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Bluetooth proximity alert

Hi

We were anchoring with a boat on a stormy night. Around 2AM in the morning we noticed neighbouring yacht lost anchor and was on a collision course to our boat.

I was thinking if I could use Bluetooth to detect foreign devices in the vicinity and trigger alarm. Nowadays there is at least one Bluetooth device on an occupied boat, often more.

So idea is to scan Bluetooth continuously like every 5 minutes and trigger a beeping alarm if signal strength is above certain level. Known devices should be excluded from triggering an alarm.

Is that possible with tasker? Maybe some additional app for Bluetooth.

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Hi!

You could have a profile with the Time context that repeats every 5 minutes and then in the task use the Bluetooth Info action with the Scan Devices Type to check nearby devices.

Would that work for you? :)