,

I am working on a project for my senior design project and I just recently purchased the ArduinoBT module with the Bluegiga WT11i bluetooth radio. I wanted to use it to scan for bluetooth devices around it and use the MAC addresses as a tag for locating a material. I am not sure how to start or to program the device on Arduino Sketch. I have read the iWRAP manual but still not sure what to do. Can anyone point me in the right direction and if possible help with a sketch that scans the BT devices?

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I wanted to use it to scan for bluetooth devices around it

I don't think that this is possible.

and use the MAC addresses

MAC addresses of?

as a tag for locating a material.

I'm lost.

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olemi1:
I wanted to use it to scan for bluetooth devices around it

I'm not yet sure about this, but if anybody is, it's Phillipe Cantin. He has one Arduino discovering another and then automatically connecting.

Is your best, and possibly only, bet.

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What I want to do is detect any bluetooth devices around that are discoverable. And to get the signal strength of the bluetooth signal.

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olemi1:
What I want to do is detect any bluetooth devices around that are discoverable. And to get the signal strength of the bluetooth signal.

Look out for the INQUIRY command which can be used to get all discoverable bluetooth devices:
Command INQUIRY is used to find other Bluetooth devices in the area i.e. to make a device discovery.

You should also search for existing code which already implements such a solution, I think I've seen a similar question in this forum some month ago.

Michael