56: BLE Scan

Header

Field	Name	Description	Type
5	Method	Request a service to be perform an action Possible values: 1: SET— Set one or more values that are provided in the message payload. 2: GET— Get values for the associated message type. 3: SUBSCRIBE— Subscribe to values for the associated message type. Can be used in conjunction with other header fields to define the subscription parameters, such as Interval, Duration, Timeout, Storage Level and Message Level. If no interval is provided, messages will be sent as and when new data is available. Some data, such as GPS position, may require a set interval to be provided. 5: UNSUBSCRIBE— Unsubscribe from a previous subscription.	uint8

This is an extract of header fields that are relevant to this message type, you can find them all documented in the Headers section.

Payload

Field	Name	Description	Type	Unit
1	Advertising Data		bytes
2	MAC	MAC Address of the access point, as 6 bytes	bytes
3	RSSI	Signal strength	int8
4	Name	Device name, if available	ascii

Examples

Subscribe to BLE scan results

📡 Real example from RH2 P1 v2296 on 2025-10-14This example is captured from an RH2 device as part of normal communications over I2C with the ESP32 co-processor, where P1 subscribes to BLE scan results from Toit on the ESP32.

BLE scan result

📡 Real example from RH2 ESP32 Toit on 2025-10-14This example is captured from an RH2 device as part of normal communications over I2C with the ESP32 co-processor, after BLE scan results were subscribed to from P2, and a BLE device was found, sent back to P1.

Code

For convenience, the following constants can be used to reference this message type.