Bluetooth apps for OS X?

February 16, 2006 3:57 PM

Is there an OS X application that can sniff out nearby bluetooth devices, and log their presence?

I need such a system for a research project. I'd like to use bluetooth to detect and identify a small group of (known) people, recording the time at which they pass by my Mac, based on their mobile phone names.

posted by roofus to Computers & Internet (5 answers total)

Best answer: It looks like iStumbler will do what you want.
posted by adamrice at 4:05 PM on February 16, 2006

second iStumbler, it does exactly that and a lot more.
posted by kcm at 4:11 PM on February 16, 2006

There's a program that comes with Tiger in /Applications/Utilities called "Bluetooth Explorer". You can use that too.
posted by todbot at 9:25 PM on February 16, 2006

Sorry, Bluetooth Explorer is in the Developer tools in /Developer/Applications/Utilities. (This is what I get for using Quicksilver)
posted by todbot at 10:22 PM on February 16, 2006

Response by poster: Thank you web sages!
posted by roofus at 5:35 AM on February 17, 2006