BLE terminal for Nordic UART Service devices and similar.
Simple. Minimal dependencies.
Requires nodejs v6 or greater.
npm install -g bleterm2
NOTE: If you see the following errors, it means npm cannot find python 2.x on your system
gyp ERR! stack Error: Python executable "/usr/local/bin/python" is v3.6.4, which is not supported by gyp.
gyp ERR! stack You can pass the --python switch to point to Python >= v2.5.0 & < 3.0.0.
On OSX, please use the following incantation:
npm config set python python2.7
On other OS's, please replace python2.7 with the name/path of your Python 2.7 executable:
npm config set python <path to python2.7>
NOTE: On OSX, the message SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: bluetooth-hci-socket@0.5.1 is expected and normal.
bleterm2 <device name>
OR with custom service UUID or characteristic UUIDs
bleterm2 --serviceUUID "xxxx..." --charUUIDS "xxxx...","xxxx..." <device name>
Type CTRL-D to exit.