How can I find out the mac address of all bluetooth devices the adapter has detected (not necessarily already paired with)?
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How can I find out the mac addresses of all bluetooth devices the adapter has detected?
Some possiblilites:
- BluetoothCL (command line)
- BluetoothView (GUI)
- BluetoothLogView (GUI, with logging)
BluetoothCL from Nirsoft
BluetoothCL is a small console application that dumps all current detected bluetooth devices into the standard output. For each Bluetooth device, the following information is displayed: MAC Address, Name, Major Device Type, Minor Device Type, and optionally the company name of the device (if external file of MAC addresses - oui.txt is provided)
Example output:
F:\test>"c:\apps\WSCC\NirSoft Utilities\bluetoothcl"
BluetoothCL v1.07
Copyright (c) 2009 - 2014 Nir Sofer
Web Site:
syntax:
BluetoothCL -timeout [seconds]
-timeout is optional parameter. The default value is 15 seconds.
Scanning bluetooth devices... please wait.
e4:90:7e:e3:fe:73 Phone Smart XT1068
F:\test> Source BluetoothCL
BluetoothView from Nirsoft:
BluetoothView is a small utility that runs in the background, and monitor the activity of Bluetooth devices around you. For each detected Bluetooth device, it displays the following information: Device Name, Bluetooth Address, Major Device Type, Minor Device Type, First Detection Time, Last Detection Time, and more.
BluetoothView can also notify you when a new Bluetooth device is detected, by displaying a balloon in your taskbar or by playing a small beep sound.
Example output:
Source BluetoothView
BluetoothLogView, also from Nirsoft:
BluetoothLogView is a small utility that monitors the activity of Bluetooth devices around you, and displays a log of Bluetooth devices on the main window.
Every time that a new Bluetooth device arrives to your area and when the device leaves your area, a new log line is added with the following information: Device Name, Device Address, Event Time, Event Type ('Device Arrival' or 'Device Left'), Device Type, and the company that created the device.
BluetoothLogView also allows you to specify a description for every device (according to its MAC address) that will appear under the 'Description' column.
Source BluetoothLogView
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