bluelog

Bluelog is a Bluetooth scanner designed to tell you how many discoverable devices there are in an area as quickly as possible. It is intended to be used as a site survey tool, identifying the number of possible Bluetooth targets there are in the surrounding environment.

Usage

Usage: bluelog [options]

Basic Options

OptionDescription
-i <interface>Sets scanning device, default is “hci0”
-o <filename>Sets output filename, default is “devices.log”
-vVerbose, prints discovered devices to the terminal
-qQuiet, turns off nonessential terminal output
-dEnables daemon mode, Bluelog will run in background
-kKill an already running Bluelog process
-lStart “Bluelog Live”, default is disabled

Logging Options

OptionDescription
-nWrite device names to log, default is disabled
-mWrite device manufacturer to log, default is disabled
-cWrite device class to log, default is disabled
-fUse “friendly” device class, default is disabled
-tWrite timestamps to log, default is disabled
-xObfuscate discovered MACs, default is disabled
-eEncode discovered MACs with CRC32, default disabled
-bEnable BlueProPro log format, see README

Advanced Options

OptionDescription
-r <retries>Name resolution retries, default is 3
-a <minutes>Amnesia, Bluelog will forget device after given time
-w <seconds>Scanning window in seconds, see README
-sSyslog only mode, no log file. Default is disabled