BLE SCAN for ID and NAME or UUID?

[tim_mk]

The SCAN block returns something called “ID” and “NAME”
Can we assume ID means the BMAC address and not the UUID?
And that NAME is the RF Device Name.?

• documentation is poor in this respect

It would be great to have a scan block like the MIT App Inventor: “Scan for Service UUID”
I need to filter out the host of unwanted advertisers for just a few with my own UUID details or RF Name, thus avoiding the normal “list picker” route.

[matt_conroy]

Hi @tim_mk, welcome to Thunkable!

Be sure to check out our posts about How to ask Great Questions v2.0 and our Community Guidelines as you get started.

Please let me know if I miss anything!

@tim_mk

Can we assume ID means the BMAC address and not the UUID?

Correct, UUID is only used for transmitting or receiving data.

@tim_mk

And that NAME is the RF Device Name.?

Specifically, we use the Advertised Name

@tim_mk

• documentation is poor in this respect

Appreciate that feedback, I’ll make a request to get our BLE docs more specific about this!

@tim_mk

It would be great to have a scan block like the MIT App Inventor: “Scan for Service UUID”

We can look into this Feature Request, thanks for sharing!

@tim_mk

I need to filter out the host of unwanted advertisers for just a few with my own UUID details or RF Name, thus avoiding the normal “list picker” route.

You can do this with the Simple List component