bleterm2

BLE terminal for Nordic UART Service devices and similar.

Simple. Minimal dependencies.

Requires nodejs v6 or greater.

Installation

npm install -g bleterm2

NOTE: If you see the following errors, it means npm cannot find python 2.x on your system

gyp ERR! stack Error: Python executable "/usr/local/bin/python" is v3.6.4, which is not supported by gyp.
gyp ERR! stack You can pass the --python switch to point to Python >= v2.5.0 & < 3.0.0.

On OSX, please use the following incantation: npm config set python python2.7

On other OS's, please replace python2.7 with the name/path of your Python 2.7 executable: npm config set python <path to python2.7>

NOTE: On OSX, the message SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: [email protected] is expected and normal.

Usage

bleterm2 <device name>

OR with custom service UUID or characteristic UUIDs

bleterm2 --serviceUUID "xxxx..." --charUUIDS "xxxx...","xxxx..." <device name>

Type CTRL-D to exit.

Built while working on client project for Punch Through