# BLE SCAN for ID and NAME or UUID?

**URL:** <https://community.thunkable.com/t/ble-scan-for-id-and-name-or-uuid/3009086>\
**Category:** BLE / BlueTooth\
**Tags:** bluetooth\
**Created:** [May 17, 2024, 12:04pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/ble-scan-for-id-and-name-or-uuid/3009086 "2024-05-17T12:04:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![matt\_conroy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/matt_conroy/32/150843_2.png) [@matt\_conroy](https://community.thunkable.com/u/matt_conroy)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2024, 6:42pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/ble-scan-for-id-and-name-or-uuid/3009086/2 "2024-05-17T18:42:19Z")

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Hi @tim_mk, welcome to Thunkable! 🎉

Be sure to check out our posts about [How to ask Great Questions v2.0](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-ask-great-questions-v2-0/2689983/1) and our [Community Guidelines](https://community.thunkable.com/t/community-guidelines/78/8) as you get started.

Please let me know if I miss anything!

> [@tim\_mk](#):
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> **Can we assume ID means the BMAC address and not the UUID?**

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

> [@tim\_mk](#):
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> **And that NAME is the RF Device Name.?**

Specifically, we use the Advertised Name

> [@tim\_mk](#):
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> - 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](#):
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> 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](#):
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> 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](https://docs.thunkable.com/app-design/ui-components/data-components/list-viewer) component  
 ![Screenshot 2024-05-17 at 2.41.22 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/5/f/5f722850db6b92e79bf83b31da7cbab78b4dd41a.png)

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