private async void OnTogglePublisherButtonClickedAsync(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
if (_bluetoothLEAdvertisementPublisher.Status != BluetoothLEAdvertisementPublisherStatus.Started)
{
Beacon beacon = new Beacon();
beacon.ManufacturerId = ManufacturerId;
beacon.Code = BeaconCode;
beacon.Id1 = BeaconId1;
try
{
beacon.Id2 = UInt16.Parse(BeaconId2);
beacon.Id3 = UInt16.Parse(BeaconId3);
}
catch (Exception)
{
}
beacon.MeasuredPower = -58;
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine("Will try to advertise as beacon " + beacon.ToString());
BluetoothLEAdvertisementDataSection dataSection = BeaconFactory.BeaconToSecondDataSection(beacon);
_bluetoothLEAdvertisementPublisher.Advertisement.DataSections.Add(dataSection);
try
{
_bluetoothLEAdvertisementPublisher.Start();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageDialog messageDialog = new MessageDialog("Failed to start Bluetooth LE Advertisement Publisher: " + ex.Message);
await messageDialog.ShowAsync();
}
}
else
{
_bluetoothLEAdvertisementPublisher.Stop();
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Constructs a Beacon instance and sets the properties based on the given data.
///
/// The expected specification of the data is as follows:
///
/// Byte(s) Name
/// --------------------------
/// 0-1 Manufacturer ID (16-bit unsigned integer, big endian)
/// 2-3 Beacon code (two 8-bit unsigned integers, but can be considered as one 16-bit unsigned integer in little endian)
/// 4-19 ID1 (UUID)
/// 20-21 ID2 (16-bit unsigned integer, big endian)
/// 22-23 ID3 (16-bit unsigned integer, big endian)
/// 24 Measured Power (signed 8-bit integer)
/// 25 Reserved for use by the manufacturer to implement special features (optional)
///
/// For more details on the beacon specifications see https://github.com/AltBeacon/spec
///
/// The minimum length of the given byte array is 25. If it is longer than 26 bits,
/// everything after the 26th bit is ignored.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="data">The data to populate the Beacon instance properties with.</param>
/// <returns>A newly created Beacon instance or null in case of a failure.</returns>
public static Beacon BeaconFromByteArray([ReadOnlyArray] byte[] data)
{
if (data == null || data.Length < SecondBeaconDataSectionMinimumLengthInBytes)
{
// The given data is null or too short
return null;
}
Beacon beacon = new Beacon();
beacon.Code = BitConverter.ToUInt16(data, 2); // Bytes 2-3
beacon.Id1 = FormatUuid(BitConverter.ToString(data, 4, 16)); // Bytes 4-19
beacon.MeasuredPower = Convert.ToSByte(BitConverter.ToString(data, 24, 1), 16); // Byte 24
if (data.Length >= SecondBeaconDataSectionMinimumLengthInBytes + 1)
{
beacon.MfgReserved = data[25]; // Byte 25
}
// Data is expected to be big endian. Thus, if we are running on a little endian,
// we need to switch the bytes
if (BitConverter.IsLittleEndian)
{
data = ChangeInt16ArrayEndianess(data);
}
beacon.ManufacturerId = BitConverter.ToUInt16(data, 0); // Bytes 0-1
beacon.Id2 = BitConverter.ToUInt16(data, 20); // Bytes 20-21
beacon.Id3 = BitConverter.ToUInt16(data, 22); // Bytes 22-23
return beacon;
}
/// <summary>
/// Compares the given beacon to this.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="beacon">The beacon to compare to.</param>
/// <returns>True, if the beacons match.</returns>
public bool Matches(Beacon beacon)
{
return beacon.Id1.Equals(Id1)
&& beacon.Id2 == Id2
&& beacon.Id3 == Id3;
}
/// <summary>
/// Creates the second part of the beacon advertizing packet.
/// Uses the beacon IDs 1, 2, 3 and measured power to create the data section.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="beacon">A beacon instance.</param>
/// <param name="includeMfgReservedByte">Defines whether we should add the additional, manufacturer reserved byte or not.</param>
/// <returns>A newly created data section.</returns>
public static BluetoothLEAdvertisementDataSection BeaconToSecondDataSection(
Beacon beacon, bool includeMfgReservedByte = false)
{
string[] temp = beacon.Id1.Split(HexStringSeparator);
string beaconId1 = string.Join("", temp);
StringBuilder stringBuilder = new StringBuilder();
stringBuilder.Append(ManufacturerIdToString(beacon.ManufacturerId));
stringBuilder.Append(BeaconCodeToString(beacon.Code));
stringBuilder.Append(beaconId1.ToUpper());
byte[] beginning = HexStringToByteArray(stringBuilder.ToString());
byte[] data = includeMfgReservedByte
? new byte[SecondBeaconDataSectionMinimumLengthInBytes + 1]
: new byte[SecondBeaconDataSectionMinimumLengthInBytes];
beginning.CopyTo(data, 0);
ChangeInt16ArrayEndianess(BitConverter.GetBytes(beacon.Id2)).CopyTo(data, 20);
ChangeInt16ArrayEndianess(BitConverter.GetBytes(beacon.Id3)).CopyTo(data, 22);
data[24] = (byte)Convert.ToSByte(beacon.MeasuredPower);
if (includeMfgReservedByte)
{
data[25] = beacon.MfgReserved;
}
BluetoothLEAdvertisementDataSection dataSection = new BluetoothLEAdvertisementDataSection();
dataSection.DataType = SecondBeaconDataSectionDataType;
dataSection.Data = data.AsBuffer();
return dataSection;
}
/// <summary>
/// Updates the beacon data, if the given beacon matches this one.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="beacon">The beacon with new data.</param>
/// <returns>True, if the given beacon matches this one (and the data was updated). False otherwise.</returns>
public bool Update(Beacon beacon)
{
bool matches = Matches(beacon);
if (matches)
{
Timestamp = beacon.Timestamp;
RawSignalStrengthInDBm = beacon.RawSignalStrengthInDBm;
if (_lastSeenTimer != null)
{
_lastSeenTimer.Dispose();
_lastSeenTimer = new Timer(LastSeenTimerCallbackAsync, null,
LastSeenTimerTimeoutInMilliseconds, LastSeenTimerTimeoutInMilliseconds);
}
}
return matches;
}