Broadcast iBeacon signal from Mac Os X using Command Line

February 21, 2021
mac beacon ibeacon command jbeacon

Jbeacon

I wanted to find a way to broadcast an iBeacon signal from Mac OS X by customising the iBeacon advertisement’s values. The tools I explored didn’t allow me to modify the values essential for my Broadcast from Mac OS X, So I wrote a small CLI utility that will help me customise the broadcast signal. I later wanted to expand this tool for ALT Beacon & Eddystone Beacon. I’ll follow it up with an article on the usage of other beacon types when I get some spare time.

Installation Instructions

Install Homebrew from the following location. Once you have installed Homebrew, you can complete the jbeacon installation as shown below.

brew tap juliuscanute/formulae
brew install jbeacon

Usage Instructions

Here is the usage instruction assuming you have completed the installation.

Usage set UUID

jbeacon -uuid "efb8454c-6988-11eb-9439-0242ac130002"

set uuid for beacon

Usage set UUID & manufacturer

jbeacon -uuid "efb8454c-6988-11eb-9439-0242ac130002" -manufacturer 1234

set uuid & manufacturer

Usage set UUID, manufacturer, major, minor & tx

jbeacon -uuid "efb8454c-6988-11eb-9439-0242ac130002" -manufacturer 1234 -major 1 -minor 2 -measuredPower 128

set UUID, manufacturer, major, minor & tx

Source Code

Are you interested in customising this for your own needs. You can find the project repository.

Credits

This CLI utility uses or based on the following open source projects

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