Can I read iBeacon data using Arduino? - arduino

I am using an HM-10 module and Arduino UNO.
My requirement is to read data from ibeacons near me using Arduino. Is it possible? I have not been able to find any articles on this. All articles talk about connecting your android phone with arduino. Any idea?

Yes, it is possible. I'm using an HM-10 as an iBeacon detector (linksprite.com BLE 4.0 shield), and it is successfully detecting a RadBeacon running in iBeacon mode. Firmware on my HM-10 is version 540.
Before it would detect the RadBeacon, I had to send the HM-10 the following commands:
AT+ROLE1
AT+IMME1
AT+RESET
Then I used the AT-DISI? command, and the serial monitor is showing the broadcast received from the RadBeacon (and one other beacon) as follows (for example):
OK+DISISOK+DISC:4C000215:2G234454CF6D5A0FADF2F4911BA9FFA7:00000001AC:0CF3EE041CCE:-052OK+DISC:00000000:00000000000000000000000000000000:0000000000:B9782E08068C:-071OK+DISCE
In this example, the HM-10 is detecting my RadBeacon which has UUID of 2G234454...with signal strength of -052. It is also detecting another BLE beacon (my AppleTV downstairs) with UUID of B9782E08068C with signal strength of -071.
I'm definitely not very knowledgable about any of this stuff, but it seems to be working for me so far. Next challenge for me will be to figure out how to parse the text data being received. I'm mostly interested in the distance/signal strength data in order to trigger an action when the RadBeacon gets very close to the HM-10.
[Full disclosure: I jumbled some of the UUID numbers above since I'm not sure if any of this information is private or hackable or whatever]
[By the way, the nRF8001 BLE Shield will not do this since it only runs in peripheral mode.]

Yes, you can get the Min and Max number of the nearby iBeacons.
You need to Attach hm-10 to Arduino Uno.
Try using this Library : https://github.com/dinosd/BLE_PROXIMITY
You can configure suitable AT commands if you want to configure it. But it should work with default settings as well.
Use SoftwareSerial to access HM-10.

In firmware version V539 of the HM-10, it adds an AT command to list nearby iBeacons. The command is AT+DISI?. You would simply need to set up the Arduion to send that command over a serial port and parse the data it returns.

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I am using an arduino with HM-10 Bluetooth module. I am able to detect other HM-10(slave) in the vicinity of HM-10(master). In HM-10 datasheet AT+RSSI? command is mentioned which i tried with all possible combinations, but i am unable to extract the rssi value. Is there any way such that i can determine the rssi value using arduino on serial monitor. Any relevant code other than the command will be appreciated.
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According to the "datasheet", "This command only used by Remote device query when connected."
Basically, to get this to work, you will need to set your slave to remote control mode with the AT command
AT+MODE2
Then, connect your master and slave. After this is done, you should be able to send the master the command "AT+RSSI?", it will send it to the slave, which will pick it up now that is in remote control mode. The slave will then reply with its RSSI value.

HM10 ble change characteristic value AT command Arduino

Can anyone help me with the AT command to write characteristic value, Or how to send data from arduino to another ble device using Hm10 module.
The HM10 after sending the AT+START, does advertise packets, and can detect the service and characteristic, But the characteristic value is the default 0x00, How can I change that?
Have checked the data sheet multiple times but can not find an AT command that is capable of doing the same.
UPDATE: Similar problem with setting the HM10 in Central Mode:
Central Mode Setup!
1) AT+ROLE1 - Set up to Central Mode
2) AT+IMME1 - Start from RESET
3) AT+SHOW1 - Show discovered devices
4) AT+DISC? - Discover Devices
Get Device MAC ID,
5) AT+CON[MAC ID]
RESULT: Always gives OK+CONNA and after 10seconds OK+CONNF
I am confused, Use of "AT+START" before "AT+DISC?" causes AT+START to not work and viceversa.
Using AT+START results into a loop of OK+CONN followed by OK+LOST continuously and no more AT commands are accepted. I believe it does result in a
Can you advice on the right order?
Using LightBlue iOS app as the peripheral. How am I to select a service and subscribe to a characteristic to receive data from the application?
Thank You.
There is no AT command to set a characteristic value.
The HM10 is a serial-port emulation device - whatever serial data you send to the HM10 module (aside from the AT commands) is made available on it's BLE characteristic. Unfortunately the data sheet doesn't document the service and characteristics, but this code suggests that the serial RX/TX characteristic is 0000ffe1-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb
So, data written to the serial port should appear as the value of that characteristic. Data written to that characteristic should be delivered out of the TX serial port pin on the HM10 module.
This thread is a bit dated. But the HM-1X firmware now supports changing the characteristics of a module.
"AT+CHAR?" Will get the current characteristic setting for RX/TX
"AT+CHAR0xFFFF" will set the TX/RX characteristics to 0xFFFF
Send: AT+CHAR0xAAA0
Recv: OK+Set:0xAAA0
These features were added v518.
If you need to update your firmware,
Link to Huamao's download site.
I don't have enough reputation to comment on Ladvien's answer, but...
Just a word of warning regarding updating the firmware with a new version from Huamao's download site. http://www.jnhuamao.cn/download_rom_en.asp?id=83
In my experience there were issues with V539, which prevented the firmware operating as an iBeacon - and there may be other problems.
I was fortunately enough to find someone emailed me a copy of the V538 firmware and was able to downgrade again.
Huamao doesn't have old versions of the firmware available for download and AFIK there is no way to backup your current firmware version.
But it was possible to downgrade from V539 back to V538 if you have the bin file for V538 etc. i.e At least up as far as V539 the firmware does allow downgrades and was not checking version numbers to only allow upgrades.
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Check out V-USB.
V-USB is a software-only implementation of a low-speed USB device for Atmel’s AVR® microcontrollers, making it possible to build USB hardware with almost any AVR® microcontroller, not requiring any additional chip.
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