Hello, I am a detective and my agency has started deploying drones in search and rescue/recovery situations. I am exploring the feasibility of utilizing a BTLE scanner mounted on a drone to receive beacons and signal strength from devices that have no business being there, such as in the middle of…

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I’ll extend my offer my help to you too @dag

I did and was somewhat successful, however the drone itself utilized a rolling blue tooth identifier, so my efforts were futile

I realize this is a very old post, but I don’t think the rolling identifier problem should be a fatal issue for this scope if the people who want to implement it are prepared to put in a bit of testing work and can find someone to modify the existing available code to meet their needs. The link pro…

Bluetooth Scanner for Search and Rescue?

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dag November 4, 2025, 3:01am 3

@justin - did you get anywhere with this over the last couple of years? Im looking at something similar

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Bluetooth Scanner for Search and Rescue?

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