WinBeacon is a managed .NET (C#) library with a minimal Bluetooth LE Stack that is able to detect and act as an iBeacon¹. This stack doesn't support BLE devices, only the detection and transmission of BLE advertisement packets used by beacons.

• Windows XP (not tested, but it should work)
• Windows 7
• Windows 8
• Windows 10*

* For Windows 10, you should be able to use BluetoothLEAdvertisementWatcher instead of this library.

If anyone can test with other BT4.0 dongle types, please let me know how it works out or send us a pull request.

This library needs raw USB access to a BT4.0 dongle. Therefore you should replace the original driver of the dongle with a WinUSB driver. This also means that the default Bluetooth stack is no longer used and Windows will no longer detect the dongle as a Bluetooth dongle until you re-install the original drivers.

To replace or create a WinUSB driver for the BT4.0 dongle, we advise you to use the Zadig tool.

Install-Package WinBeacon

using (var hub = new BeaconHub(0x050D, 0x065A))
{
    hub.BeaconDetected += (sender, e) =>
		{
			Console.WriteLine("Detected beacon: {0}", e.Beacon);
		};
    Console.ReadKey();
}

using (var hub = new BeaconHub(0x050D, 0x065A))
{
    hub.EnableAdvertising(new Beacon("B9407F30-F5F8-466E-AFF9-25556B57FE6D", 1000, 2000, -52));
    Console.ReadKey();
}

¹ iBeacon is a trademark of Apple inc.